This week’s Student Senate meeting included internal elections for representatives, presentations from President Marc Parlange and other administrators and passing a bill to recognize The Daily Ram as a recognized student organization. The Senate held its first round of internal votes for new representatives, confirming 12 potential candidates. Current nominees include James Scotti, Zach Breene,…
URI alums Dave Bailey ‘08 and Sara Shapiro ‘19 work at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in hopes to save the oceans. PHOTO CREDIT: whoi.edu Two University of Rhode Island alums are striving to protect the oceans from helping the smallest plankton to figuring out the most sustainable way to farm the sea and everything…
Aqua Butler, a junior art major at the University of Rhode Island has decorated her body in her own art. An artist from Providence, Butler has about eight tattoos in total. She got her first tattoo during her freshman year at URI, and in the past two years has grown her collection. “When you get…
Alumnus Andrew Burnap thanks URI Theatre in his Tony Award acceptance speech. PHOTO CREDIT: Mary Kouw/CBS via Getty Images “To the University of Rhode Island theatre department,” Andrew Burnap ’13 said in his list of thank yous during his acceptance speech of Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play at the 74th Tony…
Later on this month, URI is set to host a weekend full of concerts, lectures and more at the sixth annual international guitar festival. PHOTO CREDIT: uriguitarfestival.com The University of Rhode Island’s sixth annual international guitar festival is set to be held from Oct. 14-17 with a hybrid format, making it accessible to all. This…
URI held an art exhibit last month to honor the work of Jorge Cardenas. PHOTO CREDIT: uri.edu For the entire month of September, The University of Rhode Island hosted an art exhibit at the Feinstein Campus to honor Jorge Cardenas and the work he did for the Providence Public School Department. Cardenas was born in…
Students, parents view solar system on Quad Physics professor and astrophysicist, Douglas Gobeille holds a stargazing event, showing off some of the best our solar system has to offer. PHOTO CREDIT: Bryan Kuklo The University of Rhode Island may be fully on the Earth, but recently, students and their families got a close view to…
The original staff of 193 Degrees Coffeehouse from its opening in 1994. Photo Courtesy of Adam Naftalin-Kelman. The original idea for 193 Degrees Coffeehouse was brewed up on a Sunday morning in Butterfield Dining Hall during the fall of 1994. The Coffeehouse was founded by Adam Naftalin-Kelman in 1994, alongside a group of students at…
Union, gyms first on-campus trial locations Free menstrual products developed by former student and URI staff members are making their way into campus bathrooms. PHOTO CREDIT: Morgan Maleonskie. Aunt Flow is here to stay at the University of Rhode Island. The URI Student Senate is funding and providing Aunt Flow menstrual products in the bathrooms…
Pharmacy students celebrate “rite of passage” into doctoral program. PHOTO CREDIT: uri.edu The University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy annual white coat ceremony is a milestone for pharmacy students, signifying their official entrance into the program and the beginning of their path to a Ph.D. This year, the event for third-year pharmacy students was…