Stephanie Burt, a professor at Harvard University, spoke about the relatability and aspirations of Taylor Swift, promoting her book “Taylor’s Version,” at the Center for the Humanities’ annual humanist lecture series on March 26. This year’s theme was humanities and popular culture/counterculture, according to Evelyn Sterne, a history professor and the director of the Center…
Fostering unlikely connections, national non-profit group Lasagna Love helps to garner kindness throughout Rhode Island, the United States and the globe, one lasagna at a time. Lasagna Love is driven to bring communities together by connecting neighbors through homemade meal delivery. Through their movement, the organization pairs volunteer chefs with people in need within their…
Inching towards the spring and summer months, insects and pests are coming alive, and University of Rhode Island students have not been spared. Typical for this time of year, wasps are beginning to wake up and are finding their way into student dorms. Madison Carrion, second-year, has dealt with wasp-related issues over the past few…
Sex Offenses March 29: Weldin Residence Hall, an officer arrived on scene at 4:29 p.m. and was on the scene until 9:33 p.m. This investigation is still ongoing. Founded Suspicious Person Reports March 30: Browning Residence Hall, officer arrived on scene at 4:54 a.m. Motor Vehicle Accidents March 26: West Alumni Avenue March 29: Keaney…
Colleen Mullen’s collegiate playing career began at the University of Rhode Island in 1998, and now her collegiate coaching career will continue there. Vice President and Director of Athletics Pat Lyons announced Sunday that Mullen will become URI’s next women’s basketball head coach after eight seasons leading the University at Albany. The new coach signed…
The University of Rhode Island softball team lost three out of four to Tarleton State University over the weekend and lost both games of its doubleheader on Wednesday against Brown University. In the first game of Friday’s doubleheader, Rhode Island found itself down early after giving up a three-run homer to second-year Jaelynn Duke in…
Fourth-year tennis player Nikki Fernando’s time at the University of Rhode Island will come to an end after the spring season concludes, but not before she sets her name in the program’s record book. Securing her 64th win in doubles play against Dominican University of California on Friday, Fernando is one win away from breaking…
Rhode Island FC drew in its first United Soccer League Championship regular season match and advanced to the second round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup after defeating CD Faialense. After losing in the USL Championship Eastern Conference Finals to the eventual champions, Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, RIFC opened its 2026 campaign with a new-look…
Hannah Cotter and Marlee Wierda’s main message at this week’s “Pros & the Pie” in Ranger Hall was that everything happens for a reason. The two reporters for Channel 7 in Boston shared how everything you are doing will help you get to that final destination, even if you are not working the job you…