Standing between hurricanes and the destruction of the state of Rhode Island is Isaac Ginis, a hurricane expert at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography. Ginis received his education as an applied mathematician at the Kabardino-Balkarian State University in the former Soviet Union, where he heard a speaker deliver a lecture on…
For over 125 years, students at the University of Rhode Island have been participating in the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps. URI ROTC enters its 130th year in 2024, seeking to continue its mission of commissioning officers and providing students with leadership skills to succeed in the Army and beyond, according to professor of military…
Memphis rapper NLE Choppa performed at the Ryan Center on Saturday night with St. Louis rising star Sexyy Red as part of his 2023 tour. The tour, which included major festivals such as Rolling Loud, is making its way through New England this month before moving abroad in November for five shows in Europe, one…
The Fine Arts Center at the University of Rhode Island held their first Jazz Combo concert of the year on Thursday. There was no theme to the concert. Normally the sets of music are chosen by the individual directors and students, according to assistant professor of music, Emmett Goods. They think of their combo concerts…
On Monday, the French department screened the first film of their Albertine Cinématèque Film Festival in the Language Center at Swan Hall. The film “Gagarine,” directed by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, tells the story of 16-year-old Yuri who has lived his whole life in the Gagarine housing projects outside of Paris. When Gagarine is…
On Aug. 31, Netflix released their highly anticipated adventure series “ONE PIECE”. The show, which is based on the bestselling Japanese manga of the same name, hit roughly 140 million total hours viewed in just the first four days after its release, landing it a place in Netflix’s top 10 most-streamed TV shows. Furthermore, the…
Pop-punk musician, Aryia, has recently started to gain traction and attention as the social media app, TikTok, brings new followers and inspirations to his music. Today, Aryia has nearly 192,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, and that number continues to grow as his music changes to match today’s trends. While he started his career as a…
This past weekend, the URI Musicians Guild, in partnership with the URI Young Democratic Socialists of America, hosted a punk concert in the Memorial Union. The concert featured local bands Kudzu, Pocket Rocket and Film & Gender. The concert raised about $1,000 for various YDSA causes and projects, including supplying reproductive healthcare products and other…
The University of Rhode Island tennis team competed at the Brown Classic this past weekend, falling in all four matches. URI’s first match, the only one to be played at their home courts, ended in a 4-3 loss against the University of Connecticut. Fifth-year Nadia Rajan, fourth-year Valentina Cvackova and second-year Nikki Fernando picked up…
The University of Rhode Island men’s golf team had been missing their top player, fifth-year Bryson Richards, for the past two tournaments due to injury. This week, Richards made his return in a big way at the Sacred Heart Classic in Milford, Connecticut. Richards won the individual portion of the tournament, finishing at a score…