From the Student Senate chambers this week: a COVID-19 update, a housing update, the swearing in of senators and two new bills brought forward on the floor. Ellen Reynolds, the vice president of the University of Rhode Island’s Health Services, gave a presentation on the COVID-19 plan for the fall 2022 semester at the University….
Multicultural Student Services Center hosts community event calling for an end to violence against Indigenous people. PHOTO CREDIT: Hannah Charron For Native American Heritage Month, the University of Rhode Island Multicultural Student Services Center hosted a panel discussion focused on calling an end to violence against Native American women on Nov. 16. The panel, entitled…
Learn how to operate small boats with AFS Learn to anchor a boat, tie knots, what to do when there’s a fire at sea and more by taking AFS 290: Small Boats and their Operation. The class is available to any University of Rhode Island student, even those without any prior boating experience, although a…
Breaking barriers amid hostility: How Azra Jafari defied the odds As a refugee living in Iran, Azra Jafari said she knew little about her home country, where she would come back and one day shatter a glass ceiling. Jafari, the first female mayor in Afghanistan, shared her life experiences in the Middle East in a…
Joins five Mass. universities in partnership Gaurav Khanna, a professor of psychics and director of research computing, helped URI in its effort to partner with five universities in Massachusetts for the Massachusetts Green High-Performance Computing Center. PHOTO CREDIT: bu.edu The University of Rhode Island joined the Massachusetts Green High-Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) this November to…
According to many environmental experts, plastics are everywhere in our oceans and on land globally. Students and faculty alike gathered on Nov. 30 at the second-to-last Honors Colloquium of the year to discuss bioplastics and their effect on our oceans. The discussion featured four speakers who work directly in the field, and aimed to give…
Professor Kathleen Gorman runs URI’s Hunger Center and works to combat food insecurity throughout the state. PHOTO CREDIT: Nick Pierson Every college student seems to identify as poor and hungry. It’s a stereotype perpetuated by television, movies and students themselves, oftentimes. However, there’s a clear difference between being a typical poor and hungry college student…
In a quest for their sixth straight region title this spring, the equestrian team finished the fall portion of their schedule undefeated. PHOTO CREDIT: Siobhan Richards Like many other teams last season, the University of Rhode Island Club Equestrian team had to sit patiently and wait as the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out all competitions last…
After a successful eight-year run at WPI, Goldstein hopes to do the same with the URI softball team. PHOTO CREDIT: Whitney Goldstein A new era has officially begun for the University of Rhode Island Softball team. This past July, Whitney Goldstein was hired to become the program’s next head softball coach. Goldstein was welcomed to…
Swimming and Diving continued their great start to the season with a tie for the Harold Anderson Invitational late last month. PHOTO CREDIT: Siobhan Richards The University of Rhode Island Women’s Swimming and Diving team tied for first with the University of Vermont at the Harold Anderson Invitational late last month. University of Vermont, Providence…