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…
The traditional college lecture has been around for about 800 years. The teaching style came about because a select few elites would have information, and information was hard to get. At the time, one person standing up and talking for an hour made sense. However, society has evolved immensely from 800 years ago. With inventions…
Not every campus police officer at the University of Rhode Island always had their sights set on law enforcement, but one made his decision after retirement. Officer Paul Hanrahan’s first career was in the military, starting when he joined the air force right after he graduated from North Kingstown High School. He served in…
The International Engineering Program (IEP) at the University of Rhode Island has provided students with unique opportunities to further their education while studying abroad for years. Although many study abroad students opt for a reduced workload and credits which submerge them into a foreign culture, the IEP students push themselves to study their already intense…
The Mentor/Tutor Internship Program, better known as MTI@URI, was founded 17 years ago in order to give URI students the chance to mentor primary and secondary public school students. This rewarding program challenges its participants to succeed as teachers and mentors in a real-life school setting. Students don’t need any prior experience to get involved,…
Kendall Moore, an associate professor in the departments of journalism and film media at the University of Rhode Island, has released numerous films in her lifetime that uncover issues associated with race, health, environment and gender. “At the core of everything I have done has been this desire to influence what I saw as a…
Not every campus police officer at the University of Rhode Island always had their sights set on law enforcement, but one made his decision after retirement. Officer Paul Hanrahan’s first career was in the military, starting when he joined the air force right after he graduated from North Kingstown High School. He served in…
“I think what a lot of students don’t realize is that college kids are the firefighters that show up when a student burns their popcorn in the dorms,†Deputy Chief Christopher DeGrave, who is in charge of training volunteers, said.  The University of Rhode Island’s Fire Department responds to 800-900 calls a year, both…
Approximately 24.8 percent of college students aged 18-22 years old were current smokers in 2010, according to the to the 2012 Surgeon General’s Report on tobacco use among youth and young adults. University of Rhode Island students and staff at the Anna Fascitelli Fitness and Wellness Center are taking a stand to combat that…
While aspects of living on-campus for all four years of college are appealing to some students, most undergraduates at the University of Rhode Island tend to move off for a number of reasons for their junior or senior year. Being that Rhode Island is the “Ocean State,†prospects for living off-campus include being closer to…