Tenin Magassa put up a team-high 12 points in Friday’s win. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The Rhode Island Rams women’s basketball team defeated the Boston University Terriers by a score of 46-40 in the first round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) on Friday. With the victory over the Terriers, the Rams were able to…
Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Marie Morteaux, has worked in labs across the U.S. and Europe, including Italy and France. PHOTO CREDIT: Nick Peirson | Contributing Photographer Assistant Professor in the department of nutrition and food sciences at the University of Rhode Island, Marie Mortreux, has found a new framework to apply her years of versatile…
English professor discusses impact of soccer in Brazil in Brown Bag Series The second installment of this semester’s Brown Bag Series discussed the impact of soccer on Brazilian culture and emotion amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The seminar, titled “Plus Minas: Profiles in Brazil’s Beautiful Game” and led by English professor David Faflik, focused on his…
Sophie Phillips put up a team-high 20 points in Monday’s win, just one point short of her career-high. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The Rhode Island Rams women’s basketball team defeated the University of Richmond Spiders 74-64 in the second round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) to claim their second postseason victory in program history…
URI offers accommodations to students who celebrate Ramadan. Pictured: Students from URI MSA. Photo Courtesy of: URI MSA Ramadan, the ninth and holiest month of the Islamic calendar according to the Islamic Networks Group, began on March 22, and Muslims worldwide are coming together through fasting, prayer, charity and self-reflection. Islam’s five pillars are profession…
Calvin McCall hit his first career home run and recorded three RBI’s in Sunday’s loss. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The University of Rhode Island baseball team played against the University of Washington, winning one of the games in this past weekend’s three game-series in Seattle, Washington. During Friday’s game, both teams made it on the scoreboard…
Maxient is a software used by universities to keep track of misconduct on campus. PHOTO CREDIT: maxient.com University of Rhode Island’s Dean of Students Dan Graney has recorded student conduct through Maxient, a software used to report and track student misconduct, since its introduction to the University in 2016. Graney’s position at URI involves overseeing…
Augustine has been coaching at URI since 1989. PHOTO CREDIT: Connor Zisk The University of Rhode Island’s men’s club hockey head coach, Joe Agustine, won his 700th career game win in the quarterfinals when the team took on Drexel University in Scranton, Pennsylvania on March 3rd. Augustine has extensive experience with the sport of hockey…
Ramez Rizk and Jonah Steinweh-Adler won the 2023 University of Rhode Island Student Senate presidential elections, becoming the president-elect and vice president-elect for the 2023-24 academic year. Winning the election against current Student Senate Vice President Emily Gamache and Director of Treasury Chris Hoover, Rizk and Steinweh-Adler hope to use their experience as community leaders…
Harrington School launches new social media certificate New Social Media certificate allows students to be trained in the ever changing world of Social Media. PHOTO CREDIT: Connor Zisk | Staff Photographer The University of Rhode Island recently announced the creation of a new graduate certificate program focused on social media, run by the Harrington School…