The Rhode Island state budget passed in July includes the creation of a Board of Trustees for the University of Rhode Island, which is intended to allow the University more independence in governing its affairs. Supporters of the initiative believe that the separate board will help URI become more competitive and flexible in its approach…
Fans and Students gather for the University’s first Rhody football game on the new turf against University of Delaware. Photos by Autumn Walter. Rhody Loses Home Opener in Triple OT Thriller The turf was set, the lights were on and Meade Stadium was brimming with a packed house to usher in a new era of…
Students Mackenzie Cetta and Tori Nelson express support toward students going to vote. Photo by Autumn Walter Starting in the fall of 2020, the University of Rhode Island will give students Election Day off during even numbered years to encourage civic engagement. Originally, Faculty Senate, the group that votes on the academic calendar, had to…
Film Media students Sarah Angeloni, Alyssa Botelho and Marion O’Sullivan, celebrate their achievements at the 48 Hour Film Festival. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Several film media students from the University of Rhode Island took on the challenge of competing in Providence’s 48-Hour Film Project this past July. The 48-Hour Film Project is an annual film…
EEE has impacted humans and livestock more than usual in 2019. A West Warwick resident died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), a disease transmitted by mosquitoes that can cause ongoing neurologic problems, on Sept. 9, according to the Providence Journal. This was the first reported death caused by EEE in Rhode Island since 2007 according…
The brand new engineering building is now open for classes. Photo by Greg Clark Building opened for the first day of classes, but finishing touches are still being completed. After years of planning and construction, engineering students were able to begin their fall semester in the new, $125 million Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering. Rhode…
Welcome back to school Rams! I am excited to announce that our Student Senate has been hard at work all summer long to improve the University of Rhode Island student experience. Over the course of the summer, and the months leading up to it, progress has been made in a number of areas. Parking Reform,…
Junior Psychology and Portuguese Major Sabrina Oliver spent her summer interning at Disney World. Photo by Grace DeSanti. People bump into strangers all of the time, but imagine turning around to apologize to someone who turns out to be Hugh Jackman. Sabrina Oliver, a junior psychology and Portuguese major, just so happened to collide with…
Last semester when I sat down to write the traditional Editor-in-Chief “welcome to the new Cigar” column, thoughts kept ringing over and over in my head about everything that could go wrong while I am responsible for this 48-year-old newspaper. But what I never realized about passion and motivation is that it has the ability…
Associate Communication Studies Professor Vince Petronio shares his love for storytelling with the University’s students. Photo by Grace DeSanti. “This is the way I see the world and this is the way you see the world, somewhere they overlap. They overlap where we both understand each other’s world view. That’s what I am after, getting…