Marcello Hernandez, a 28-year-old Cuban-Dominican stand-up comedian, writer and actor, performed at the Ryan Center on Sept. 9. Hernandez came ready with new content and audience members were asked to lock their phones away to maintain the integrity of his set. Hernandez is well known for his appearances on the 50th season of “Saturday Night…
Inviting students to play nighttime ultimate frisbee with glow sticks and a light-up frisbee, Sojourn Collegiate Ministry hosted their Glow in the Dark Frisbee event on Sept. 5 on the University of Rhode Island Quad. This event was not to recruit more members, but to gather people on campus to have something fun to do…
From singing in a band to traveling the world, Spanish Professor William Stark’s career has been full of many twists and turns. Stark grew up in Eugene, Oregon, and began his education at the University of Oregon in 1980, where he studied a variety of languages, including Latin, Greek, Spanish, French and Italian. Three years…
Thursdays at the University of Rhode Island are filled with excited faces and the smells of local food and produce. At the URI Free Farmers Market, students get their hands on free, fresh and farm-grown vegetables while learning about healthy eating habits and ways to combat food insecurity. The complimentary produce is available weekly from…
Before joining the University of Rhode Island psychology staff as department chair this fall, Davis Schnyer researched cognitive neuroscience in one of the three original research labs involved in TRACK TBI, a national multisite study. Schnyer has observed the behavior, memory and attention of healthy people, as well as those suffering from mental illness or…
The kickoff of O-Week 2025 welcomed more than 3,800 students into their new home at the University of Rhode Island through activities like beach trips, dances and karaoke. With many events planned, Coordinator of Major Events Michael Nolfe and Coordinator of Organization Advising and Systems Management Lucas DeWitt from the Office of Student Involvement said…
The University of Rhode Island will unveil a track facility giving athletic teams the ability to host competitions for the first time since 1981. The power tools and loud construction working away at the new facility will give way to a new addition to URI. The nine-lane track complex will give university athletics the ability…
A University of Rhode Island biomedical research program for disadvantaged undergraduates was reinstated after a Massachusetts judge ruled National Institutes of Health grant terminations illegal – a Supreme Court case now threatens the funding again. On Aug. 21, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 against Massachusetts Federal Judge William Young’s previous ruling on June 16,…
University of Rhode Island students remain unaware of the ongoing litigation involving a Providence man accused of recording a student in the bathroom of Adams Hall, despite recent media coverage across New England. The plaintiff entered a gender-neutral bathroom in Adams Hall and entered the shower, according to the lawsuit filed by an unnamed student….
After an estimated $3.25 million renovation, the University of Rhode Island’s Ram’s Den food court returned to students with shiny, new floors and an updated interior. The Ram’s Den’s new look includes replaced walls, floors and lighting, as well as changes to the perimeter seating, according to Brett Nicolopoulos, retail manager of the Ram’s Den….