Turning Point USA held a shoot-out hockey competition on March 4 that sparked complaints from students in the University of Rhode Island’s Young Democratic Socialists of America Club. The event invited students to compete in a men versus women shoot-out hockey competition and talk to some members of the club to learn more about their…
The Resilient, Innovative, Sustainable, Economies via University Partnerships, RISE-UP, program is inviting University of Rhode Island students to take part in their Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenges going until April 22. Each college at URI is sponsoring a real-world challenge that students can choose from to submit a pitch for. Each challenge is centered around a…
Since its founding in 2014 at St. Augustine’s Church, Rhody Outpost has grown in size and is continuing to serve and aid students in the URI community. Rhody Outpost is an organization that provides one in four graduate and undergraduate University of Rhode Island students who are food insecure with the resources they need, according…
At the end of January, University of Rhode Island professor of pharmacy Matthew Lacroix was named a fellow by the American Pharmacists Association for his contributions to the association and the profession. Lacroix is the director of accreditation and assessment for URI’s College of Pharmacy. He has been involved in policy development, is a committee…
Sadie Brandt Contributing Reporter Romantic comedies are my favorite movie genre, filled with happy couples, 2000s soundtracks and horrific retro fashion choices. In 2022, I watched 15 rom-coms in a week after my boyfriend and I broke up. Whether that was a healthy coping strategy or not is up for debate, but it gave me…
Originally born in Toronto, Canada, pop artist Katrina Stuart has been pursuing her love for music in Los Angeles where she has amassed 33,613 monthly listeners on Spotify. In 2017, Stuart released her first single “All In,” which featured Teddy Marquee. The song also had a video that featured Stuart’s now ex-boyfriend, youtuber Sam Golbach….
After being on air for 24 years and being heralded as one of the most influential television comedies of the 21st century, fans of the show “Curb Your Enthusiasm” agree that the show has had a “pretty, pretty pretty good” run. The show follows Larry David, former producer and writer of the show “Seinfeld,” as…
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, the University of Rhode Island Cape Verdean Students Association held its first “Roses Speak Louder than Words” fundraiser in front of the Memorial Union. From Feb. 5 to 8, members of the organization sold roses to URI students to be picked up or delivered to a friend, significant other or…
Members of the University of Rhode Island community will be launching landers into the Gulf of Mexico to study the ecosystem through the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute. These landers are machines used to collect data such as water temperature, water pressure, light levels and much more, said Adam Soule, professor of oceanography and director of…
On Monday, the College for the Environmental and Life Sciences kickstarted its new Peer Mentor Program with a meet-and-greet event for students. Open to all majors in the CELS program, the Peer Mentor Program aims to assist first-year and transfer students with coursework, finding research opportunities and finding their community here at the University of…