The Domestic Violence Resource Center of South County is holding the annual Silent Witness March for domestic assault awareness month in Wakefield, Rhode Island on Thursday, Oct. 3. Keith Labelle, who works in education, outreach and training as a Title IX deputy coordinator, created the Bystander Intervention Program at the University of Rhode Island. The…
The 193 Coffeehouse, located in the Memorial Union at the University of Rhode Island, held their biweekly free open mic night for students on Thursday, Sept. 26. Students gathered in the eccentric haven-like coffeehouse to watch peers and local groups perform original songs, covers, poetry and more. The majority of 193 Coffeehouse events are based…
Alan Shawn Feinstein, an educational philanthropist that donated to the University of Rhode Island and over 200 other schools, died at age 93 on Sept. 7. Feinstein established the Feinstein Foundation with a mission to improve Rhode Island communities, Dean Dennis, professor and dean of the College of Education, said. Established in 1991, the Foundation…
The University of Rhode Island Fine Arts Center held a beam signing on Thursday, Sept. 19 to celebrate the predicted completion date of the center, September of 2025. URI began reconstruction of the Fine Arts Center in 2021 with $73 million in funding, Jeanette Riley, the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said….
On Sept. 10, fan favorite “Everlong” singer, David Grohl, revealed his humanity in more than just his music after announcing that he had become a father to a fourth daughter, outside of his marriage on Instagram, “I plan to be a loving and supportive parent to her,” Grohl stated in his post. “I love my…