Illustration by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor This week from the Student Senate: Dining Services Director Pierre St-Germain and the Student Senate found common ground after year-long tensions between the two organizations at Wednesday’s Student Senate meeting. The apprehension began during a tumultuous April 2022 meeting, where St-Germain compared multi-million dollar budgets to a “pee-pee” contest. Focusing…
URI saves approximately 450,000 plastic water bottles in under a year. PHOTO CREDIT: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor The University of Rhode Island is doing its part to reduce plastic pollution through the installation of reusable water bottle filling stations. According to Jeffrey Plouffe, URI’s associate director of Housing and Residential Life (HRL), the first…
President Parlange from his state of the university address. PHOTO CREDIT: Eddie Melfi | Staff Photographer President Marc Parlange introduced his 10-year strategic plan in his State of the University Address on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Parlange said the plan is associated with the change of president. The previous University president, David Dooley, had a strategic…
Women’s center continues to look for a new director. PHOTO CREDIT: uri.edu Staffed by a team of four undergraduate students, the University of Rhode Island’s Women’s Center hopes to grow as a campus resource for inclusivity and empowerment. The Center’s staff, made up of fourth-year Emma Newell, fourth-year Libby Ware, second-year Dayanara Monzon and first-year…
Pictured: Newport police have started using body cams PHOTO CREDIT: Lucas Masiello | Staff Photographer On Feb. 10 the University of Rhode Island’s Police Department got a shipment of Axon body cameras for every officer to wear while on duty. The University purchased these cameras after applying for a Department of Justice grant given out…
Kia, Hyundai models target of potential break-ins Pictured: Steering wheel lock handed out to students. PHOTO CREDIT: Lucas Masiello | Staff Photographer Due to a national increase of stolen cars, the University of Rhode Island Public Safety Department is giving out free steering wheel locks to Hyundai and Kia owners in the community. According to…
Picture from the candlelight vigil for earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. PHOTO CREDIT: Eddie Melfi | Staff Photographer In a matter of minutes, the earthquakes that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria on Feb. 6 created a humanitarian crisis with both physical and political impacts. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed tens of thousands of people,…
New artificial intelligence program raises questions in academic integrity and ethics. Graphic by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence software created by a company called OpenAI, has been making headlines nationally for its ability to generate text similar to the way that humans generate language. This has been raising a lot of…
A maze of mirrors and magnifiers for light to travel through PHOTO CREDIT: Eddie Melfi | Staff Photographer In the University of Rhode Island’s department of chemistry, the Hayes Group conducts research with ultrafast spectroscopies. In their most recent experiment, the group exposed ferrate (VI) to ultraviolet light. This study was published in the Journal…
Illustration by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor This week from the Student Senate: members of the University of Rhode Island Student Senate butted heads with Michael Rice, president of the Faculty Senate over the Student Senate’s controversial attendance policy bill at the Wednesday Student Senate meeting. The bill, which was drafted by the Student Senate and will…