Former Deputy Director at NASA’s Earth Science Division Paula Bontempi is now the new dean of URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography. Photo from uri.edu In August 2020, the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) welcomed Dr. Paula Bontempi as its new dean. An alumna of the GSO, Bontempi has plans to revitalize…
Good day my rays of glistening moonbeams. Although I do not know who you are, I just have a feeling deep below my epidermis that you are looking especially beautiful today. Your skin is glowing, your hair smells like the morning dew on a warm spring day but most importantly, your heart is beating at…
Author Bina Venkataraman explained why it’s important to plan for future personal and societal success during a Zoom seminar on Sept. 30. The event was held to promote Venkataraman’s book, “The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age.” Through her research and writing of her book, Venkataraman found that planning for the long-term future…
There is no question about it: COVID has made life more challenging for many people. Perhaps it’s the constant worry in the back of your mind about what you touched, who touched it before you and the millions of germ cells you may possibly be infecting yourself with. Maybe it’s the isolation or lack of…
Pre-COVID-19, salads at the dining hall were a joyous encounter for veggie lovers, for those emphatic about nutrient dense foods and for those who truly enjoyed eating food that tastes only slightly like earth. Even for those who were on the fence about veggies but ate a vegetable every now and then because they did…
In order to combat the spread of COVID-19 while still providing students with meals, the University of Rhode Island has made significant changes to dining services around campus. Due to restrictions and safety guidelines, all of the dining options are to-go and students must follow guidelines and safety regulations when inside and outside of the…
Community fights COVID with refurbished sleep apnea machines Dr. Tao Wei, associate professor of electrical, computer and biomedical engineering, led a program to turn sleep apnea machines into ventilators to help fight COVID-19. Photo courtesy of web.uri.edu. Engineers from the University of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation are working to safely refurbish…
Whether we acknowledge the fact or not, summer has come and gone, and while many summer plans ceased to exist, the music scene’s production of bops did not. While in the heat of the summer, you may not be set on one specific song being the “song of the summer,” but as the season comes…
The Fine Arts Center was revamped with new brick around most of the outside, but there’s still more work to be done. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. The University of Rhode Island’s Fine Arts Center (FAC) is continuing with the planning of phase two, which can begin once passed on a Rhode Island state-wide referendum in…
Welcome to the new semester lovely humans! I hope you all are doing well despite the fact that you are living your college glory days amidst a global pandemic. Did you all have a good summer? Were you able to “find yourself” while in quarantine? Did you catch yourself a COVID husband? Personally I experienced…