EUSAB hosts open mic for Trans Day of Visibility

An estimated 77,900 transgender adolescents live in states that have passed laws and policies restricting gender-affirming care for minors, and continue to experience barriers to healthcare and social mobility, according to the Williams Institute. States building these barriers — Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Dakota, Tennessee and Utah — have banned…

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From  ‘beans to bar’

URI student runs award-winning chocolate company First-year student, Ella Schnider with her product from Gansett Chocolate Company. PHOTO CREDIT: Nick Pierson | Contributing Photographer In January 2021, a chocolate company called “Gansett Craft Chocolate” opened in Wakefield, Rhode Island, according to Ella Schneider, a first-year student studying entrepreneurship and innovation business at the University of…

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A ‘close-up’ on SXSW

PHOTO CREDIT: Alexa Potamianos | Newscast Editor This past spring break, I had the opportunity to attend the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival in Austin, Texas.  While there is no way one person could see everything the festival has to offer in just one week, here is a recap of my top SXSW experiences….

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‘Tick Talk:’ A conversation with entomology professor Mather

Known as “The TickGuy,” Thomas Mather is a professor of plant sciences and entomology, director of the Vector-Borne Disease Center on campus and TickEncounter Resource Center at the University of Rhode Island.  “[My] research interests include the ecological dynamics of tick-transmitted diseases and strategies for optimizing tick control and awareness,” Mather said in a written…

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