During the 2016 J Term at the University of Rhode Island, the Center for Career and Experiential Education offered a truly unique opportunity to a small group of students. That opportunity was ITR 300, a course in career exploration that promises to expose students of all majors and interests to a wide variety of…
A University of Rhode Island student is releasing her novel in paperback this week after meeting the quota for her eBook sales. Elizabeth Miceli, a junior at the university, released her book “Barren†last October. “I constantly hear, ‘Oh I wish it was paperback, I want to read it,’†Miceli said. “I think that’s…
As campus police officers, it is important to be invested not only in the day-to-day work but in the surrounding community as well. One police officer at the University of Rhode Island is an embodiment of this investment, both on and off the clock. Mark Brasil, a police detective for the university, began working…
One of the many hidden treasures around The University of Rhode Island is undoubtedly the Writing Center. Located on the fourth floor of Roosevelt in room 408, the center boasts twelve tutors and a new coordinator: Lydia Saravia. Saravia describes the Writing Center as a place for students to come to an understanding about their…
The University of Rhode Island is made up of 1,245 acres, a striking amount for students to maneuver around during the winter months, but for students with disabilities, this distance is even greater. The Office of Disability Services for Students at URI will attend to nearly 1,600 students this academic year who are suffering from…
“We are young, we are naïve and we do have these crazy thoughts that other people might not even consider,†Kyle Nacci, president of the student group Thrive, said. “And maybe 99 times out of 100 it turns out that we can’t actually do it, but that one time that we can do it,…
A professor at the University of Rhode Island is working on research that he hopes will lead to a better understanding of the moving patterns of mako sharks, thereby effectively and properly controlling their population. “When we talk about sharks, everybody thinks about shark attacks and white sharks and shark week, and that kind…
The University of Rhode Island offers a multitude of interesting classes, one being an Anthropology topics class, Sex and Reproduction in our Species. According to the course syllabus, it addresses questions like “what is similar and what is different about human reproduction and that of other organisms and do all humans reproduce the same…
Last month an issue of Scientific American was published featuring a scholarly article from one of the University of Rhode Island’s very own professors, Holly Dunsworth. Professor Dunsworth has been with the University of Rhode Island since fall of 2011. She holds a master’s in Biological Anthropology, with a focus in genetics and primates,…
While other students relaxed at home for winter break, two students from the University of Rhode Island spent their Winter J Term thousands of miles away in Senegal to study mangrove tree restoration. The program was offered for the first time this year, and was organized by Professor Brice Loose from the university’s Graduate…