East Hall is one of many buildings bordering the University of Rhode Island’s campus quadrangle, a spot that thousands of students walk through every day. According to an article from Rhody Today, “Buildings on the URI Quadrangle Constructing History”, East Hall was named after its location. The building sits along Lippitt road on the northeast…
Lisa Macaruso is a first-generation student. She knew she would have to approach education independently. At the University of Rhode Island, Professor Macaruso teaches a class called “Mental Health First Aid.” This class provides certification in becoming a mental health first aider, and it teaches its students the early signs of mental illness, and ways…
Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, Joy Ellison, highlighted underrepresented transgender movements in Midwestern history in a lecture given on Nov. 9 at 5 p.m. in the Multicultural Student Services Center. The lecture, titled “Un-forgetting Trans Feminism: Lessons in Survival and Resistance from Midwestern Trans Movements,” was a part of the Dana Shugar Colloquium…
First established in the late 1980s, early 1990s, the Alpine Race Club continues to welcome new students into their community of skiers and snowboarders. “Alpine” refers to the act of downhill skiing and snowboarding rather than cross-country skiing and snowboarding, hence why their name was changed from it previously being the “ski team” to specify,…
On Thursday, Charlie Enright, skipper of the 11th hour racing team, was the keynote speaker in this year’s Charles and Marie Fish lecture. Enright talked about his team’s recent win at the 2023 Ocean Race, a 37,000 mile competitive sailing event that takes participating teams around the world in six months. As skipper, Enright acts…
The University of Rhode Island Puppy Raisers Club seeks to educate students and provide opportunities to train future service dogs – all with ‘pawsitive’ spin. The Puppy Raisers Club, led by president Kevin Buretta, works with the non-profit organization Guiding Eyes for the Blind. According to their website, Guiding Eyes provides guide dogs for people…
University of Rhode Island professor Emmett Goods always knew he wanted to pursue the art of jazz. Goods grew up in Pittsburgh and learned his appreciation of music, especially jazz, from a young age. His older brother was a jazz musician, and seeing the success and attention he got from playing music inspired Goods. Goods’…
The Fashion Merchandising Society consists of a group of students who share a love for fashion. The meetings are open to all, and no prior experience or major is required, according to the club’s executive board. A meeting can consist of discussing current events in fashion, brainstorming ideas for the club like photoshoots and fundraisers,…
The University of Rhode Island hosted the 14th annual Be5k on Oct. 15 to bring attention and awareness to mental health and suicide prevention. Funds from the race go to The Heather Fund, which was founded in memory of Heather Vennewald to continue to support mental health awareness and suicide prevention within the URI campus….
Jesse-Ray Leich, a 2017 graduate from the University of Rhode Island, has gone on to play the drums for several musical theatre orchestras over the years, including multiple Broadway productions. Born in Ecuador, Leich was adopted and grew up playing the drums in North Kingstown. He has been playing since he was just 4 years…