While most people come home from work or school looking for a place to unwind, Mark LaHoud spends his work days making that place a reality. “When we open our doors, we’re hosting a party,” LaHoud said. “Everyones invited, and we have no idea what kind of party it’s going to be.” This is the…
Professors in a University of Rhode Island research program have been predicting hurricane patterns to improve public safety and mitigate storm damage amidst recent weather crises. The program, Rhode Island Coastal Hazards, Analysis, Modeling and Prediction, increases awareness for communities through real-time hazard and impact prediction. RI-CHAMP has over the past 10 years been able…
In conjunction with this semester’s Honors Colloquium, Democracy in Peril, this year’s RISE-UP Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge is centered around Democratizing Innovation. Now in its second year, the challenge, which is part of the RISE-UP initiative and the University of Rhode Island Honors Program, welcomes students from all majors to create ideas for addressing problems…
Professor Peter McLaughlin, a recent addition to the University of Rhode Island as of this semester, has been using his knowledge from traveling and prior work experience to improve the URI Department of Political Science. McLauglin is originally from Maryland, however he has lived in Montana, Iowa and now Rhode Island. He also spent his…
Exposure to microplastics could be a piece to the puzzle of finding out what causes brain aging disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. Professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences Jaime Ross studies how environmental factors can contribute to brain health and brain aging disorders. In her studies, Ross exposed healthy mice to microplastics through their water…
With the presidential election just around the corner, the University of Rhode Island’s Multicultural Student Services Center and Talent Development Program hosted a community voter registration drive on Sept. 24. The voter drive helped people register to vote and informed people who are already registered to vote of the issues, according to its URI events…
Located at the top of the University of Rhode Island Kingston campus, the Kingston Fire District offers various opportunities for students interested in firefighting. “These services are provided through a highly-trained, dedicated and adaptable force of volunteers known as the Kingston Volunteer Fire Company,” according to the Kingston Fire District website . One of the…
The University of Rhode Island’s class of 2028, made up of around 3,350 students, were welcomed to the community on Aug. 30 and 31. Along with 600 transfer and 600 graduate students, the accomplishments of the new first-year class were praised by Dean Libutti, associate vice president for enrollment management and student success at URI….
After reopening in the spring 2024 semester for only Harrington School of Communication and Media students, the University of Rhode Island’s Speaking Center now accepts students of all majors. The center was previously shut down in 2009 due to a lack of resources, according to the center’s director, Kris Cabral. Cabral established this version of…
Every Thursday at 11 a.m. since the first day of school, students have lined the sidewalks of the Quad at the University of Rhode Island to wait for fresh, locally grown produce from the URI Free Farmers’ Market. The market started in order to use the excess food produced by the teaching farms and gardens…