Canada native Jean Gordon, ph.D. was named the chair of the department of communicative disorders at the University of Rhode Island over the summer of 2023. Gordon received her bachelor’s, master’s and ph.D. in speech language pathology from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a university that has been dubbed “the Harvard of Canada.” After…
Last Saturday, Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service performed at the Ryan Center to celebrate the 20th anniversary of two of their most successful albums, “Transatlanticism” and “Give Up.” While both Death Cab and The Postal Service are fronted by the same vocalist, Ben Gibbard, the two groups’ sounds are quite different. Death…
The University of Rhode Island Men’s Soccer team played their first game in over a week on Tuesday night, when they beat the College of the Holy Cross in a contest under the lights by a score of 1-0 at the URI Soccer Complex. Rhode Island was without three usual starters – Max Kwitchoff and…
The 2023 College Football season is two weeks old, and the Coastal Athletic Conference (CAA) has seen its fair share of nail biters and blowouts. Frontrunners are emerging and the backend of the conference is beginning to reveal its flaws and imperfections. Some teams are even rivaling FBS competition, while other teams’ attempts at a…
Rhody Senate Vice President Jonah Steinweh-Adler kicked off the Senate year with enthusiasm, pursuing two flagship Rizk-Adler administration initiatives promised during last spring’s campaign trail. Following a promise to introduce compost bins to campus dining halls, Steinweh-Adler announced that he and Senate President Ramez Rizk have secured funding to introduce 15 sustainability-related jobs for students…
After nearly three decades of gradual decrease in the operating budget, the state of Rhode Island has given the University of Rhode Island $105 million for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. This is a 16% increase from the $91 million received last year. In addition to this large operating budget, which handles the yearly expenses of…
In 2022, the Center for Disease Control reported over 100,000 deaths related to opioid overdoses. Most of these overdoses involved the use of illicitly manufactured fentanyls. Fentanyl mixed with xylazine is posing a new threat to the United States. University of Rhode Island professor Anita Jacobson, pharm.D, is an expert on opioids and runs the…
Associate professor of chemical engineering Samantha Meenach was awarded a $1.4 million grant from the National Institute of Health to form the Enhancing Science, Technology, EnginEering, and Math Educational Diversity program (ESTEEMED). This program will push students with disadvantaged backgrounds into the field of research in various bioengineering and bioscience research disciplines at the University…
Hundreds of student volunteers at the University of Rhode Island came together to help welcome and move in students during move-in day to start the new school year off. 2023 was the first time the University was able to have volunteers help out in big numbers since the pandemic, according to Assistant Vice President for…
This summer, University of Rhode Island French professor and head of the honors department Karen de Bruin was named a Chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of the Academic Palms). The award is the highest honor given to an educator in France or abroad. It was presented to de Bruin by the Prime…