The University of Rhode Island’s Disability, Access and Inclusion office is receiving more complex requests for accommodations as students adjust to post-pandemic classroom requirements, and it is working to address the changing needs of students with disabilities. DAI provided accommodations to 1,425 students, or around 8% of the URI student body, between July 1 and…
Mold on the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons third floor continues to contaminate books, raising concerns over the materials that University of Rhode Island disciplines rely on. Compromised materials used by University of Rhode Island students studying English, history, language and social sciences are at risk of being fully discarded, according to interim…
As it became official on Wednesday that president-elect and former President Donald Trump will return to the White House on Jan. 6, 2025, some students cheered over slices of pizza, while others struggled to fall asleep. Fourth-year James Gallarelli, secretary of the University of Rhode Island College Republicans, was “ecstatic” about Trump’s win over Vice…
While education in the digital age is often confined to a screen, students can see and touch historical books and local memorabilia in the University Archives and Special Collections Unit in Kingston, Rhode Island. Located on the second floor of the Robert L. Carothers Library, in a room next to the stairs, historical documents, handwritten…
Water polo is back at the University of Rhode Island in the form of a club team with one main goal: to teach students how to play. Most popular along the West Coast, water polo functions similarly to soccer or basketball, where members of each team score goals and throw a rubber ball. Although the…
Vice President Kamala Harris discussed election stakes, economic goals, morning workouts and her love of Special K cereal during her longest solo interview since becoming a Democratic nominee on Tuesday. The interview , which was led by Howard Stern on SiriusXM and spanned an hour and five minutes, centered around Harris’ motivations as a woman…
Gathering in grief and solidarity, the University of Rhode Island community held a vigil on Thursday, Sept. 26 for lives lost during the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. Over 80 students, faculty and alumni came together in the Multicultural Student Service Center’s Hardge Forum to not only recognize the loss of life, but to break the silence…
The University of Rhode Island department of gender and women’s studies received a $100,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation’s higher learning program in order to maintain the relevance of the humanities. The Mellon Foundation is the largest funder of the arts and humanities in the United States, according to their website . Through their grants,…
The University of Rhode Island’s Doctor of Pharmacy program is ranked 31 among 141 pharmacy colleges in the United States, the college’s highest rank yet. The University’s Pharm.D. program has risen steadily for the past four years, taking the number 40 spot in the last survey in 2020, and number 46 in 2016, according to…
Judge Melissa DuBose, the first woman of color and openly LGBTQIA+ person to be appointed in the United States District Court in Rhode Island, shared her experiences of “living her truth” at the University of Rhode Island on Saturday. DuBose was the keynote speaker at the University’s Women of Color Conference, as part of the…