With “Moana 2” hitting theaters on Nov. 27, Disney’s signature wayfinding female heroine is back with another adventure. In the sequel movie, Moana of Motunui travels to challenge sky god Nolu to remove the curse he’d cast on the lost island Motu Fetu so the connection between the people of the sea can be restored….
The University of Rhode Island student senate met Wednesday to vote on six new senate positions for its internal elections and four bills, all of which were passed. To open the meeting, Vice President Sanah Feroz spoke on meeting with managers from Mainfare and Butterfield dining halls to discuss bringing greater visibility toward dietary restrictions,…
With the holiday season approaching, organizations have been the warm and crackling fire of campus, opening their doors for students to connect campus through a community effort focused on festivity and giving back. To spread cheer, encourage student involvement and de-stress the campus environment before finals, University of Rhode Island clubs and organizations hosted holiday…
University of Rhode Island chapters Tau Epsilon Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Alpha Chi Omega will all be off probation by Dec. 31, lowering the number of university chapters on probation from six to three. Alpha Chi Omega will go off probation first on Dec. 20, according to the chapter status section of URI Greek…
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…
After a three-hour public hearing regarding Boon Street Market’s model of business, the Narragansett Town Council voted unanimously to approve the renewal of their liquor license on Monday. The approved motion included restrictions that require live music to end at 9 p.m., indoor music to end at 11 p.m. and that the current liquor license…
Whether it’s the gentle melody of “Beautiful Colorado” or the upbeat strum of “Jersey Giant,” new sounds travel through the walls of The University of Rhode Island’s Fine Arts Center every Friday as music students perform songs. In the music convocations, held weekly at URI’s concert hall, second, third and fourth-year music students perform in…
At the end of a quaint, winding road in Exeter, Rhode Island, a small museum of southern New England Indigenous history is working to expand their show of exhibits through a new location on University of Rhode Island property. With a $2 million bond passed in Rhode Island’s ballot question 5 toward a new Kingston…
The University of Rhode Island biomedical sciences community is hopeful toward future research after the passing of the second bond question on Rhode Island’s ballot, which includes $87.5 million of funding to a new biomedical sciences building. The research-based building is designed to be constructed on Flagg Road and will welcome researchers and students from…
With the goal of fostering support, connection and empowerment among women in engineering, a University of Rhode Island mentorship program pairs first-year mentees with upperclassmen mentors. The Women in Engineering Mentorship program, which spans throughout the academic year, has over 40 mentees and roughly 25 mentors, according to third-year biomedical engineering major Brooke Formanek, the…