Photo courtesy of Dominic DeFilipi | URI students enjoy their symmer vacation abroad. Contact the International Center for more information on how you can spend your summer in a new country. While the end of finals week usually signals the freedom of college students from their educational responsibilities, a small number of students take the…
Starting Sept. 21, the University of Rhode Island will be bringing together different forms of innovation on campus in an “Innovation with Impact” event. URI has many projects that support innovation on the campus prompting the Academic Innovations Group to decide to create an event in which these innovations can all be tied together. A…
Multiple professors at the University of Rhode Island were granted $134,000 in seed funding from the Rhode Island Foundation to advance medical research on issues such as diabetes, prenatal care and cancer. “Healthy lives and economic security are two of our three strategic priorities,” said Jenny Pereira, vice president of grant programs at the Rhode…
At the University of Rhode Island, the “ONCAMPUS” Rhode Island program is a language support program for first-year international students that gives them opportunities to learn more about American culture. According to Program Director Linda Foley-Vinay, the international students undergo a sort of hybrid program, taking two or three courses with all other URI students…
Photo courtesy of IMDb. There’s no denying that since the beginning of time, classic stories have been remade, repackaged and retold. Nowadays fewer original stories are being created and classic stories are still resonating with audiences. Now, call me sentimental but I myself have always gone out to support these sequels, prequels and remakes because…
Photo by Harry Schlenger | Construction began on Rodman Hall at the beginning of the semester in order to preserve the historic character of the building. The University of Rhode Island began construction on the exterior of Rodman Hall this fall much to the surprise of many in the community. The University decided it needed…
In the latest FCS STATS rankings that were released this past Monday, the Rhode Island Rams football team moved up two spots to No. 23. It seems strange that the Rams would move up in the rankings after a 56-49 shootout loss to FBS opponent UConn this past Saturday. With three games down in the…
Photo courtesy of IMDb. Spike Lee’s latest film to grace the big screen, “BlacKkKlansman” received controversial critique from fellow Director Boots Riley. The film showcases a side of racial politics that is relevant in modern day. The film, based on a true story and set in the 1970s, follows Ron Stallworth, a new cop and…
On Tuesday, Sept. 25, the University of Rhode Island will kick off the first event of the 2018 Honors Colloquium. This year’s theme “Reimagining Gender: Voices, Power, Action,” will host a variety of speakers as well as an art exhibit and theater production. There has been a process leading up to this point, where the…
Rhode Island Men’s golf had a successful start to their 2018-19 campaign with a team win at the Doc Gimmler Tournament in Farmingdale, New York in early September. Playing at the historic Bethpage State Park in New York, the tournament began at the Bethpage Red Course, the neighbor of the Black Course, one of the…