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Class Column: COM 346

While I reflect on my undergraduate experience during my fourth and final year of college, I think about the various general education and elective courses I had to take. The highlight class for me was COM 346: Social and Cultural Aspects of Media taught by Professor Daniel Munksgaard. I took this class in the fall…

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A student tests the InBody 770 machine, part of a kinesiology study. PHOTO CREDIT: URI Health and Performance Testing Lab

Sports medicine educates underrepresented female athletes

Female athletes are a largely underrepresented group in sports medicine, according to the National Institutes of Health, which led a University of Rhode Island doctoral candidate to study the effects of relative energy deficiency on these athletes. Relative energy deficiency is the mismatch between energy intake from calories and energy expenditure during exercise, which leads…

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The Synergy Project: A Collaboration of Art and Science explores topics of oceanography. PHOTO CREDIT: Will Holt | Staff Reporter

‘There is life happening’: Marine exhibit highlights beauty of science

“The Synergy Project: A Collaboration of Art and Science” exhibition aims to communicate and explore topics of oceanography through the combined efforts of artists and researchers. The exhibit showcases 50 works created by both artists and scientists from the University of Rhode Island and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, according to the project’s website. “Synergy…

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Students clubs gather in the Memorial Union Ballroom on Feb. 5 for an organization fair. PHOTO CREDIT: Emma Roberts | Staff Photographer

Spring org fair invites clubs to MU

The University of Rhode Island’s Spring Student Organization Fair on Feb. 5 featured over 40 different clubs and organizations, including the Resident Housing Association, URI Lego Club, Student Action for Sustainability and the URI 101 mentoring program.  Allie Brown is a graduate student advisor for the RHA, a new organization that was formed this academic…

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