A research team in the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy has developed a cheaper COVID-19 test that has the potential to be implemented throughout the community at large. Angela Slitt, a biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences professor at URI, led the development of the new quantiCOVID-19 test, alongside students working in the lab. Their…
Writer discusses role of LGBT+ community in women’s rights movement Graphic by Alison Carpino. Last Thursday, faculty and students at the University of Rhode Island explored and discussed the impact of political participation in an event called “Getting out the Vote.” The event analyzed the importance of youth, minority and female votes, as well as…
Three students from the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) were accepted to a prestigious fellowship program starting at the beginning of this semester. Seventy students are selected to take part in the Sea Grant and Knauss Fellowship Program every year. The Knauss Program gives graduate students the opportunity to study marine…
URI will soon have a graduate-level data science certificate program. Photo from pexels.com The University of Rhode Island recently announced a new graduate-level program in data science starting this summer, as one of the first newly developed online-only programs offered at the University. URI began putting resources into new online certificates and master’s programs in…
Margie O’Brien: journalist, entrepreneur, storyteller Local journalist Margie O’Brien recently participated in an event with URI’s Women in Business organization. Photo from golocalprov.com Being the youngest of six siblings, Margie O’Brien has always been a storyteller. As a child, the now-journalist and business owner would fight for her parent’s attention around the “elbows-to-elbows” kitchen table…
URI yearbook back after year-long hiatus After a one-year-long hiatus, URI will once again have a yearbook. Photo from web.uri.edu. Due to COVID-19, the official yearbook of the University of Rhode Island, the Renaissance Yearbook, was never released in 2020. This year, Editor-in-Chief Hayley O’Marra has to put together two different yearbooks. According to O’Marra,…
Artists to continue “creating magic” in renovated space Tuesday’s bond referendum will give the URI Fine Arts Center a much-needed upgrade. Photo by James McIntosh. During Tuesday’s special referendum election, Rhode Island voters approved seven bond questions worth $400 million, related to developing projects throughout the state. Question One on the ballot grants $107.3 million…
Speakers to discuss climate change Local journalist Margie O’Brien recently participated in an event with URI’s Women in Business organization. Photo from golocalprov.com The 2021 TEDxURI will include two fully-virtual shows with numerous speakers covering the topic of “decoding the language of climate.” The TEDxURI event, which takes place every year at the University of…
The Student Senate passed a resolution recommending the Senate’s on-campus housing waitlist priority during this week’s meeting. Instruments Committee Chair Christopher Bove and Moderator Caleb Hilyard introduced a resolution to announce the Student Senate’s recommendation for a new housing waitlist priority due to the changes made recently by the Department of Housing and Residential Life….
On Feb. 16, staff from the American Institute for Foreign Studies (AIFS) hosted an event with alumni of the AIFS program focused on maintaining healthy habits, mentally and physically, while abroad. AIFS is one of the leading third-party abroad programs in the world, offering programs for students in both college and high school, according to…