The University of Rhode Island therapy dog team just gained a new member: Betty, a seven-and-a-half-month old English labrador. Betty is about to start training and will soon be a familiar face on campus. The URI campus has been aiming to make the canine support network grow, according to Lindsey Anderson, who is Betty’s handler,…
Learning about dairy farms on pen and paper is one thing, but seeing cows, meeting farmers and observing the milking process is another, according to Justine Deming, who teaches the University of Rhode Island’s New England Dairy Travel Course. “[It’s] a completely different perspective when you go and meet the farms and see how they…
As Hannah Hernandez boarded her plane back to Rhode Island in January, and flew away from a charred Los Angeles County, she described the feeling in one word: guilt. “There’s some girls that I know that have to stay back, because literally everything is gone, they won’t ever get to go back home [to their…
Kingston Congregational Church raised a sign reading “Refugees and Immigrants Welcome” in early January, in response to President Donald Trump’s campaign on mass deportations, according to Rev. Jan Gregory-Charpentier. “I think we in our Christian tradition, which has historically and significantly voiced support for social justice, that we need to amplify voices and messages of…
The University of Rhode Island is requesting a $40.9 million increase in state funding for the upcoming fiscal year; currently the governor’s budget dedicates $4.5 million to the university. URI’s recommended budget for 2026 in the “URI Education and General” category is over $805 million, according to the state’s higher education budget request. When undergoing…
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority changed its University of Rhode Island/Narragansett/South Kingstown bus route to exclusively on demand Flex service, according to the RIPTA website, which has caused commuter slowdowns. RIPTA made changes to their existing services on Jan. 21, eliminating the time point bus system at the URI/Narragansett/South Kingstown stop. The Flex buses…
Protesters stood at Kennedy Plaza in Providence on Saturday for an emergency rally to oppose Elon Musk’s new roles in the federal government and demand that Rhode Island senators stand up against his actions. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is a revamped department put in place under President Barack Obama, previously named the “United States…
Researchers at the University of Rhode Island are facing high levels of uncertainty after an executive order on federal funding was passed on Jan. 20 under President Donald Trump, halting leasing and permitting on projects. Since the funding freeze, the university has received stop-work orders for five projects funded by the United States Agency for…
An earthquake with an 3.8 magnitude shook Rhode Island on Jan. 27, according to the United States Geological Survey. The cause of the earthquakes are the tectonic plates interacting with the surface, breaking the plates into several large and small pieces on their boundaries, according to Elizabeth Laliberte, a teaching professor in the geosciences department…
The University of Rhode Island student senate met with Narragansett Town Councilman Jason Colonies to discuss building a stronger relationship with the Narragansett Town Council, passed three bills and nominated a member for the Senate Elections Committee. One active mission for the town council involves a move to boost student community service initiatives, according to…