Pulitzer Prize in Poetry winner and two-term Poet Laureate of the United States Natasha Trethewey’s work focuses around unearthing the racial injustices of the U.S. Civil War, written through the lens of her own experiences as well as historical events. Trethewey has written five poetry collections, including her latest collection which was released Tuesday, titled…
On April 3, the Rhode Island Football community gathered at the Quonset O Club in North Kingstown, Rhode Island to honor the 2024 award winners from the Providence Gridiron Club. Two of the University of Rhode Island’s football players were honored at the event. Third-year A.J. Pena and second-year Marquis Buchanan were named as Providence…
The University of Rhode Island women’s Track and Field team took a short trip across state lines this weekend as the team headed to Amherst, Massachusetts for the UMass Invitational on Sunday. The competition was scheduled as a two-day meet on Friday and Saturday, but weather conditions caused the meet to be rescheduled as a…
From his first tournament at the age of five to his sixth individual win with the University of Rhode Island, fifth-year Bryson Richards has always had a love and passion for golf. Richards, who is in the middle of his final season with URI, began playing golf with his father and grandfather, where he immediately…
After spending time as a lacrosse player growing up, fifth-year Catie Castle ultimately got involved in rowing as a way to honor her late grandfather who was an ocean rower. “When he passed away, I was always a little lost,” she said. “We were really close, and I didn’t really know how to honor him.”…
Baseball: FINAL (4/5): URI 6-1 UMass FINAL (4/6): UMass 4-2 URI FINAL (4/7): URI 5-3 UMass FINAL (4/9): URI 5-2 Brown FINAL (4/10): URI 14-13 Quinnapiac In the series opening game against UMass, a strong offensive showing in the third inning saw the University of Rhode Island men’s baseball team take an early 3-0 lead….
The University of Rhode Island men’s track and field only sent 17 of their 45 athletes to Amherst, Massachusetts on Sunday to compete in the University of Massachusetts Flagship Opener and still took first place. The Rams ended the meet with 77 points, three more than second-place host school UMass and five more than third-place…
The University of Rhode Island women’s rowing team braved through the elements in the Overpeck Invitational on Saturday in Ridgefield, New Jersey. The Varsity 4+ and Second Varsity 4+ squads went undefeated in both of their races. The lineup of second-year Evelyn Tabor seated as coxswain, first-year Maia Hembruff taking stroke seat, fourth-year Alexis Moore…
The University of Rhode Island men’s golf team got both an individual win from fifth-year Bryson Richards and a second-place finish as a team when they traveled to Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania for the Dragon Match Play Invitational this week. As opposed to their normal structure of solely stroke play tournaments, this event incorporated an element…
The University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team made history on their senior day on Sunday when they defeated the University of Richmond 4-2 for the first time in the last 30 years of documented results. Fifth-year Nadia Rajan was the ringleader in the victory, collecting wins in both singles and doubles. In her primary…