The Center for Humanities hosted Elizabeth Kolbert, a staff writer for the New Yorker and author for their last event in their Environmental Humanities Lecture Series with a conversation in the Higgins Welcome Center on Thursday, April 13. The event started with a welcome speech from Evelyn Sterne, the director of the Center for Humanities….
Director of the data science program and a professor in the math department, Nancy Eaton mixes her creative blues with her mathematical reds to compromise on an equal balance of purple. PHOTO CREDIT: uri.edu Nancy Eaton wakes up every weekday, completes the Wordle, Quordle and Octordle, and then heads to the University of Rhode Island,…
Photo from Cyber Warfare: Understanding National Security in the 21st Century as the biannual Langevin series. PHOTO CREDIT: Lucas Masiello | Staff Photographer The University of Rhode Island hosted “Cyber Warfare: Understanding National Security in the 21st Century” as a part of its biannual Langevin Symposium Series, where the nation’s pioneers in government cybersecurity discussed…
Pictures from the URI Soil Judging teams trip to Oklahoma. Photo Courtesy of: Matt Bauer The University of Rhode Island’s Soil Judging Team traveled to Oklahoma for a week-long soil judging competition the week of March 27 and came in third place overall, with one student coming in first place for the individual competition. Matt…
Students are enjoying new smoothie machines around campus. PHOTO CREDIT: Eddie Melfi | Staff Photographer The University of Rhode Island’s Dining Services has installed smoothie machines through a six-week beta test on campus, giving them the opportunity to test the program and refine it for next year, according to Karen E. Orbona, a dietitian nutrition…
Which class at URI has been your favorite? Graphic by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor As spring starts, so does fall class registration at the University of Rhode Island, and students believe that teaching styles and professor attitudes are crucial parts of building their class schedules. Third-year health studies major Brian Gouvin’s favorite class during…
At the University of Rhode Island, three teams of students gave proposals about how to solve climate change to a panel at the Solve Climate 2030, a worldwide teach-in at URI on March 29. Ann Salzarulo, a communications associate teaching professor, gave an introduction saying this event was sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement…
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…
Local gift boutique welcomes shoppers in their cozy environment. PHOTO CREDIT: shopnicoscout.com Owned and run by one woman, Amber Gadde, the Nico Scout gift shop offers a taste of city life in suburban Rhode Island. In the summer of 2018, Gadde opened Nico Scout in the Quo Vadis Shopping Center located in Wakefield, Rhode Island….
Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, Amy Dunkle finds joy in teaching students how to hone in their writing skills. PHOTO CREDIT: Eddie Melfi | Staff Photographer University of Rhode Island Professor of Writing and Rhetoric Amy Dunkle has been sharing her love of writing with students for the last six years. When Dunkle was starting…