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- URI Wind Ensemble, Concert Band kick off semester of music this weekendKINGSTON, R.I. – Feb. 21, 2025 – The University of Rhode Island Wind Ensemble and Concert Band open the Music Department’s spring semester concerts this weekend. Here is a look of the late winter and early spring lineup of the department’s main music ensembles. The Wind Ensemble and Concert Band, both under the direction of […]
- URI study addresses disparities in obesity treatmentfor Hispanic-Latino communitiesKINGSTON, R.I. — Feb. 21, 2025 — Hispanic-Latino individuals experience some of the highest obesity rates in the U.S. compared to other ethnic groups, yet have far lower rates of metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), the most effective obesity treatment. A University of Rhode Island doctoral student’s study aims to find out why, identify socio-cultural […]
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- AI In Schools: The Good, The Bad, and the CheatyArtificial Intelligence in schools – friend or foe? If you ask most students, it’s the best thing invented since the calculator. If you ask teachers, well, some might argue it’s a one-way ticket to an academic apocalypse. However, like most things in life, AI in education is not inherently good or bad. It’s all about... The post AI In Schools: The Good, The Bad, and the Cheaty first appeared on The Good 5¢ Cigar.