While applications rise, admissions remain consistent With more than 25,400 prospective students applying, the University of Rhode Island has seen a record number of applicants for the Fall 2022 semester. According to Dean Libutti, associate vice president for enrollment and student success at URI, the University has seen an increase in applications for over seven…
Students preview upcoming season Despite the renovations and construction at the Fine Arts Center (FAC), the University of Rhode Island’s theatre department is excited to present its upcoming season of shows. This year’s schedule consists of Naiomi Iizuka’s “Polaroid Stories” in October, “Or” by Liz Duffy Adams in December, “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark”…
The University of Rhode Island held a remembrance for those lost on 9/11 with a candle-lit service held on the Quad. PHOTO CREDIT: 911memorial.org A memorial and candle lighting event was held at the University of Rhode Island Quad to remember the lives lost at the World Trade Center in New York City on September…
Program relocated to Flagg Road The University’s unique plant rescue lab, takes in sick plants and studies how to fix them. PHOTO CREDIT: Eddie Melfie | Contributing Photographer In the winter of 2021, workers at the University of Rhode Island’s Plant Protection Clinic moved into where the old URI Turf building was at the bottom…
Pass the cream and sugar and sit down for a talk about this pharmacy professor’s views on life. Photo Courtesy of Brett Feret Brett Feret is a longtime Rhody Ram, graduating from the University of Rhode Island with a Doctorate of Pharmacy in 1998. He continues to impact his immediate community by assisting in the response…
Updated spaces include classrooms, labs, technology Second, third and fourth-floor renovations of Ranger hall have finished after a long-awaited seven years. PHOTO CREDIT: Hannah Charron | Staff Photographer Ranger Hall, the home of the University of Rhode Island’s Harrington School of Communication and Media, has finally completed its second, third and fourth floor renovations this…
Television, TikTok take the stage SNL comedians Andrew Dismukes and Aristotle Athari came to URI for a comedy show during the first week of classes. PHOTO CREDIT: allevents.in While some students were tucked into bed getting ready for their first night of classes, others got up close and personal with comedians from “Saturday Night Live.”…
‘You earn your medals in the winter and you collect them in the spring’ Crew team takes home awards at ACRA National Championship The school year ended with a big splash for five seniors on the University of Rhode Island Crew team, who recently closed out their collegiate rowing careers with a national championship victory….
The University of Rhode Island’s Asian Student Association (ASA) held its 28th Culture Show for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This event was a first for almost all of its members as the club is made up of freshmen, sophomores and juniors whose time at URI has been greatly impacted…
PHOTO CREDIT: harrington.uri.edu John Pantalone, a professor of journalism at the University of Rhode Island, will be stepping down as chair of the journalism department and adviser of the Good Five Cent Cigar at the end of this semester. Pantalone is an institution at the Cigar, being the first editor-in-chief when he was a student…