URI’s student-run coffeehouse is brewing back to life after more than a year of virtual events and online classes closed the shop. PHOTO CREDIT: James Singer The University of Rhode Island’s COVID-19 task force has indefinitely postponed the Polo G concert originally scheduled to be held at the Ryan Center on Sep. 17. The announcement…
After an illustrious career at Rhody, Trent Baltzell is now tasked at continuing the legacy that his predecessor John Copeland started. Photo Credit gorhody.com Former University of Rhode Island distance runner and-five time Atlantic 10 champion Trent Baltzell has his eyes set on big goals for the Rams. Baltzell assumed the head coaching position for…
Fourth-degree karate black-belt Brett Geaber leads students in self-defense seminar. PHOTO CREDIT: Greg Clark Fourth-degree black belt in karate Brett Geaber was invited by the University of Rhode Island’s Campus Recreation to host a self-defense seminar on the Quad last Wednesday for students and faculty. Geaber, the owner of Innovate Karate in North Kingstown, has…
URI rowing alums Allie Reilly and Karen Petrik and rowing coach Shelagh Donohoe captured silver at last month’s Tokyo Paralympics. Photo Credit gorhody.com University of Rhode Island rowing alumnae Karen Petrik, Allie Reilly and current rowing Head Coach Shelagh Donohoe represented the smallest state on one of the biggest stages, bringing home silver at the…
This week at the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate meeting, Campus Affairs Committee Chair Emily Gamache announced that a Blue Light Walk will take place Oct. 14. The purpose of this walk is to check the functionality of the safety phones on campus. Additionally, Senator Christopher Bove was voted in as speaker of the…
This year’s Emmys Award Show was held this Sunday, marking the beginning of the Television Award Season. PHOTO CREDIT: Contributed by Hollywood Reporter The Primetime Emmy Awards mark the beginning of a new award season for television, but with eligibility for nominees starting in June 2020 and ending in May 2021, it’s always an odd…
Randy Pausch inspires with “The Last Lecture. PHOTO CREDIT: Contributed by The Chicago Tribune In a quaint, local bookstore in Pittsburgh, a small, blue book caught my eye. “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. I hadn’t read a book in quite some time, so I decided to buy it….
Faculty members Emmett Goods, David Gilliland and Kyle Forsthoff performed together at this week’s music convocation. PHOTO CREDIT: James Singer On Sept. 17, five University of Rhode Island faculty members stepped onto the stage in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall for the first music convocation of the semester to perform selected pieces. The convocation…
The University of Rhode Island’s Musician’s Guild welcomed the new school year with their first concert of the semester last Friday when three bands from Providence took the stage in the Memorial Union Ballroom. The opening acts, the Benjis and U.G.L.Y., played for about 30 minutes apiece, after which the headliner, Math the Band, played…
The Africana studies department welcomed Catherine John-Camara as its new first permanent chairperson this year. PHOTO CREDIT: Nick Pierson The department of Africana Studies, which has been at the University of Rhode Island for nearly a full year now, has just named its first permanent chairperson Catherine John-Camara. “Dr. John-Camara came with an infectious energy…