Features

Tony Horton

Maybe you’ve heard of P90X. It’s the workout of champions – like Congressman and NFL quarterback Heath Schuler, actor Ashton Kutcher, and rocker Bruce Springsteen. And, if you’re an admirer of Paul Ryan’s abs – those are thanks to P90X too. What you may not know is that the face (and body) of the workout […]

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At URI, Legos are serious play (and science too).

Mark Higgins

O.K. We’ve all heard about it — on the news, in blogs and even in some comedy routines — the United States is getting very close to some kind of big cliff. But this isn’t just some ordinary cliff, it’s one that URI’s College of Business Dean Mark Higgins is watching very closely. “It’s that […]

Inspire spirit.

Sarah Merolla '14

How’d you like to go scuba diving in the tropics for a science class? At a school that’s as big on marine science as URI is, it’s not out of the question. Of course, taking notes underwater is no easy task, but URI junior Sarah Merolla mastered that skill and more while diving on a […]

Nature's a pretty common classroom here.

Peaceful Exchange in Nepal

Brian Krueger

All eyes will be on the polls Nov. 6, but one URI political science professor isn’t anxious to see who will win; he’s just looking for the exit. Exit Polls, that is. You see, Professor Brian Krueger wants to know who actually voted — young or first-time voters like you and everyone who casts a […]

Emma Hanslowe '13

As one of only 28 students in the United States – and the only URI student – to be accepted to the School for Field Studies, Emma Hanslowe spent last spring semester in Tanzania and Kenya, studying the role the Noolturesh River plays in the local culture. Moving from her comfy home in New Jersey […]

Don't just study business. Start one.

Danielle Henderson '11

It started out as a way for Danielle Henderson ’11, now a writer and graduate student in the Gender and Women’s Studies program at the University of Wisconsin, to remember the fine points of feminist theory. Besides that, she thought it would be fun. “It” was creating “flashcards” that paired some of the many available […]

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Community

Carolyn Hames

Death and grief. Two things most people don’t want to think about. But Associate Professor of Nursing Carolyn Hames has always had an interest in these issues, especially when it comes to children and nursing education. After all, one out of five American children will lose a parent by the time he or she has […]

Create solutions for disasters like this.

Marc Vigeant

For one school in San Mateo Ixtatán, Guatemala, flushable toilets were going to be a big step up from outhouses, except that workers planed to drain the toilets into a nearby river, posing a huge environmental threat to the community. But for URI engineering student Marc Vigeant, the potential nightmare was a solvable problem. Marc […]

Maria Urso '97, M.S. '00

Soldiers are constantly at risk for injury. That’s why research physiologist Maria Urso ’97, M.S. ’00 and her work finding the most effective means to help muscles recover after injuries is so valuable to our defense efforts. Her research studying musculoskeletal injuries at the cellular level for the Department of Defense has been so important, in […]