For 30 years, Quainoo has impacted the world with her work It’s rare for an academic to write poetry. Communications studies and Africana studies Associate Professor Vanessa Wynder Quainoo, however, is the exception. Quainoo has written several poetry books, despite receiving pushback in her career because of it. “I’ve not always felt an open door…
Campus Recreation is promoting the environment-friendly practice during October Several students recently participated in plogging as a fun way to clean up campus. Photo contributed by Denise Robbin. For the entire month of October the Campus Recreation Center staff has been promoting an activity for casual runners: jogging and picking up trash, known as plogging….
URI Paranormal Society Investigates Supernatural Entities Around Campus Paranormal Society is a group of students who search for spirits around campus. Photo by James McIntosh. Have you ever wondered what buildings on campus might be haunted? Look no further than the University of Rhode Island’s Paranormal Society for where to find spirits around campus this…
Many have made URI’s campus their home to raise a family and retire Despite being surrounded by college students, many homes on campus belong to Kingston residents. Photo by Grace DeSanti. There are many people who live on campus year-round, and many of these people are not affiliated with the University of Rhode Island in…
Dr. John Kirby dropped out of college about 40 years ago, but that did not stop him from being named the University of Rhode Island’s Dean of the College of Environmental and Life Sciences (CELS) in 2010. As a sophomore in college, he found that he wasn’t really connecting with the school and the coursework….
The building’s design gives students a unique experience The University of Rhode Island’s College of Engineering’s newest building, the Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering, is viewed as one of the most technologically-exceptional facilities on the East Coast. The building was essentially a result of two important aspects that the college wanted to integrate to take…
Albert Kausch has a 4.6 on RateMyProfessors.com. Over the last 15 years, biotechnology professor Albert Kausch has earned a 4.6 rating on RateMyProfessors.com. Photo by Autumn Walter. “Absolute best professor I have ever had.” This is just one of the overwhelmingly positive reviews left on ratemyprofessor.com for the issues in biotechnology Professor Albert Kausch. “I…
Six marine biology majors presented their summer research this past Friday Sophomore marine biology major Katrina Davis shared her experience at her summer internship working with beluga whales. Photo by James McIntosh. The third annual “I Know What You Did Last Summer” lecture was held this past Friday afternoon, where a total of six University…
Mindfulness and meditation is being used more frequently on campus “I love talking to people about mindfulness because I think it can be a total game changer in how people feel and how they move through their life every day.” This is how Rachel Leveillee, director of the Academic Testing Center, describes her “secret superpower.”…
Quahogging is a popular activity in the state, but the terminology confuses some non-residents Despite being the smallest state in the U.S., Rhode Island certainly has plenty of unique words, phrases, foods or concepts that leave out-of-staters confused. What is an example of one such word? quahog. For many people who live outside the 1,212…