As the presidential election date nears, podcasts have become a bigger source for candidate promotion and discussion about how people plan to vote. Podcasts are a way for political candidates to reach voters who don’t pay attention to the news or politics, Ashlea Rundlett, assistant professor of political science, said. Vice President Kamala Harris appeared…
Whenever I want to listen to the news, I don’t want to hear any boring story that makes me fall asleep or a scary story that will give me nightmares, that’s why I listen to “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.” I’ve been listening to this podcast since I was nine years old with my family…
Rhody Outpost, the University of Rhode Island’s food and basic needs pantry, expanded its resources to nursing students at the university’s Providence Campus. When broadening its reach at URI, Rhody Outpost wanted to focus on nursing students first, according to Barbara Sweeeny, the pantry’s head. The Rhode Island Nursing Education Center is located at the…
Two apartment-complex-style undergraduate dorms will be added to the University of Rhode Island Kingston Campus to improve student housing availability and de-triple dorms between 2027 and 2028. The complexes will be for upperclassmen and returning students only on campus, according to Thomas Cooley, the assistant vice president of Housing, Residential Life and Student Development. The…
Sabrina Carpenter has been all over the Billboard Top 100 charts with nine out of her 12 songs on her newest album “Short n’ Sweet” included in the chart as of Thursday, Sept. 26. The album was released on Aug. 23. The three top songs when the nine songs first hit the charts were “Please…
The Narragansett Police Department is working with the University of Rhode Island to promote community well-being and safety through weekly meetings and student outreach, according to Dean of Students Dan Graney . Well-being is a strategic goal for both URI’s division of student affairs and the University as a whole, according to Graney. Well-being encompasses…
Actor James Earl Jones died on Sept. 9, leaving behind a legacy for the future of the film industry. Jones was best known for the voice of Mufasa in “The Lion King,” the “Star Wars” franchise and the CNN intro. He’s also performed in Broadway shows “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “Driving Miss Daisy,”…
Ammina Kothari, the former director of the University of Rhode Island Harrington School of Communications and Media, announced her new position at a different university on July 29 in a LinkedIn post. On Aug. 1, Kothari started as the new dean of the Gwen Ifill School of Media, Humanities and Social Sciences at Simmons University…
Coachella, one of the biggest annual outdoor music festivals in the United States, featured Lana Del Rey, Tyler the Creator and Doja Cat as the headliners for the past two weekends. Lana Del Rey was the headliner for the Friday dates, April 12 and 19. Tyler the Creator headlined the Saturday dates of April 12…
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…