The Anna Fascitelli Fitness & Wellness Center offered their free for students self defense class on March 3, in order to teach students the importance of learning and practicing defense techniques before leaving for spring break. The class included students, instructors and alumni from the University of Rhode Island and Innovate Martial Arts, according to…
URi-STAND, the Bystander Intervention Program at the University of Rhode Island, held a screening of “The Hunting Ground” to provide education and awareness of sexual assault on college campuses, on Feb. 19. “The Hunting Ground” is a documentary film produced by Amy Ziering and written by Kirby Dick, and released in 2015, according to IMDb….
The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards released and film critics seem to disagree. There is one nominee that critics expected and support, Timothée Chalamet for Best Actor in his leading role as Bob Dylan in the anti-biopic, “A Complete Unknown.” The film that debuted on Christmas Day encapsulates Dylan’s early years in the industry….
Two local highschoolers took the stage to celebrate their debut album, aimatmyorgans , joining the Musician’s Guild at the University of Rhode Island last Friday. Paige Promrat, a high school senior from the Wheeler School in Providence, and Memphis Faris, a homeschooled junior, performed with the URI Musician’s Guild in Atrium 1 in the Memorial…
The University of Rhode Island is working on a master plan to become a carbon neutral university by 2050, increasing energy efficiency and sustainability on campus. All electricity for URI campuses are from renewable sources like solar, water, wind and nuclear energy, according to Bob Bozikowski, the assistant director of utilities. Energy generators have various…
As the semester draws to a close, the University of Rhode Island’s fall graduation ceremony has grown in popularity, with an approximate registration of 550 students to graduate. The university’s fall graduation debuted last year with only 400 students, according to Karen Sechio, associate director of university events at URI. The second annual fall commencement…
A master’s psychology student at the University of Rhode Island continues to research how emotions and alcohol intoxication affect risks of sexual assault in young women on college campuses throughout Rhode Island. By observing how women are emotionally impacted by alcohol consumption, Reina Kiefer hopes to raise awareness for sexual assault prevention in her role…
The Honors College at the University of Rhode Island finished their fall colloquium on Nov. 12, a series that aimed to broaden community perspectives on threats to democracy in the United States and across the globe. Since Sept. 17, the colloquium has held eight lectures in Edwards Hall. URI political science professors Marc Hutchison and…
The University of Rhode Island has seen an increase in domestic abuse reports due to a growth in campus acknowledgement, discussion and education on the topics of domestic violence and sexual assault . The first domestic violence report of November was made to the URI Police Department from Burnside Hall on Nov 5. A 22-year-old…
Using social science to find out what Rhode Island citizens know about microplastics in the Narragansett Bay, three women at the University of Rhode Island relaunched a marine debris survey in summer 2024. The experiment began in 2020 and was run by Coastal Institute Senior Fellow Seray Ergene and marine affairs professor Tracey Dalton. Ergene…