Powerful Independent Notoriously Knowledgeable Women held a successful stuff-a-bear event at the Multicultural Student Services Center on Feb. 11, running out of supplies two hours earlier than expected. “We wanted to do something fun and eventful, and we know that there’s a lot of people around that liked the stuff-a-ram event, so we thought why…
Eric Gottesman, an artist, social activist and professor at George Washington University, shared his story at the University of Rhode Island on Thursday, Feb. 13 in the most recent presentation of the “Sustaining Democracies” lecture series, “Where Can We Go From Here?” Gottesman opened the dialogue by inviting attendees to close their eyes and think…
Ray Rickman, who spent his life advocating for civil rights and was a Rhode Island state representative, took the stage on Feb. 12 in West Kingston at the Courthouse Center for the Arts for his one-man show, Civil Rights Kid. The show captivated audiences that reached generations — from regular attendees to college students. The…
“The Synergy Project: A Collaboration of Art and Science” exhibition aims to communicate and explore topics of oceanography through the combined efforts of artists and researchers. The exhibit showcases 50 works created by both artists and scientists from the University of Rhode Island and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, according to the project’s website. “Synergy…
An outbreak of the yearly bird flu, or avian influenza, has quickly spread nation-wide, skyrocketing egg prices and putting the birds of local farms at risk. Peckham Farm sits at the bottom of the University of Rhode Island’s campus and is home to 65 outdoor chickens and 40 inside birds. With the migratory season in…
The shut down of the United States Agency for International Development has resulted in a pause in University of Rhode Island programs working with USAID, which were set to receive $66.7 million, according to The Providence Journal. Several of the USAID partner programs are housed in the URI Coastal Resource Center. The projects paused when…
The National Institute of Health placed a cap on the rate of indirect costs on Feb. 7, potentially resulting in a $4.8 million loss for the research department, according to Bethany Jenkins, vice president for research and economic development at the University of Rhode Island. The amount has been lowered from the originally negotiated 57.5%…
University of Rhode Island student radio stations, RIU2 and WRIU, were without power after a January snowstorm caused a power outage, RIU2 has not returned to air as of Feb. 17. The power surge from the outage caused the transmission equipment for WRIU to fail, according to Lawrence-Mark Cubbabe and Taylor Fairchild, two student engineers…
University of Rhode Island’s Student Action for Sustainability collected over 30,000 lbs. of compost since launching its dining hall food recovery system last spring, according SAS President Dylan Murdock. This initiative is URI’s first attempt at post-consumer composting, according to Pierre St-Germain, the director of dining services. In URI dining halls, this is the food…
President Donald Trump signed executive order “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” on Feb. 5, targeting transgender athletes across the country and threatening to cancel funding to schools that do not comply. Shortly after, the NCAA announced it would be complying with the order and only allow “student athletes assigned female at birth” to compete…