Cigar MVP’s: Fall 2022 Edition

PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com Football: Marques DeShields Even before the season started, Marques DeShields leaped off the charts for the University of Rhode Island football team. Entering his first year with the Rams, the St. Francis transfer jumped into the SportsCenter Top 10 with a hurdle during spring practices before bursting onto the scene in the…

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Season’s first theatre production ‘beautifully executed’ by cast, crew

Heavily based on mythology, “Polaroid Stories” follows the story of “Metamorphoses.” PHOTO CREDIT: independentri.com During the month of October, the University of Rhode Island’s Theatre Department performed Naomi Iizuka’s “Polaroid Stories,” a production based on ancient Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” told through stories of destitute youth and outsiders, all brought together at an abandoned pier along the…

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Markings, Meanings, Everything in Between: Students tell the stories behind their tattoos, part 18

Pictured: “Hang loose” tattoo on Whitney VanLoon’s ankle. Photo Contributed by: Dylan Hubbard Fourth-year nursing student Whitney VanLoon, despite having numerous tattoos of differing meanings, says one of her favorite tattoos is a “hang loose sign,” as she puts it, on her ankle. The hang loose sign depicts the common symbol of a hand with…

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Jazz, classical, contemporary music featured in fifth music convocation of semester

The University of Rhode Island’s fifth music convocation concert of the semester drew a large crowd, including students, faculty and staff, while also featuring six student performers. Each convocation is held weekly by the College of Arts and Sciences as well as the Department of Music. Students, faculty and “special guests,” according to the URI…

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The brains behind the Ryan Institute: New co-executive directors excited to continue work

Professors William Van Nostrand and John Robinson named new co-executive directors of George and Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience. PHOTO CREDIT: uri.edu The University of Rhode Island’s George and Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience has just named its new co-executive directors. William Van Nostrand is a professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences who has researched…

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