In a world polarized by social media, former TIME magazine editor-in-chief Nancy Gibbs discussed the role of journalists as “truth seekers” at the University of Rhode Island on Thursday, Oct 10. Gibbs warned the audience about the growing distrust in news and how it impacts media creators and consumers in her presentation at the 16th…
In conjunction with this semester’s Honors Colloquium, Democracy in Peril, this year’s RISE-UP Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge is centered around Democratizing Innovation. Now in its second year, the challenge, which is part of the RISE-UP initiative and the University of Rhode Island Honors Program, welcomes students from all majors to create ideas for addressing problems…
Through yoga, prayer, challah and community, the University of Rhode Island Hillel Center upheld almost 4,000-year-old traditions in celebration of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah began Oct. 2 and ended on Friday. Yom Kippur begins Friday at sunset and ends at nightfall on Saturday. Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terrorists attacked Israel, making it…
Exposure to microplastics could be a piece to the puzzle of finding out what causes brain aging disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. Professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences Jaime Ross studies how environmental factors can contribute to brain health and brain aging disorders. In her studies, Ross exposed healthy mice to microplastics through their water…
The University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus is currently in phase one of its construction plans to rebuild the pier, add a new ocean robotics laboratory and complete site work across the campus. On May 8, 2023, the campus hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new pier. The pier was renovated to accommodate a…
The University of Rhode Island’s crochet club is one of the newest groups on campus where members are learning new skills and expressing themselves through their work. The club, which started last semester, started as a desire for some Health Services employees to learn how to crochet and has since grown into an activity that…
On July 30, University of Rhode Island graduate Dylan Hubbard (‘23) published his first novel “Steel Devotion.” The novel follows characters Dawn, Zoey, Steph and Myah as they keep out of the way of some of their classmates who have taken “a particularly violent interest in them.” However, as they band together they form lasting…
After reopening in the spring 2024 semester for only Harrington School of Communication and Media students, the University of Rhode Island’s Speaking Center now accepts students of all majors. The center was previously shut down in 2009 due to a lack of resources, according to the center’s director, Kris Cabral. Cabral established this version of…
Over this school year, the modern and classical languages and film media departments hosted a French film festival supported by the Albertine Cinémathèque grant program. In both the fall and spring semesters, the Language Center in Swan Hall showed three movies that fell into the category of French cinema. Moving into the spring section of…
Lindsay Agvent, a teaching assistant and graduate student at the University of Rhode Island, has been researching Jonah crabs, a species that scientists don’t know a lot about the biology and history of. Jonah crabs have become an important fishery in Rhode Island because of the decreasing lobster population, Agvent said. Inshore and offshore Jonah…