For the fifth time in six years, the University of Rhode Island rowing team are Atlantic 10 champions. The Rams amassed 52 points to win their 10th Championship in program history, which took place on May 18 on the Cooper River in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Through three point-scoring Grand Final races, the team finished…
The University of Rhode Island women’s rowing team took to Cambridge, Massachusetts on Saturday, taking on Northeastern University and Boston University. Through five races on the weekend, Rhode Island finished last across the board. The Varsity 8+ boat, led by second-year coxswain Lily Stasaitis and fourth-year stroke Jessica Tosi, kicked off the action, finishing 14…
Nearly 50 local University of Rhode Island students took to the streets of Newport alongside more than 2,500 runners on Saturday as the ninth edition of the annual Newport Marathon, Half-Marathon, 5k and Beach Mile took place. Former URI women’s track and field member and fourth-year Katarina King was one of the students who spearheaded…
Planning is underway for the restoration of Narragansett Town Beach after a series of three storms caused substantial damage to the dunes, protective sand fencing and several concrete structures along the beach. While storm damage is a yearly expectation, a string of three major high-tide storms in the span of a one-month period between Dec….
The University of Rhode Island’s 98-year-old Fernwood building was finally taken down earlier this month, almost four years after impending maintenance costs outweighed the possibility of renovation. The building, which was originally constructed as a residency building in 1936 before being donated to the University, most recently served as office space for URI’s department of…
On Monday, Feb. 5, several members of the University of Rhode Island pep band were left surprised when the athletics department informed them that they would no longer be accompanying the women’s basketball team to their postseason tournament in March. Each year, URI’s athletic “spirit groups” – the pep band, cheerleaders and Ramettes dance team…
For the national magazine, “Diverse: Issues in Higher Education,” narrowing a nationwide pool of scholars down to just 15 recipients for their annual Emerging Scholar award means you’ll seldom find two honorees from the same university. This hasn’t happened since 2021, when both Soua Xiong and Cynthia Wang of California State University System were nominated…
For the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team, a turbulent week that began with a “devastating” loss was closely followed by their first ranked win in program history, but ultimately ended in defeat to their in-state rivals. The week started with a 61-59 loss to Quinnipiac University on Thursday, in a game that came…
The University of Rhode Island wasn’t Kyle Standing’s first choice, but it ended up being one of his best. A 2023 graduate and former sports editor at the Good Five Cent Cigar, Standing wrote more than 100 stories in seven semesters with the sports section, serving as a contributing reporter, staff reporter and eventually as…
Down by 18 points against the defending Ivy League Champions, a second-half comeback saw the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team remain unbeaten at the Ryan Center in a 76-72 win over the Yale Bulldogs on Sunday. The result saw the Rams come out of November with a 5-2 record to start the year,…