After over a semester’s worth of hard work and dedication, the members of Uhuru Sasa are bringing the solar system to life this Friday with their 19th Annual Fashion Show. With this year’s theme of “Planets,” the club has plans to execute one cohesive skit, full of theatrics and choreography. Uhuru Sasa seeks to emulate…
You’d never beelieve how much Steve Alm loves bees. PHOTO CREDIT: Lauren Drapeau | Contributing Reporter Upon first glance after walking into professor Steven Alm’s office, pictures of past students neatly crowd the wall along with graphs and samples of insects. The faces closest to the ceiling have begun to fade to a blue/gray. Alm…
Disproportionate impacts of environmental hazards on people of color Graphic by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor In honor of April being Earth Month, professors at the University of Rhode Island discussed the topic of environmental racism and justice. The non-profit organization, Greenaction, defines environmental racism as “the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on people of…
Natile Chasten and Rosetint play their last concert at 193 coffeehouse. PHOTO CREDIT: Lauren Drapeau | Contributing Reporter When you’re in the 193 Coffeehouse, your initial reaction to the statement, “You might get moshed,” is to shrug it off in disbelief with a simple, “No I won’t.” Yes, actually, you will. Officially formed in February,…
Director of the data science program and a professor in the math department, Nancy Eaton mixes her creative blues with her mathematical reds to compromise on an equal balance of purple. PHOTO CREDIT: uri.edu Nancy Eaton wakes up every weekday, completes the Wordle, Quordle and Octordle, and then heads to the University of Rhode Island,…
Professor of anthropology, Hilda Lloréns, encourages students to use their education to make positive change. PHOTO CREDIT: Lauren Drapeau | Contributing Reporter Hilda Lloréns has been teaching cultural anthropology at the University of Rhode Island for almost a decade, with a special interest in advocacy work. Before coming to URI, she taught at Brown University,…
Pictured: Larisa Kasumagić-Kafedžić speaking about peace teaching. PHOTO CREDIT: Lauren Drapeau | Contributing Reporter Larisa Kasumagić-Kafedžić of Cornell University delivered a lecture on Friday, March 31 at the University of Rhode Island about the implementation of peace pedagogy, or peace teaching, into formal education. During the event, hosted by the Center for Nonviolence and Peace…
The GSC’s annual symposium discussed how separate identities make up a person. PHOTO CREDIT: Lauren Drapeau | Contributing Reporter The Gender and Sexuality Center (GSC) held its 28th Annual Symposium last week for the University of Rhode Island community to attend, inviting Kacee Ferrell-Snyder from the Women’s Center at Bowling Green State University in Ohio…
Comedian, Eric Andre to come to URI. PHOTO CREDIT: yahoo.com The Student Entertainment Committee (SEC) announced on March 23 that comedian and actor, Eric Andre, will be visiting the Ryan Center on April 22 as part of URI’s Spring Fest. Eric Andre enters his own realm of comedy as a professional, being referred to as…
“Rhody Today,” a newsletter that recently started appearing in University of Rhode Island email inboxes, was launched this semester to share information about important campus events and academic research. After the termination of URI Communications as a delivery system for campus updates over winter break, “Rhody Today” began appearing with a wider range of daily…