University of Rhode Island engineering professor Sungho Kim received a $1.2 million grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to craft a microchip for telescope technology with a team of graduate students. The NASA grant is being utilized to research a way to take current sensor technology and shrink it down to a 4…
Professor Ruchika Prakash spoke about the science behind mindfulness for the 2024 Thewis lecture in a virtual livestream on Wednesday, April 3. Prakash is a psychology professor at Ohio State University as well as the director of the Ohio State Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Brain Imaging. At the lecture, Prakash discussed the strength the…
The art exhibit “Second Time Around,” curated by University of Rhode Island students with Professor Erin McCutcheon, is on display at the Jamestown Arts Center. The exhibit itself sprawls throughout the Jamestown Art Center, presenting a variety of mediums. Pieces took the form of quilts, photographs, garments and more. The white walls of the gallery…
On a windy Wednesday afternoon in Kingston, Rhode Island, history struck the diamond at Bill Beck field in a mid-week contest between the University of Rhode Island and Stonehill College. In the bottom of the seventh inning, second-year first baseman Michael Anderson shot a ball into left field and rounded first base. As the Skyhawk…
Since its doors opened in 2002, the Thomas M. Ryan Center, home of University of Rhode Island men’s and women’s basketball programs, has been “bringing the ruckus” to Kingston. The Ryan Center boasts 8,000 seats at basketball games, creating an intense atmosphere that attracts the URI community, according to the Ryan Center website. The Ryan…
Honors program professor Cynthia Taylor has been a member of the University of Rhode Island community for most of her life. After growing up around South Kingstown with her mother working at URI, then completing her bachelor’s and doctorate in anthropology at URI in 2003, to now teaching here since 2008, Taylor has made herself…
Riddhi Katore, a fourth-year University of Rhode Island student, published her first novel, “The Lost Star,” inspired by her sister’s life, back in December. The book follows a woman, Tara, who lost her parents and separated from her brother, and she only has her sister Gauri. To deal with the pain, she moves to New…
The largest annual professional wrestling event in the world took place this weekend in Philadelphia, as the World Wrestling Entertainment produced WrestleMania 40, giving fans a cinematic experience as “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes defeated “The Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Title. Reigns had held the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship for…
Beyoncé’s “COWBOY CARTER” album was something different. Clocking in at an hour and 20 minutes and featuring some of music’s top players from across a spectrum of genres, the album was clearly meant to show the world that her heritage and musical talent transcend the limitations of genre and style. But while the album clearly…
193 Coffeehouse hosted a screamo punk night for students on Thursday, April 4 where audience members could be found dancing around the room in parallel to the surge of sounds the bands projected. Azure Bluet, Nithan Gohok and the University of Rhode Island student band Told Not To Worry all performed at the event. Screamo…