The art exhibit “Second Time Around,” curated by University of Rhode Island students with Professor Erin McCutcheon, is on display at the Jamestown Arts Center. The exhibit itself sprawls throughout the Jamestown Art Center, presenting a variety of mediums. Pieces took the form of quilts, photographs, garments and more. The white walls of the gallery…
The University of Rhode Island hosted 400 high school students for a Biomechanics Day event at Mackal Field House on April 3. The event, a graduate project by kinesiology master’s student Nadia Rajan, boasted 16 stations with various biomechanical innovations for the high schoolers to try. Stations were manned by kinesiology students, both undergraduate and…
Students gathered under cloudy skies to commemorate the lives of Black women murdered by law enforcement during an event hosted by the University of Rhode Island Black Student Union and the Women’s Center on Wednesday. The vigil honored 10 women, ranging from ages 11 to 44 years old: Ta’Nesha Chappell, Latoya Denise James, Priscilla Slater,…
Two Middle East policy experts visited the University of Rhode Island on March 26 to discuss the Israeli/Palestinian conflict in a panel co-sponsored by URI Hillel and the URI Department of Political Science. Representing Palestine was Ghaith al-Omari, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. al-Omari served various positions in the…
Actions have been taken to end the Rhode Island housing crisis through a suite of housing bills passed by Speaker of the Assembly Joseph Shekarchi on March 7. The 15-bill package of legislation aims to make the housing approval process more effective, zoning more flexible and to make the best use of existing buildings, according…
The University of Rhode Island student senate bid farewell to the 2023-2024 administration and welcomed next year’s senators during Wednesday’s two meetings. The 2023-2024 senate passed Bill 59, which officially certified the 2024-2025 student senate election results. The Neuroscience Club was officially recognized by the senate after failure to turn in their recognition form. Former…
University of Rhode Island band Marble House took home first place in the URI Musician’s Guild Big Nice Battle of the Bands on Saturday night in the Memorial Union’s Rainville Ballroom. The free show featured performances from eight URI bands: Cough Drop, Fermat, Marble House, Morning Shower, Moss Boy and the Critters, Orphans on Fire,…
The University of Rhode Island student body elected their new president and vice president: third-years Argha Goswami and Sanah Feroz. Goswami and Feroz topped the field in what the student senate called one of the most contested elections in recent years on their Instagram. Despite going through a difficult election process, Goswami and Feroz said…
The University of Rhode Island student senate discussed the Rhode Island housing crisis, met the newly elected president and vice president and approved a final budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year on Wednesday. URI alum Alex Appolonia (‘20) was brought in by External Affairs Committee Chair Chris Hoover. Appolonia is a real estate investor and…
The University of Rhode Island Women’s Center carried an aroma of freshly brewed tea as women of all majors and ages came together for an installment of the “Spill the Tea” event series on Wednesday, March 6. Celebrating International Women’s Day, the Women’s Center collaborated with the International Student Center to put on the latest…