Former University of Rhode Island Talent Development alumna, Rhonda Price, started a nonprofit called Man Up, Inc. where she helps men of color and men from disadvantaged backgrounds find their place in the workforce. Price graduated from URI in 1984 with a degree in psychology. Afterward, she spent nearly 20 years working in the court…
The Anna Fascitelli Fitness and Wellness Center at the University of Rhode Island has offered a program titled “Writing for Wellness” for two years now. The program is open to all students and aims to “encourage students to use various forms of writing to enhance their well being.” Participants do “prose, poetry, and journaling” among…
The University of Rhode Island’s annual Holiday Mini Mall will return to the Memorial Union ballroom on Dec. 5 and 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For 46 years, the Holiday Mini Mall has brought festive cheer into the lives of URI students during the holiday season. When the event first made its debut,…
First-year communications professor Lori Merolla had a long career in the private sector as Vice President of Communications at Fidelity Investments before she transitioned into teaching at the University of Rhode Island. Merolla received her Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communications from URI in 1983 and a Master’s Degree in Communications from the University of Utah…
This holiday season, the University of Rhode Island tour guide team is giving back by adopting a family through the Children’s Friend and Family Services organization. The team is fundraising money which they will use to supply a family with presents. “We have adopted a family through the URI Rotaract Club,” Imke Scheepers, the public…
Only five percent of state legislators nationwide are born between 1981 and 1997, but one recent URI graduate looked to change that. Michael Steiner, 31, graduated from URI this summer with an undergraduate degree in applied economics and ran for state representative as a Democrat in Rhode Island’s 41st district this year. The district includes…
Photo by Greg Clark | Students participating in this week’s coffee hour painted canvases with colors representing the elements. On Friday, Nov. 16, the International Center held their monthly coffee hour from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Memorial Union. This week’s coffee hour followed the theme: Internationalization on Canvas, in honor of International…
Paul Larrat, the current Dean of Pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island, grew up with dreams of being an astronaut before he ever thought about joining higher education. He holds three degrees from URI in business and pharmacy as well as a Ph.D from Brown University in Epidemiology. When he first stepped on campus…
Three College of Business students from the University of Rhode Island placed second in the 2018 Business Language case competition hosted by the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business in Utah. In this competition, teams of three are introduced to a startup or a company that has a specific problem they want fixed. The…
Photo by Greg Clark | Students worked in teams during Trivia Night hosted at the visitor center. On Wednesday, Nov. 14, the Office of International Education hosted an international trivia night event at the Welcome Center. The event consisted of six different rounds, with each round having 10 questions. Every round had their own distinctive…