With midterm elections approaching, a University of Rhode Island project is working to give election workers the analytical skills needed to navigate an increasingly complex system through the Data Empowerment Project. Election offices generate vast amounts of information through voter registration systems, ballot processing technology and administrative workflows, according to URI PhD alum Nicholas Bernardo…
With finals bearing down, students turned to a low-stakes antidote this week: Unwind Your Mind, a campus wellness effort highlighted by a slime-making workshop designed to encourage hands-on focus and a moment to breathe. The event — revived after a successful run last year — invited students to “be a kid again,” get messy and…
University of Rhode Island students Rylan McCallum and Ryan Andreozzi turned a class project into a campaign to recycle electronics that use lithium batteries. The idea for recycling electronics came from a discussion about how marketing electric vehicles is misleading, according to McCallum. People are led to believe that the vehicles are a better alternative…
As the semester slows down and the air gets cooler, students at the University of Rhode Island shared some of their favorite memories and traditions, looking back to what makes the holidays special for them. Fourth-year student Joseph Weiser’s favorite memory was from when he was a kid celebrating Hanukkah. “I got a Wii, and…
From being the first official entertainment editor at The Good Five Cent Cigar to becoming a concert photographer, University of Rhode Island alumna Kayla Michaud ‘21 has made a name for herself working in the entertainment industry. Right after graduating, Michaud started working for HBO and Showtime in the New England area as a member…
On Nov. 20, outside the Memorial Union, a small table with stacks of quit-vaping kits and a hand-lettered sign did the quiet work of the Great American Smokeout: meeting students where they were, answering hard questions without judgment and offering a first, practical step toward quitting nicotine. “It’s the fourth year we’ve run it,” Megan…
The Little Bubblegum Bookshop is Rhode Island’s newest and sweetest addition to the indie bookstore community, offering a cozy, all romance atmosphere for readers who love love. Owned by University of Rhode Island alumna, Erin Masse ’09, the shop brings vibrancy, warmth and personality to anyone who may stumble across it. “I opened an all-romance…
University of Rhode Island Greek Life is holding Philanthropy Week, their largest event of the semester, from Nov. 14 to Friday, with events ranging from the annual “So You Think You Can Dance” competition to a sorority powderpuff football game. Greek Life is partnering with three main benefactors: the Narragansett Parent Teacher Organization, the Maddie…
Three first-year students have partnered with Student Action for Sustainability to build a bookshelf made entirely of recycled plastic waste. Hafsah Raja, Jana Aljallad and Ryan Purdum recently presented their initiative “Project Bookshelf ” to SAS at a weekly meeting in the library, according to the SAS’s announcement on Instagram. The three are in the…
The University of Rhode Island South Asian Student Association hosted its annual fall banquet with the theme of love and light in the Memorial Union Ballroom on Sunday. Individuals decorated the ballroom accordingly with candles, sparkly table decor and yellow flowers. Music from a playlist made by fourth-year SASA member Asha Bahross played in the…