Up-and-coming indie-folk artist Alexander Morrissette released his first EP this summer after recording it from both his college dorm room and his childhood bedroom. The EP, “ghosts,” which was released in August, has five tracks and a soft sound commonly associated with folk albums. “My own sound, it’s been hard to find,” Morrissette said. “It’s…
Students at the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus are not unfamiliar with the ocean, but on Friday they were offered another opportunity to deepen their appreciation through the Ocean State of Mind Film Fest in the Coastal Institute Auditorium. Eight short films from local and international authors were screened, involving themes of interpretive…
University of Rhode Island students protected themselves from evil spirits by decorating their very own Hamsas on Thursday, Nov. 7 in the Norman M. Fain Hillel Center. Director of Jewish student life Michael Schreiber has been hosting the Hamsa decorating event at the Hillel Center for years. “This was kinda a crafting, wellness, self-care night…
Indigenous tribe members spoke about increasing awareness for Indigenous people in a panel discussion hosted by the University of Rhode Island’s Multicultural Student Services Center on Nov. 6. The forum included speakers from the Narragansett and Wampanoag tribes, including Bella Noka, member and tribal elder of the Narragansett, and Mack Scott, director of undergraduate studies…
With the goal of fostering support, connection and empowerment among women in engineering, a University of Rhode Island mentorship program pairs first-year mentees with upperclassmen mentors. The Women in Engineering Mentorship program, which spans throughout the academic year, has over 40 mentees and roughly 25 mentors, according to third-year biomedical engineering major Brooke Formanek, the…
From Johnston, Rhode Island, to Joplin, Missouri, one of the debut news personalities of the midwest has been with sports every step of the way. A Rhode Island native and 2024 University of Rhode Island graduate, Cam Iasimone has relocated nearly 1,500 miles west to start his career in sports as an anchor at KSN/KODE,…
Tucked away in the University of Rhode Island’s Memorial Union is the gaming club, housing student competitions in console video games, card games and competitive computer games. The club’s first room is adorned with posters and drawings from club members, a wall of board games and a table of gaming laptops. This leads into another…
Former NBA player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist raised awareness and showcased his advocacy to people who stutter at a talk at the University of Rhode Island on Thursday, Nov. 7. When he first developed his stutter as a child, Kidd-Gilchrist said he kept quiet and to himself to hide it. In school, Kidd-Gilchrist said he hated introductions…
The University of Rhode Island biomedical sciences community is hopeful toward future research after the passing of the second bond question on Rhode Island’s ballot, which includes $87.5 million of funding to a new biomedical sciences building. The research-based building is designed to be constructed on Flagg Road and will welcome researchers and students from…
Using social science to find out what Rhode Island citizens know about microplastics in the Narragansett Bay, three women at the University of Rhode Island relaunched a marine debris survey in summer 2024. The experiment began in 2020 and was run by Coastal Institute Senior Fellow Seray Ergene and marine affairs professor Tracey Dalton. Ergene…