The University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences has created their new Department of Public Health following increased community attention to public health after the COVID-19 pandemic. The chair of the new department, Molly Greaney, is also a professor for health studies here at URI. Before coming to URI, she was a research scientist…
Alison Jackson Frasier, a Rhode Island native, is both a teacher within the University of Rhode Island and a consultant for outside organizations. Jackson Frasier is the coordinator of student leadership programs in the Center for Student Leadership Development. She began her education at URI in 2000 as a communications major and leadership studies minor….
On Monday, April 8, more than 800 University of Rhode Island students took over the quadrangle to watch a nearly 90% total solar eclipse. A solar eclipse is an uncommon astronomical event where the moon’s shadow covers the sun. Many people in the country may remember the last major solar eclipse that happened in 2017….
Judge Melissa DuBose, the first woman of color and openly LGBTQIA+ person to be appointed in the United States District Court in Rhode Island, shared her experiences of “living her truth” at the University of Rhode Island on Saturday. DuBose was the keynote speaker at the University’s Women of Color Conference, as part of the…
Nearly 50 local University of Rhode Island students took to the streets of Newport alongside more than 2,500 runners on Saturday as the ninth edition of the annual Newport Marathon, Half-Marathon, 5k and Beach Mile took place. Former URI women’s track and field member and fourth-year Katarina King was one of the students who spearheaded…
The University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy is home to a minor in cannabis studies which prepares students to work in the growing cannabis industry. The program offers four cannabis-specific classes along with two free elective courses, according to the program director, Stephanie Forschner-Dancause. Forschner-Dancause is a professor of biomedical pharmaceutical sciences and works…
The University of Rhode Island Musician’s Guild held a concert featuring bands Strip Mall, 8th Grade Slow Dance and RoboPumpkin on Friday in the Memorial Union. This was the second Guild-sponsored concert of the semester, bringing in local bands to play on campus. URI students were given discounted ticket prices, in this case half the…
On Tuesday, 193 Coffeehouse, located in the University of Rhode Island’s Memorial Union, hosted a flea market for small business owners to display their crafts in hopes of sales. There were a number of different booths, ones that included works of art, handcrafted jewelry, printed clothing, prints and stickers. It was an opportunity for these…
The Fine Arts Center at the University of Rhode Island hosted Emmett Goods and his band, Another Level, in a jazz concert on Thursday, April 11, featuring songs from his new record and covers of other songs by some of his favorite artists. Emmett Goods is an assistant professor of music and Africana studies and…
Fans of student-made art can visit Green Hall until May 3 to peruse the Juried Student Art Gallery, composed of 33 pieces from the University of Rhode Island’s undergraduate art and art history students. While the Fine Arts Center is normally the home for the show, the recent construction meant that the gallery had to…