On Sept. 15, outside of the Memorial Union, a swarm of URI students flooded around giant bins, and tables of clothing, shoes, accessories and bathing suits. Crosswynds Traders had come once again, bringing pieces of highly discounted clothes for students to buy. Christine Woodbine, founder of Crosswynds, and URI alum created Crosswynds because she became…
University of Rhode Island alumni and sisters, Abby Rodman ‘84 and Julie Howard ‘86 host the podcast “Sisters Cracking Up,” where they discuss midlife and interview authors and other experts on the topic. Why did you decide to start the podcast? Rodman: It started right at the beginning of COVID in 2020 and we were…
Jessica Adams started teaching biology courses at the University of Rhode Island in the Fall of 2015. In that time, she has shared her love of education and biology with thousands of students. Adams grew up in Girdwood, Alaska ., where she inherited her love of education from her mother, who taught seventh and eighth…
Nick Rockwell, a second-year midfielder for URI men’s soccer team, from Barrington, Rhode Island, achieved every kid’s dream: the opportunity to play Division I sports at their home state’s university. The University of Rhode Island’s men’s soccer team elevated Rockwell from team manager to active roster player on Friday, Sept. 15th, a day before the…
At the University of Rhode Island, the Rhody Rifle Club promotes gun safety while practicing precision rifle, according to club President Emily Lopez and club Vice President and Social Media Manager Sophia Wood. Precision rifle is an Olympic sport where players shoot .22-caliber rifles that are one inch long, Wood said. The diameter of the…
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Brad Wetherbee, recently deemed “URI’s Shark Guy” in the University of Rhode Island’s magazine, provides opportunities for shark field research to over 100 students annually, according to him. Wetherbee emphasized the importance of hands-on learning for students in order to gain skills and experience. In his particular field, this looks…
After serving as interim since May 2022, Michelle Fontes was appointed as the assistant vice president for community, equity and diversity at the University of Rhode Island. Fontes got involved in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in her early 20s with help from mentors, according to Fontes. As an undergraduate student at URI, , she…
Canada native Jean Gordon, ph.D. was named the chair of the department of communicative disorders at the University of Rhode Island over the summer of 2023. Gordon received her bachelor’s, master’s and ph.D. in speech language pathology from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a university that has been dubbed “the Harvard of Canada.” After…
URI students share their immigration stories. Photo Courtesy of: Giulianna Sanchero-Gomez and Chadianny Rivera Hernandez The topic of immigration has increasingly become a divisive topic in the United States as immigration is protected under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, developed by the United Nations. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states in Article 13,…
You’d never beelieve how much Steve Alm loves bees. PHOTO CREDIT: Lauren Drapeau | Contributing Reporter Upon first glance after walking into professor Steven Alm’s office, pictures of past students neatly crowd the wall along with graphs and samples of insects. The faces closest to the ceiling have begun to fade to a blue/gray. Alm…