After performing in Scotland over the summer, a music instructor at the University of Rhode Island returned to continue sharing his passion for music and experiences through teaching. Kyle Forsthoff was eager to spread his talent and make human connection through music. Music has always been present in Forsthoff’s life due to his father’s love…
An associate professor of business at the University of Rhode Island received a 2018 National Award for Innovative Excellence in marketing education. To engage students and give them real-life experiences, Professor Christy Ashley came up with a project called “Fantasy Brands League.” Ashley found that the students in her strategic marketing management class, filled with…
Photo by Anna Meassick | Professors have been teaching without a contract in place after the current one expired in June. Faculty at the University of Rhode Island have been working for almost a month without contracts as the faculty union and the state have been negotiating an appropriate agreement. The previous contract was valid…
A University of Rhode Island researcher worked with a team of five other scientists in discovering an active volcanic heat source underneath an Antarctic glacier. Assistant Professor of Oceanography at URI, Brice Loose helped discover the heat source during a major expedition on the RSS James Clark Ross in 2014. According to Loose, the team…
Assistant director for Audiovisual Production, Timothy Tierney, is set to retire on April 7 after 41 years of working for the University of Rhode Island. Tierney began his long career at URI when he was a student here in the early 70s. He was a student worker in the then Audio Visual center where he…
One hundred and forty-six professors and counting have been placed on a national “watch list” over the past month for expressing liberal ideals, and the University of Rhode Island is represented among those numbers. The Professor Watchlist featured Assistant Professor and Acting Director of Graduate Studies Erik Loomis for making negative comments against the National…
A new professor at the University of Rhode Island is uniting his real world experience working with popular TV shows with classroom learning. Justin Wyatt, an assistant professor of the Harrington School, began his first semester of teaching at URI this fall. After previously teaching media arts at the University of Arizona, Wyatt decided to…