Four years after its inception, the Rhody Rifle team has now placed third in this year’s national preseason ranking for club sport rifle teams, and received honors at the National Intermediate Smallbore Rifle Championships last year. Fourth-year Sophia Wood, president and co-captain of the team, said that URI has been the top club sport team…
University of Rhode Island President Marc Parlange hosted his annual Quad Fest on Tuesday, bringing students together to explore campus organizations and involvement opportunities. “This is our sixth year doing this,” Parlange said. “It’s an important time of the semester. We’re hitting midterms; people are busy. It’s a chance to get together as a community,…
Two URI students created and launched the website Rhode Island Elections Project, as a way to increase voter turnout and awareness through providing an unbiased search engine for political information in the state of Rhode Island. The website was published in August by second-year Fabio Muscianisi and graduate student Nicholas Labriola, and aims to create…
The University of Rhode Island has released the annual Security, Crime Statistics, and Fire Safety Report, detailing reported crimes committed on campus in the 2025 calendar year. There were nine reported incidents of rape, all in residence halls, according to the report. One case of statutory rape was reported, not in a residence hall. The…
The University of Rhode Island is set to debut a new major in Integrated and Applied Artificial Intelligence for the fall 2027 semester. The major, in development since 2024, will have a home in the College of Business, according to computer science professor Indrani Mandal, one of the professors who worked on the major. Courses…
The University of Rhode Island is exploring funding options for a new multi-level parking garage as part of its 20-year campus master plan. While in its initial stages, the garage is part of the comprehensive campus plan released by the URI Board of Trustees in September 2025. The plan’s goal is to modernize the campus,…
With on-campus housing not guaranteed after sophomore year at the University of Rhode Island, the housing stress has already begun for upperclassmen looking for off-campus rentals for the next academic year. Students expressed multiple concerns about the high cost of rent and living. The combined cost of tuition, housing, meals, gas and other expenses adds…
The University of Rhode Island had to prepare themselves from Sept. 25 to the 27 as a nor’easter rolled in on the radar ready to rock the coastal parts of New England. The emergency management team at URI has a number of tasks it needs to accomplish in order to make sure the university is…
The University of Rhode Island has seen an increase in federal research funding this year, despite anxieties and guidance surrounding the fight for grants. Brenton DeBoef, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, said that URI had a 5% increase in federal funding this year, whereas MIT saw a 20% decrease. “We are not doing…
University of Rhode Island students expressed concerns about comments made by Dining Services Director Pierre St-Germain in a recent article published by The Good Five Cent Cigar. St-Germain’s comment, “We feed our students, so there’s always an option of actually working for your meal” sparked discussion among students online. Students put up posters in the…