Student Group Befriends Community Members with Disabilities

Best Buddies, an international non-profit group that works with adults who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, has an up-and-coming volunteer chapter on the University of Rhode Island’s campus.  Over the past three years of being involved with URI’s Best Buddies, Maddie Cooprider, the secretary for Best Buddies, has seen the organization grow in size. Cooprider…

Read More

An Exploding Passion for Volcanoes

Professor Katie Kelley Studies how volcanoes affect the environment. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Although volcanoes aren’t necessarily on the top of the list of current climate concerns, they affect the environment more than one would think. One University of Rhode Island professor is researching this specific topic.   Katherine Kelley, a professor of marine geology and…

Read More