A first-time award of $1.9 million to the University of Rhode Island will support 56 doctorate students engaged in interdisciplinary study of neuroscience, biotechnology and engineering. The funds benefit students in their first two years of post-doctoral study at URI, according to Jodi Camberg, co-director of the interdisciplinary program. Students awarded funding receive a stipend,…
The University of Rhode Island Student Senate is making an effort to form a closer relationship with the Narragansett Town Council. The senate decided to work with the town council to enhance student reputation and better reflect the URI student body within Narragansett, according to Arpan Utkarsh Singh, chairman of external affairs for the URI…
The U.S. Senate rejected bills that fund the government, causing a government shutdown when the United States budget year started Wednesday. Economically, the government shutdown will have the greatest impact in and around Washington D.C., according to Liam Malloy, the chair for the University of Rhode Island department of economics. In this shutdown, social security…
The Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory at the University of Rhode Island has been experiencing delays in investigations since a testing suspension in November of 2024 and shortage of examiners. Around the time of the testing suspension, the three main examiners working at the RI Crime Lab decided to pursue other opportunities at different labs,…
The University of Rhode Island’s Institute for AI and Computational Research will bridge the gap between research and education, providing learning opportunities for faculty and students. The IACR began as the Center for Computational Research and has expanded to include the work of the university’s AI Lab and IT Research Computing for the 2025-2026 school…
Students in the University of Rhode Island’s data science program are facing unexpected tuition increases due to changes in regional tuition agreements, according to university officials. Regional tuition rates are determined by whether a student’s home state offers a similar program, according to Brenton DeBoef, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and…
The University of Rhode Island Student Senate discussed campus housing plans, recognized five new student organizations and condemned this year’s raised parking pass prices. The senate introduced and passed a resolution urging URI’s Transportation and Parking Department to decrease the price of campus parking passes. The senate argues the university should be prioritizing new parking…
University police responded to eight vehicle accidents, a number of medical emergencies and three reports of suspicious persons this week. Police responded to reports of suspicious activity outside Adams Hall on Sept. 20. On Monday Sept. 22, police responded to an accident in the Christ the King Catholic Church parking lot and a medical emergency…
Poppy’s sixth studio album, known as “Negative Spaces,” is a very complex body of work that explores a multitude of different music styles and ideas. The album blends pop, rock and metal together to tell its story and move you along with it. These genres are drastically different, and being able to integrate them into…
Ellie Sennhenn: Another staff pick, another absolutely gut-wrenching, crying-in-the-car and intensely lyrical recommendation of mine. I have had Jake Minch’s album “George” on blast all month long. The song “For Leaving” has become a twisted sort of anthem for me, and it unfolds like a dusty photo album laid out in a late-afternoon sun: nostalgic,…