Ocean Notion, a non-profit organization created by residents of the East Coast, is on a mission to preserve the ocean through cooperating with corporations, cleaning up beaches and offering educational outreach in the community. Peter Mitchell, co-founder and CEO of the non-profit organization, explained how Ocean Notion was formed this past February. He said…
Rather than searching for a job after graduation this spring, one University of Rhode Island senior will head to Cameroon to begin her service in the Peace Corps. Having earned her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and Management at URI, Providence native Frances Vasquez will put her knowledge to the test working inside a high…
One University of Rhode Island senior realized that talking about race-related issues can be awkward for some. So instead, he draws them. But rather than depict racial tensions with actual people in real-life scenarios, Alex Jimenez uses food and humor to get his messages across. Ever since he was a kid, Jimenez loved to draw,…
When your car becomes your office, you open both your doors and yourself to the world. After driving for Uber for more than a year now, Marc Tondre, 57, has driven more than his fair share of intoxicated college students, quarrelling couples and rude passengers, but he still manages to enjoy certain aspects of the…
One former news editor of the Good Five Cent Cigar now spends his time climbing mountains and leading adventurous expeditions as a freelance writer. University of Rhode Island alumnus Ryan Wichelns is a freelance outdoor writer that has gone off the beaten path with his career since earning his undergraduate degree in journalism in the…
The Coastal Institute at the Bay Campus in Narragansett offers a range of focuses within the Graduate School of Oceanography, but broader and richer than those focuses is the history of the area itself. Wayne and Bernice Durfee, alumni of the University of Rhode Island, have become historians for the Bay Campus and host yearly…
Students at the University of Rhode Island can anticipate a new way to buy and sell textbooks at fair trade, thanks to a student startup rolling out in early December. Senior accounting major Anthony Markey, 21, will be launching his website Libby in order to create an online textbook marketplace for students. It is a…
After two months of hard work, the University of Rhode Island Student Senate has approved the archery club as a recognized student organization. The club was first considered over the summer by Julia Duffy, a freshman biology major and new president of the club. Duffy created a group on Facebook in order to gauge the…
After being a police officer for almost 20 years, Officer Thomas Quaratella came to the University of Rhode Island Police Department seeking a change. Ever since he was little, he always wanted to be a police officer and he has been living out that dream. Quaratella comes to URI from the town of Hopkinton, Rhode…
Philosophy and woodworking are not so different. “The wood talks to you, it’s strange to say, [but] it does,” said Galen Johnson, Ph. D., University of Rhode Island philosophy professor. “That’s one thing I like about wood.” While Johnson has been a professor for 40 years, he has been woodworking for even longer. Following his…