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…
Psychology professor Paul Bueno de Mesquita has recently returned from a two-week trip to India, and in particular, the remote northeast region of India of Nagaland. As well as being the instructor for intro-level psychology (PSY 113), Mesquita is Director for the university’s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies. Started by Bernard LaFayette, who came…
When Marisa Cappelli transferred to the University of Rhode Island this past fall from Rhode Island College, she was disappointed to find that her former sorority, Delta Phi Epsilon, was not present on campus. Rather than accepting the end of her Greek Life experiences, Cappelli has been working to generate enough interest through the…
A designated driving program is making its way to the University of Rhode Island this weekend. The program, “Friends Matter,†allows students to volunteer to take their turn being a designated driver, and drive them and a group of their friends to bars including Bon Vue and Charlie O’s. Not only will it ensure students…
Professor Peter Covino, an English and creative writing professor at the University of Rhode Island, doesn’t have the typical background that most professors have. Covino was born in Southern Italy as a brother to four sisters.  At the age of 3, his mother’s relatives packed up their life and immigrated to America, leaving one…
“We met on the beach, and realized it was freezing, so we ended up going to Starbucks instead. We spent the next two hours talking,†Kate, a University of Rhode Island senior, said. She’s talking about the first time she and Pat, her boyfriend, met. “We [knew] eventually we wanted to get into a relationship,…
During the month of February, the Inner Space Center, located at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, is offering two additional public tours of its facilities to fuel interest in deep-sea exploration and discovery. Normally, only one public tour is offered per month. However, in an effort to promote interest in…