The “Red Zone” is a time period between the months of August and November where sexual assault is prominent on college campuses across the country. URi-STAND, a University of Rhode Island organization focused on bringing awareness and resources to sexual assault victims, is pairing with URI’s Student Senate to educate students about the Red Zone,…
Students looking to make new connections shared small talk and pizza at the University of Rhode Island’s annual Speed Friend-ing event, a Health Services program designed to help students build friendships in a fast-paced, low-pressure setting. The event was called Speed Friend-ing, and it was like speed dating. Its goal was for the participants to…
From singing in a band to traveling the world, Spanish Professor William Stark’s career has been full of many twists and turns. Stark grew up in Eugene, Oregon, and began his education at the University of Oregon in 1980, where he studied a variety of languages, including Latin, Greek, Spanish, French and Italian. Three years…
Thursdays at the University of Rhode Island are filled with excited faces and the smells of local food and produce. At the URI Free Farmers Market, students get their hands on free, fresh and farm-grown vegetables while learning about healthy eating habits and ways to combat food insecurity. The complimentary produce is available weekly from…
Before joining the University of Rhode Island psychology staff as department chair this fall, Davis Schnyer researched cognitive neuroscience in one of the three original research labs involved in TRACK TBI, a national multisite study. Schnyer has observed the behavior, memory and attention of healthy people, as well as those suffering from mental illness or…
PHOTO CREDIT: Skylar Connot | Staff PhotographerA student pets a goat from Peckham Farm.A student from a Musicians Guild band performs on the quad during earth day celebration.Student vendors sell different pieces of art on the quad. Ready to sustainably shop, peruse potted plants and weave in between educational posters, students spent a sunny Earth…
The University of Rhode Island’s Greek Week wrapped up the evening of April 11 with a dance competition and the announcement of this year’s overall winners: Alpha Delta Pi and Theta Chi. The weeklong event raised a total of $148,000 for Special Olympics Rhode Island and Best Buddies of Rhode Island, according to the URI…
Cherie Rowe, a teaching assistant in the English department at the University of Rhode Island, finds a mirror and comfort in her grief through Shakespeare. This spring, Rowe is participating in a production of “Hamlet” at the Gamm Theatre where she plays Player Queen. “I think my teaching informs my acting in that I always…
Teaching assistant Darcey Lovell recently shined light upon the female detectives of the Victorian Era as she unveiled her doctoral research at the Center for Humanities’ final Brown Bag lecture series of the spring semester. Lovell’s lecture explored female detectives in Victorian detective fiction during the from the mid-1800s to around 1915, when detective fiction…
As a part of sexual assault awareness month, the University of Rhode Island’s Violence Prevention and Advocacy Services and the Women’s Center hosted a Take Back the Night Event on April 9. The event, which was held outside the Memorial Union, featured speakers from the student senate, Powerful Independent Notoriously Knowledgeable Women, URI’s Bystander Intervention…