Event discusses importance, healing of ocean To wrap up the Fall semester Honors Colloquium, Wallace J. Nichols speaks about reevaluating our relationship to the oceans. PHOTO CREDIT: Nadia Sutryrina For the ninth and final time, The University of Rhode Island held its honors colloquium on the ocean and sustaining our shores entitled “An Ocean State…
Event attended by a university president for first time President Marc Parlange attends the LGBTQIA+ Town Hall and makes statements about campus diversity and inclusion. PHOTO CREDIT: Siobhan Richards The LGBTQIA+ Town Hall, organized annually by the Gender and Sexuality Center (GSC), has taken place since February 2012, but never with the president of the…
Handicap signs covered for lack of compliance To the dismay of some, bathroom handicapped signs are covered up in the Union. PHOTO CREDIT: James Singer Recently, the University of Rhode Island Memorial Union covered some handicapped symbols on bathroom signage. Carl Stiles, the director of the Memorial Union, said the symbols were covered up because…
Faculty Office Hour looks into music theory, therapy The field of music therapy, according to Nicole O’Malley, is one that is growing rapidly. On Dec. 1, the University of Rhode Island Foundation and Alumni Engagement hosted their third virtual faculty office hour live streamed on YouTube at 6 p.m. The office hour, led by O’Malley,…
When Jeremy Bergantini was young, his grandfather sat him down with a book about Native American history and told him he had to understand the importance of his heritage. Bergantini, now a first-year student studying history and studio art after returning to school following military service, said that this memory is what set him on…
Unknowing ‘neighbor’ expresses concern over letters sent With 9,357 Nextdoor “residents” in Narragansett, Rhode Island, have you recently joined the neighborhood? If you have, you may want to check the settings of your Nextdoor app profile to see if you’re sending your information out to anyone unknowingly. The week before Thanksgiving, University of Rhode Island…
According to many environmental experts, plastics are everywhere in our oceans and on land globally. Students and faculty alike gathered on Nov. 30 at the second-to-last Honors Colloquium of the year to discuss bioplastics and their effect on our oceans. The discussion featured four speakers who work directly in the field, and aimed to give…
Joins five Mass. universities in partnership Gaurav Khanna, a professor of psychics and director of research computing, helped URI in its effort to partner with five universities in Massachusetts for the Massachusetts Green High-Performance Computing Center. PHOTO CREDIT: bu.edu The University of Rhode Island joined the Massachusetts Green High-Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) this November to…
Learn how to operate small boats with AFS Learn to anchor a boat, tie knots, what to do when there’s a fire at sea and more by taking AFS 290: Small Boats and their Operation. The class is available to any University of Rhode Island student, even those without any prior boating experience, although a…
Multicultural Student Services Center hosts community event calling for an end to violence against Indigenous people. PHOTO CREDIT: Hannah Charron For Native American Heritage Month, the University of Rhode Island Multicultural Student Services Center hosted a panel discussion focused on calling an end to violence against Native American women on Nov. 16. The panel, entitled…