Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the U.S. Department of Agriculture released the updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans on Jan. 7. The university is not obligated to adopt the new guidelines in the same way that military or school lunches are required to, according to Dietician and Nutrition Specialist,…
Terrell Strayhorn, known as the “Professor of Belonging,” delivered a lecture as part of the Fall 2025 Honors Colloquium on Nov 18. centered around the feeling of belonging. The lecture, titled, “Who Gets to Belong? Unmasking Justice and Reimagining Education for All,” focused on the sense of belonging and how it is intrinsically linked to…
Student senate has completed the first step in passing its President’s List bill, an additional academic distinction that would highlight students earning a GPA of 3.8 or higher. Student Senate President Meilin Reyes and President’s List bill handler Sen. Jackson Troxell will present the bill at the faculty senate meeting on Thursday for their approval…
The University of Rhode Island’s Environmental Arts and Humanities major will officially launch in the 2026-2027 academic year, with an Environmental Foundations course available for students to take in the Spring 2026 semester. EAH will be housed in the College of Arts and Sciences and directed by Professor William Krieger, chair of the philosophy department,…
The Rhode Island Student Climate Coalition restarted as an intercollegiate organization focused on climate justice and action this semester. RISCC is now active and recruiting new members, according to University of Rhode Island fourth-year student Shannon McGrath, co-policy team lead for RISCC. The organization’s two main campaigns for this session are saving the Rhode Island…
In line with its 20-year strategic plan, the University of Rhode Island is continuing to reimagine itself as a university of the future with the Kent and Diane Fannon Institute for Student Success. The Fannon Institute for Student Success has officially been in effect since its announcement on Friday, Oct. 17. A renaming from the…
The University of Rhode Island has maintained its Wall Street Journal ranking as the No. 1 Public University in New England for the second consecutive year. In the WSJ’s 2026 Best Colleges in the U.S. rankings, URI advanced by eight spots in terms of universities overall in the United States. The WSJ ranking culminates the…
Over the course of September weekends, students looking to get involved in Greek life will move through a series of formal rounds, with the intention of receiving a bid from one of the University of Rhode Island’s 11 sororities or 17 fraternities. Fraternity rushing ended Sunday, with over 400 bids given out, according to Greek…