Demetrius Harmon shakes hands with audience members during the lecture “We Gon’ Be Alright.” Photo by Momolu Akoiwala. The University of Rhode Island’s oldest multicultural organization, Uhuru Sasa, and the Student Entertainment Committee hosted their second annual joint lecture, “We Gon’ Be Alright,” this past Tuesday, Feb. 5. The event featured keynote speaker, Demetrius Harmon,…
Photo courtesy of Nikki Noya. University Alumna Nikki Noya (center) poses with her co-anchors Gailen David (left) and Bobby Laurie (right). A University of Rhode Island communications alumna has recently landed a job as an anchor on the travel television show, “The Jet Set.” Nikki Noya, class of 2000, attended URI as a communication studies…
Photo by Anna Meassick | The sap of maple trees has a compound that reacts similarly to Botox when applied to the skin. Navindra Seeram, a pharmacy professor at the University of Rhode Island, has led a team of researchers that have found a way to use components of the maple tree as a replacement…
The University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium series brought in acclaimed paleoanthropologist Dr. Meave Leakey to give a lecture this past Tuesday night in Edwards Hall Auditorium. The auditorium held little to no empty seats, the ground level was almost completely full and half of the balcony seats were filled as well with students, scientists…