The URI writing and rhetoric department created their own book on writing for students to reference. Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. The University of Rhode Island’s writing department is now using a new resource book, called Rhody Writes, to help first-year students in introductory writing courses improve their skills. The idea for Rhody Writes came from…
Photographer Nora Lewis has been working for the University as a campus photographer for 27 years. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Nora Lewis has always credited herself as being as an observer, instead of a participant, through life. “When I’d be in the car, going on rides with my family, all I would have to do…
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…
Photos by Grace DeSanti. Although being a resident assistant (RA) can be a difficult and oftentimes thankless job, University of Rhode Island students Katelyn Raimond and Alex Obiurka are two RAs who love being RAs. Raimond is a senior cell molecular biology major who’s been an RA for three years and currently works in Butterfield…
Senior communications and journalism major Josh Turano actively pursues his dreams by covering sports. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Having grown up with an unwavering love for sports, senior communication and journalism student Josh Turano turned his interests into career goals when he got to the University of Rhode Island. Turano grew up playing baseball, but…
Nursing professor Dr. Diane Martins discusses her career in nursing that led her to where she is now. Photo courtesy of Dr. Diane Martins. Dr. Diane C. Martins has a passion for her patients that has played a large role in shaping her career and eventually led to her becoming a nursing professor at…
Students are encouraged to donate food and clothing this holiday season. Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. Thanksgiving is only two weeks away, which means different community groups, such as the Jonnycake Center and the University of Rhode Island Police Department, are giving back for the upcoming holiday. Currently, the Jonnycake Center is accepting donations of food,…
Professor Robert Burns teaches his students how to give an elevator pitch. Photo by Autumn Walter. “If someone told me I was going to help thousands of people learn how to speak and overcome their speech fears I would’ve said ‘you’re joking’ because I never envisioned that for myself. I had no inclination of doing…
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…
Professor at Yale, Evren Savci, outlined her book about Sexual politics under neoliberal Islam. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Dr. Evren Savci, an accredited scholar of transnational sexualities, visited the University of Rhode Island on Nov. 7 to speak to students about feminism and sexual politics in neoliberal Islam. Savci, an assistant professor for women’s, gender,…