The Puppy Raisers Club is making tails wag even more this semester with an increase of service dogs on campus. The club works with an organization called Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a non-profit organization that raises dogs to become future guide dogs for those who are visually impaired free of charge. On campus this…
Catching up with new students following their first college move-in The day finally arrives–choosing an outfit from your bare closet, eating the last home-cooked meal your mom made you, and frantically packing the car is just the start of a day you will never forget: your first college move-in day. For freshmen, college is a…
University of Rhode Island alumni Daniel Faggella did what many college students only dream of: sell a company for over a million dollars. Faggella began his million dollar journey at URI where with only an independent study and a warehouse behind a carpet store. In the independent study, Faggella focused mainly on the startup process…
Trend Pie, a Narragansett digital marketing company, is looking for University of Rhode Island students to intern and take part in an innovative field. Trend Pie uses influencer marketing to promote mobile apps primarily using social media as a tool. They utilize what are called social media influencers, people with a large following on social…
Students in a Social Media for Marketing business class have been busy developing a social media initiative they’ve named Rhody Ripple. The students were tasked with creating a social media campaign to combat violent extremism. To do that, they created their own marketing agency called C.R.E.A.T.E., which stands for “Choose Resilience Empower All Teach…
“They say ‘don’t play in the mud’ as a kid, but you’ve always wanted to. Now, you get to play in the mud as an adult,” Director of Oozeball, Mike Lawson, commented on what is so appealing about URI’s dirtiest tradition. If you haven’t heard about Oozeball before, you may have been trying to connect…
Since his family was returning to Rhode Island after he graduated from high school in Guantanamo Bay, the University of Rhode Island seemed like the most fitting option for Ken Ayars. Drawn to the school by the successful men’s soccer program, proximity to family and marine biology program, the current Chief of the Division of…
University of Rhode Island students are working on creating and developing prosthetic limbs for amputees in Columbia. Thanks to a $25,000 federal grant through the 100,000 Strong in the Americas program, four URI students are getting the opportunity to design and develop prosthetic limbs. The idea for the project came through with the grant, proposal…
Throw on your favorite outfit and strut your moves at the Gender and Sexuality Center’s first Express Yourself Fashion Show tonight. Nate Vaccaro, coordinator of the show, explained that it’s an all-inclusive event where people can wear whatever they want with an audience to cheer and support them on. “I really wanted to create an…
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…