Financial credit is something almost everyone will need at some point in their life and it is fairly easy for college students to build if it is done right. “There’s a little bit of a reward if you do the right thing, but you have to be responsible and you can’t run away from…
As students progress throughout their college career at the University of Rhode Island, they often find themselves questioning why they chose to attend this school. They have also probably found themselves facing other questions like why this campus was built on a hill or why 8 a.m. classes are still a thing. Now, while…
Bridges is a student organization at the University of Rhode Island seeking to make “bridges†between all the clubs and organizations on campus. The organization is a non-hierarchal group, seeking to help unite the university together. Bridges originally started in the 1990’s at URI as a way to create a more cohesive campus and…
The general consensus is that people go to college in order to get a job. But for many students, finding and achieving their perfect career is harder than their first chemistry quiz. Jennifer Visinho, graduate of Bridgewater State University, along with her colleagues make up the Center for Career Experiential Education whose aim is…
A biomedical engineering professor at the University of Rhode Island has been an integral part of developing smartwatches for at-home speech therapy to continuously monitor patients. Kunal Mankodiya, assistant professor in the electrical, computer and biomedical engineering department at URI, said he saw the success of the smartphone as potential for at-home care. He…
A wearable eye-tracking device for patients with ALS helped a University of Rhode Island student take first place at the Rhode Island Business Plan competition last Friday. “I knew I did well, but I wasn’t really thinking, ‘Oh yeah, I won’,” said Cara Nunez, senior at the university. Nunez is a double major in…
Next semester, a rocket club will be added to the long list of clubs the University of Rhode Island offers to cater to the interests of its students. Joseph Jacobs, sophomore mechanical engineer and German major, has been working this past semester to get the club on its feet. “We’ve been recognized by the…
A comfortable and unique restaurant overlooking Narragansett Town Beach, Chair 5 recently opened in The Break Hotel on Ocean Road on June 29. The Break Hotel, which opened on June 19, is a completely new boutique hotel. Tania Carosi, manager of Chair 5, said that Chair 5 is an original restaurant, but is apart of…
“Frat guys are all the same. All people in Greek life care about is getting drunk and going to parties. I bet they don’t even care about the school.†These are all common misconceptions that people make about Greek life on college campuses nationwide. At the University of Rhode Island, there are 15 fraternities…
A student at the University of Rhode Island takes gaining field experience through internships to the next level. Surya Moreira, in her fifth year at URI, has gotten the chance to meet big-name stars through her internships at Atlantic Records in New York City and Warner Brothers in California. “Coming into school I thought I…