TEDxURI made a comeback to the University of Rhode Island this year with its largest audience, eight speakers and a new post-show talk-back session on Sunday. “We’ve been doing it at Edwards Auditorium for the last three years,” Vince Petronio said, the artistic director for TEDxURI. “This last year, we sold out the whole first…
The University of Rhode Island student senate passed a series of bills on Wednesday to officially recognize student organizations such as the E-Commerce club, Diversity Dialogues, Model United Nations and the reassignment of all existing senate club sports. The E-Commerce club was the first to become a senate-recognized student organization and provided with the first-year…
Anyone who’s ever read “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë, whether on their own volition or because their high school English curriculum made them, has been anticipating Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Brontë’s book. Let me preface this review by saying that, as readers, we tend to react strongly when our favorite storylines are altered in any…
The South Kingstown Chief of Police Matthew Moynihan addressed Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents on campus, issues regarding parking in the emporium and student involvement in a meeting with University of Rhode Island student senate on Wednesday. Moynihan was previously part of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service prior to the development of ICE. …
Artificial intelligence is allegedly capable of generating anything and everything; it’s even begun to infiltrate areas of human entertainment. However, the one thing AI struggles to curate images of is the human hand. I believe this speaks volumes about the rise of AI. AI may be able to mimic human abilities such as art, writing,…
Students and professors at the University of Rhode Island are adapting to changes made in required reading to accommodate the decline of long-form reading. Approximately 1 in 3 adults in the United States read at the lowest on a five-level scale, indicating that roughly 59 million adults across the nation are unable to read long-form…
As Noah Kahan prepares to release a new album entitled “The Great Divide,” I believe we must reflect on one of the greatest works he’s ever released: his third album, entitled “Stick Season.” This album has fundamentally shaped my love for New England as a Washington, D.C. native. The album is crafted with a folky…
The University of Rhode Island Honors College led a conversation over pizza about tradition, gender roles and community on Feb. 4. The discussion was led by moderator Karl Aspelund, associate director of the URI honors program. Aspelund challenged participants to consider how tradition shapes everyday behavior at both the personal and societal levels. Aspelund opened…
The University of Rhode Island announced a hiring freeze to prevent exceeding a state-imposed limit on the number of full-time employees that some are advocating against on Jan. 20. The hiring freeze applies to both full-time and part-time employees and is expected to remain in place until the end of the fiscal year on June…
As the spring semester started, the University of Rhode Island added Winnie, as their first facility dog. Winnie joined URI through a nonprofit service, according to Danielle Madden, the URI clinical counselor and care manager. The nonprofit service pairs individuals and facilities with service dogs based on their specific needs. Winnie comes from Dogs for…