Students can access many helpful campus features through the Rhody Connect App. Photo by Siobhan Richards. The University of Rhode Island’s newest mobile app, Rhody Connect, was introduced this fall as a central hub for all student, faculty and staff member needs. The university-wide initiative, sponsored by the Departments of Student Affairs and Academic Affairs,…
No longer in their own house, the Women’s Center is moving to the Memorial Union. Photo by Siobhan Richards. The Women’s Center will relocate its resources to the Memorial Union this year after major declines in funding and residential interest. Last semester, the University of Rhode Island’s Housing and Residential Life (HRL) informed students that…
Diversity Dialogues has been working Greek Life to begin facilitating diversity training in their chapters. Photo by Siobhan Richards. A new program called Diversity Dialogues will offer social justice workshops on campus this year in the aftermath of a racist incident at the University that went viral. The University of Rhode Island’s Diversity Dialogues is…
Brightspace is the new and improved way that students interact with their professors. Graphic from D2L.com Following its introduction to the University of Rhode Island in February 2020, Brightspace, the new learning management system (LMS), has now overtaken Sakai as the main platform for students to access their classwork. Its previous presence in only 65…
In the midst of a pandemic and students taking online classes, URI changes student emails. Graphic from CarbonLiteracy.com. The University of Rhode Island recently implemented an email domain change as a result of the new learning management system, Brightspace, and has received mixed feedback from the student community on the shift. The University posted a…
The Taricani Lecture Series on First Amendment Rights, named for the late Rhode Island journalist Jim Taricani, is set to continue in a virtual format on Nov. 10. Hosted by the Harrington School of Communication and Media, the series focuses on multiple topics that Taricani considered important in life, such as the First Amendment and…
The Fine Arts Center was revamped with new brick around most of the outside, but there’s still more work to be done. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. The University of Rhode Island’s Fine Arts Center (FAC) is continuing with the planning of phase two, which can begin once passed on a Rhode Island state-wide referendum in…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate resumed for the first time this semester and got back to work in a virtual meeting. Vice President Kathy Collins and Assistant Vice President for Student Health and Wellness Ellen Reynolds both spoke to Senate about the challenges of getting campus running again. Collins noted, among other things,…
For the first time since students left for spring break on Friday, March 13, the University of Rhode Island has welcomed students back to campus. Students began engaging in a hybrid of modified in-person and online learning – and living – starting on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Here’s an overview of what’s been going on behind…
A grassroots movement to rename the full name of the state of Rhode Island has gained momentum following the increasing attention towards the Black Lives Matter movement and other current social justice issues. Rhode Island’s official name is the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. A Facebook group, Remove Plantations from R.I., has come…