Husband and wife duo Eben Horton and Jennifer Nauck have successfully turned their passion for the art of glass blowing into their full-time career with their local Wakefield gallery and studio, the Glass Station. Horton’s interest in glass blowing sparked at the early age of 9 years old when he took an ornament making class….
The University of Rhode Island is known nationally for its Chinese Flagship Program, a program whose primary goal is for students to develop a superior level in the Chinese language to be applied in the professional world. Students across the country come to take part in this unique program and develop skills that will make…
Bridge to Opportunity, a program with efforts to reduce recidivism rates in Rhode Island, has been operating with the help from University of Rhode Island criminology and criminal justice professors Chelsea Farrell and Natalie Pifer. BTO is a program under the Building Future’s organization in Providence. BF, helps low-income community members begin working in the…
In the midst of midterms and the stress of college life,three on-campus resource centers are offering free “Crafternoon” workshops biweekly as an option for students. These workshops began in the fall of 2022, after the assistant director of Disability, Access, and Inclusion, Nina Schiarizzi-Tobin, had a conversation with Ming Lee Prospero of the Counseling Center…
Swan Hall is the home of the humanities classes at the University of Rhode Island, and is located right behind Edwards Auditorium and across the street from the Alumni Center. Swan is one of the bigger humanities halls at URI. It offers a wide variety of courses to take as a student at URI; most…
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…