URI film student Logan MacDonald has a popular account on TikTok. For many, TikTok has been the much-needed distraction from the overwhelming amount of bad news 2020 has to offer. Part of the beauty of the app’s algorithm is that content is curated for each specific user, designed to cater to each user’s specific interests….
Community fights COVID with refurbished sleep apnea machines Dr. Tao Wei, associate professor of electrical, computer and biomedical engineering, led a program to turn sleep apnea machines into ventilators to help fight COVID-19. Photo courtesy of web.uri.edu. Engineers from the University of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation are working to safely refurbish…
Several University of Rhode Island student organizations will hold a discussion on conflicts in six Middle Eastern countries during an Instagram Live on Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m. During the “Let’s Talk Countries” event next Monday, Lulu Alryati, a junior nursing and political science major, will host a one-hour discussion about conflicts in Middle Eastern…
“The Inheritance” Star, Andrew Burnap ’13, will teach acting class for freshmen theatre majors Andrew Burnap, new theater professor and URI alumnus, takes a break from Broadway to teach Intro to Theater. Contributed by Andrew Burnap. “I very much view teaching as sort of a sacred form,” Andrew Burnap ’13 said with conviction. “Always have….
The University of Rhode Island has begun producing its own line of hand sanitizer in order to meet the growing demand due to COVID-19. The Pharmaceutical Development Institute (PDI) in URI’s College of Pharmacy has produced two kinds of hand sanitizer: Rhody Blue, a traditional gel sanitizer, and Rhody Clear, a clear, unscented product intended to…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Events Advising (SEA) office continues to hold exciting events for students, albeit remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. SEA, overseen by the Office of Student Involvement, is designed to help student organizations with event planning and program advising. Despite the shift to complete online learning amidst the pandemic, SEA…
The first of South County Sunrise’s three-part speaker series, Loren Spears lectured about indigenous rights in the climate movement. Photo by James McIntosh. Starting in March, South County Sunrise, an environmental activist group, will be hosting a three-part speaker series focusing on anti-oppression in the environmental movement at the University of Rhode Island. The speakers…
Vice-Chair of the Student Organizations Committee (SOC) Katie Siegle. Photo by James McIntosh. A trip to ESPN with Anchor Sports Network last year lead Katie Siegle to a place she didn’t expect: the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate. “We met with some URI alumni, and one of the guys, Kevin Lopes, said that he…
Graphics by Elizabeth Wong. Students make Rhode Island home, despite distance The University of Rhode Island’s student body is made up of 47 percent out-of-state students, making it a second home to students within the region and thousands of miles away alike. Sophomore Finn Burge came to URI from Colorado, over 2,000 miles away from…
Professor Howard Ginsberg of the URI Horticulture program. Photo by James Singer. With concerns raised more recently over the decline of the bee population worldwide, much attention has been placed towards scientists that study the commonly-known pollinator. Dr. Howard Ginsberg, a professor in residence at the University of Rhode Island, has spent his over 30-year-long…