University of Rhode Island Greek Life is raising money during their annual philanthropy week for Save the Bay, the Exeter Animal Shelter and Domestic Violence and Abuse Resource Centers in R.I.. Every year in the fall semester, the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council choose three charities to raise money for, and fundraise for these organizations…
Fara Warner was named the new executive director of the University of Rhode Island’s Metcalf Institute, which provides professional development training to science communicators. “The Metcalf Institute’s primary work is professional development training for both journalists and researchers, who are also science communicators,” Metcalf Program Director Katherine McDuffie said. As program director, McDuffie designs and…
On Tuesday, Oct. 17, the Honors Program hosted their weekly Colloquium series titled “Not Business as Usual: Business for the Common Good” in Edwards Hall at 7 p.m. The focus of this week’s panel was gender equality in business, and speakers Hilina D. Ajakaiye and Lauren Gray presented their experiences being women in business. Carl…
On Monday, the French department screened the first film of their Albertine Cinématèque Film Festival in the Language Center at Swan Hall. The film “Gagarine,” directed by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, tells the story of 16-year-old Yuri who has lived his whole life in the Gagarine housing projects outside of Paris. When Gagarine is…
University of Rhode Island researchers have studied the chemical compound ferrate and developed methods of making it more effective in treating water sources for contaminants. Ferrate is a molecule made of iron and oxygen, according to chemistry professor and researcher Dugan Hayes. Ferrate acts as a powerful oxidizing agent because of its unique chemical structure…
The language department hosted a welcome back event at the Language Center in Swan Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 27 from 4-5pm. Students who attended received passports which they could have stamped at any of the six language tables dispersed through the room. If students collected four stamps from four different countries, they received a prize…
Invasive species are posing a threat to the ecosystems they invade, and typically a biologist’s solution to the damage caused by invasive species is to eliminate them from the environment they harm. However, some controversy on killing invasive species has arisen, as some biologists believe it is unethical to kill invasive species. According to Laura…
Jessica Adams started teaching biology courses at the University of Rhode Island in the Fall of 2015. In that time, she has shared her love of education and biology with thousands of students. Adams grew up in Girdwood, Alaska ., where she inherited her love of education from her mother, who taught seventh and eighth…
University of Rhode Island alumni and sisters, Abby Rodman ‘84 and Julie Howard ‘86 host the podcast “Sisters Cracking Up,” where they discuss midlife and interview authors and other experts on the topic. Why did you decide to start the podcast? Rodman: It started right at the beginning of COVID in 2020 and we were…
Researchers have been studying microplastics in Narragansett Bay and their potential effects on marine wildlife. According to University of Rhode Island Ph.D. Candidate Victoria Fulfer, microplastics are any plastic less than 5mm in size. “It can be anything from the largest ones you can see, which are about the size of a small bead, and…