More than 550 University of Rhode Island undergraduate and graduate students received their diplomas and celebrated their accomplishments on Saturday. The Block Island Sound Quintet played music to introduce the graduates as they walked into the Ryan Center on the Kingston Campus. Once the students were seated, Barbara Wolfe, university provost and executive vice president…
MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD URI Heptathlon (12/5-12/6) Boston University Season Opener (12/7) Brown Alden Invitational (12/7) University of Rhode Island fourth-year Matt Santy was victorious in the URI Heptathlon with the 4,900 points he earned over the two-day event. He came in seventh place in the 60-meter dash, fourth in pole vault, fourth in the…
Las Vegas, the fight capital of the world, played host to Ultimate Fighting Championship 310 on Dec. 7, capping off a historic year of pay-per-view cards for the global leader in combat sports. In the main event, Brazilian marauder Alexandre Pantoja looked to defend his flyweight title for the third time against UFC debutant and…
With a final drive touchdown, fourth-quarter comebacks and a blocked field goal shining at the front of a slurry of highlights, the University of Rhode Island football team recently concluded its most successful season in program history. In 2024, the Rams won the most games in a single season in the history of URI football…
From the quiet streets of Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France to playing under the bright lights of the Thomas M. Ryan Center, first-year forward Palmire Mbu is making a name for herself on the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team in her first year. Mbu’s journey started at the age of six, when she watched her brothers…
The University of Rhode Island women’s swim and dive team competed in a tri-meet against two Atlantic 10 opponents on Saturday, splitting the competition with a 153-106 win over the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a 137-122 loss to La Salle University. “They are going to be teams that we swim against at our conference…
The University of Rhode Island men’s track & field team opened their season by participating in three different meets and setting multiple school records this past weekend. The season started on campus at the Mackal Field House as Rhode Island hosted the URI Heptathlon. In their first meet of the season, the Rams only featured…
The University of Rhode Island women’s track and field team began its indoor season at the URI Heptathlon qualifier and the 29th annual Rhode Island Pentathlon on Friday, as several URI athletes had their collegiate debuts. Rhode Island hosted the URI Heptathlon at the Mackal Field House, where five athletes competed in five events. Beginning…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team had its losing streak stretch to five games with a winless week on the road against a pair of Ivy League opponents, Harvard University and Princeton University. Rhode Island went into its matchup against Harvard coming off three consecutive close losses, all within seven points or less….
It took five years for the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team to defeat Providence College again, but the 69-63 victory on Saturday was well worth the wait for Rhody fans. In front of a sold-out crowd, the Rams put together one of their most notable wins since the hiring of head coach Archie…