Just one week after the Rhode Island General Assembly passed the 2021 Act on Climate, the University of Rhode Island held a lecture talking about local efforts to fight climate change. On April 7, the Harrington School of Communication and Media hosted “Solve Climate by 2030,” where three speakers discussed how to combat climate change. …
At the Student Senate’s annual meeting for the 2020-21 academic year, senators celebrated another successful year, said farewell to graduating seniors, swore in the new Student Senate and passed two bills. The Senate passed two bills at the beginning of the meeting to start two new organizations on campus, Timmy Global Health and URI Music…
Successor to be selected in May Stephen Baker, chief of university police, will be retiring after the better part of two decades at URI. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. The University of Rhode Island’s Chief of Police has announced he will retire on June 18 after a 42-year career, 16 of which he spent at URI….
Wondering why half the FAC lot is empty? You and everyone else. Photo by Greg Clark. Students at the University of Rhode Island have aired their grievances this past year regarding on-campus parking issues, looking for explanations from Transportation and Parking (TAP). Due to an influx of commuters at URI during the COVID-19 pandemic, URI…
URI’s Ballentine Hall will undergo renovations soon. Photo by Greg Clark. Soon, the University of Rhode Island’s Ballentine Hall will be getting its first renovation in nearly 20 years. Ballentine Hall, the home of the College of Business at URI, originally opened in 1967 after years of lobbying from students and faculty at the school….
Numerous accelerated bachelor’s to master’s (ABM) programs have begun at the University of Rhode Island over the past year, providing students a fast track to a master’s degree. The programs allow students to earn both their undergraduate and graduate degree in five years, by applying credits taken as an undergraduate to their master’s degree. Currently,…
Student Senate held a spirit week for the first time this year, here’s how it went. Photo by either Greg Clark or James McIntosh. In hopes to raise student’s spirits in the wake of a canceled Spring Break, The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate and Student Alumni Association (SAA) hosted a spirit week. While…
Successor to be selected in May Stephen Baker, chief of university police, will be retiring after the better part of two decades at URI. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. The University of Rhode Island’s Chief of Police has announced he will retire on June 18 after a 42-year career, 16 of which he spent at URI….
As URI faculty associated with sport studies, we want to briefly weigh in on what Dr. Hughes’ gets wrong about the relations between sport, gender, and power in her controversial essay, “Fantasy Worlds on the Political Right and Left: QAnon and Trans-Sex Beliefs.” Sports have long been key spaces in the struggle for social justice….
With regards to the ‘trans’ controversy: Prof. Hughes has every right to speak her mind both personally and academically. That is what the First Amendment is all about, and what tenure protects in academia. It is unfortunate that many on the left feel that in order to make a point the ‘opposition’ must be silenced….