Photo by Anna Meassick | Career Closet helps students to put together formal outfits to make sure they are prepared and confident. The University of Rhode Island created the Career Closet two years ago, as a resource to help students find affordable, professional attire and to avoid the difficulty of finding appropriate clothing. The Career…
Photo by Anna Meassick | Students in NRS 423 trek through wetlands as part their weekly four-hour lab. Wetland Ecology, an upper-level class in the College of Environment and Life Sciences, takes students beyond the typical classroom setting by traveling to different wetlands throughout the area each week. This course combines a classroom and field…
The Emergency Medical Service program at the University of Rhode Island has given first-year student Tatiana Snedeker, a glimpse of what her life will resemble once graduated. Snedeker is a first-year nursing student and part of URI’s volunteer EMS program. EMS provides prehospital care for ill or injured students, as well as transportation if needed….
Photo courtesy of James Masse The University of Rhode Island South County Habitat for Humanity sector is celebrating their 25 years as a student-run organization with a comedy night on Nov. 2, 2018, to raise money for upcoming projects. The fundraiser will be 90 minutes, with a host, a featured act and a headliner. In…
Photo courtesy of Zoe Comingore Zoe Comingore, a recent graduate from the University of Rhode Island, clarified what life in the real world can be like. Comingore transferred to URI after her first-year, graduated with an undergraduate degree in writing and rhetoric and Spanish. The writing and rhetoric program drew her in due to its…
This semester, the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island is debuting a brand-new Sports Media minor as a result of student demand. The interdisciplinary program will give students the opportunity to write, broadcast, produce and analyze media that concentrates solely on athletics. Students participating in this minor will have…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate elected three new officers to its executive board this fall following a wave of resignations before this semester started. Tristram Howard was named the new vice president, while Mark Gall was named campus affairs chair and Sara Straube was named External Chair. President Adriana Wilding is optimistic about…
Photo by Anna Meassick | The sap of maple trees has a compound that reacts similarly to Botox when applied to the skin. Navindra Seeram, a pharmacy professor at the University of Rhode Island, has led a team of researchers that have found a way to use components of the maple tree as a replacement…
Photo by Sarah Vinci | Hungry Rhody renamed themselves Hungry Button and launched a new app for mobile ordering. The popular food ordering website “Hungry Rhody” has rebranded itself as “Hungry Button” and launched a new app last week. The website allows students at the University of Rhode Island to order food from local restaurants…
Vanessa Quainoo, an associate professor of Communication Studies and Africana Studies at the University of Rhode Island, has recently accepted an offer to travel to Ghana in October to present her work. Quainoo was invited to present her paper regarding peace in Africa, specifically in Ghana. In her work, she touched upon how Africa and…