While reading is certainly an essential component to anyone’s college curriculum, we forget that reading for pleasure can still be accomplished: which is exactly what the Robert L. Carothers Library’s staff is attempting to achieve via their “book swap” shelf. The initiative, dubbed ‘Take-a-Book-Leave-a-Book,” is a free way for faculty, staff and students to exchange…
Climate Change in the Oceans is not only a course offered to undergraduate students at the University of Rhode Island, but it is an issue that everyone should be aware of. OCG 123 is offered in both the Fall and Spring semester and will be a “Grand Challenge” course next year, according to assistant professor…
The University of Rhode Island has a lot of work to do if they wish to make the campus more environmentally friendly, and the use of bikes is just option for improving sustainability. Marsha Garcia, campus sustainability officer, explained that there used to be a bike program on campus where students were allowed to borrow…
According to Major Waste Disposal, the average American throws away 4.5 pounds of trash every day. To visualize how much trash that is, you would need a 100-mile-deep hole the size of a football field to store just one year of trash thrown away in the United States. The world is in general consensus that…
To make the campus more sustainable, 193 Degrees Coffeehouse has implemented new ways to be eco-friendly over the past year and a half. Super-senior environmental science major, and the Event and Environmental Coordinator, Jarrod Holgate, started the projects in fall of 2015. He and a friend would collect the coffee grounds and make a pile…
The University of Rhode Island proudly offers a Sustainable Living Learning Community in Garrahy Residence Hall. The ten-person suite is on its second year and provides students with the opportunity to live sustainably and learn more about the importance of environmentally conscious living. Lizmaylin Ramos, a sophomore majoring in psychology and biology, is completing her…
From Dallas, Texas to New York City, from 5-star hotels to private celebrity yachts there lies a traveler, a visionary and, most importantly, a chef. Tracey Altomari has been cooking since she was 12 years old and traveling around the world for decades. The Johnson and Wales culinary school graduate has been cooking for celebrities,…
There are many paths for people to take after college and one of those is to join the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps is a volunteer program that offers assistance to people living outside of the United States. The University of Rhode Island offers a Peace Corp Prep Program that helps recruit the best college…
From one coast to another, Cherisa Friedlander can’t seem to get away from the water. During her time at the University of Rhode Island, the Attleboro, Massachusetts native studied marine biology and psychology while competing on the women’s swim team. Specifically choosing URI because of the respected and successful marine biology program, led Friedlander to…