By Lily Jones | Arts and Entertainment Editor Every year hundreds of thousands of college students across the nation choose to study abroad, traveling to a new school in a foreign country to live and learn there for weeks, months, or even years at a time. The most popular places for American students to study abroad are mostly located in Europe, with EnglandRead More

Hi! I am in Dr. Chace’s Marine Research program, where I focus my research on locations along Newport Neck and Narragansett Bay. I evaluate habitat selection among macroinvertebrates and fish abundance and distribution. I have been part of this program funded by EPSCoR/SURF and connected with URI for two years now. Within my first year, I have made this videoRead More

*Photo courtesy of www.smallbitesrhodeisland.blogspot.com/ By Lily Jones | Arts and Entertainment Editor Located at 19 Charles St., somewhat off of Newport’s beaten path, is a quaint little eatery called Perro Salado (Spanish for “Salty Dog”). As described by its website, the restaurant serves “fresh” and “innovative” Mexican cuisine and “bold” and “fresh” drinks in a “whimsical” yet “inviting” space that hearkensRead More

By Tara Stanzione | Co-Editor-In-Chief Lauren Kane ’15, editor-in-chief of the Mosaic newspaper last year, has been accepted into a unique master’s program that combines literature and religious studies at the Yale Divinity School and hired as a paid editorial assistant at the Yale University Press. Kane plans to pursue her interest in the English Renaissance poet John Milton, whileRead More

By Ellena Sweet | On Campus News Editor Newport is an ideal destination for summer fun. Whether you’re looking for ways to keep yourself busy over break or simply planning a day trip, here’s a list of food and festivals that are not to be missed this season. Good eats: seeking out great food is a given, and there areRead More