As the semester draws to a close, the University of Rhode Island’s fall graduation ceremony has grown in popularity, with an approximate registration of 550 students to graduate. The university’s fall graduation debuted last year with only 400 students, according to Karen Sechio, associate director of university events at URI. The second annual fall commencement…
The Honors College at the University of Rhode Island finished their fall colloquium on Nov. 12, a series that aimed to broaden community perspectives on threats to democracy in the United States and across the globe. Since Sept. 17, the colloquium has held eight lectures in Edwards Hall. URI political science professors Marc Hutchison and…
Less than an hour before taking charge of his first national championship with the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team in April 2023, Dan Hurley received a text he couldn’t ignore. With the weight of a nine-year title drought on his shoulders, Hurley responded instantly. The man at the other end: Thorr Bjorn, director of…
The hundreds of students, faculty and staff Maureen McDermott influenced in 43 years at the University of Rhode Island were not just her career. They were her passion. The “mom” of the Memorial Union, as her past students affectionately call her, leaves behind a legacy of passion, dedication and unwavering support toward more than 100…
Tucked away in the University of Rhode Island’s Memorial Union is the gaming club, housing student competitions in console video games, card games and competitive computer games. The club’s first room is adorned with posters and drawings from club members, a wall of board games and a table of gaming laptops. This leads into another…
From Johnston, Rhode Island, to Joplin, Missouri, one of the debut news personalities of the midwest has been with sports every step of the way. A Rhode Island native and 2024 University of Rhode Island graduate, Cam Iasimone has relocated nearly 1,500 miles west to start his career in sports as an anchor at KSN/KODE,…
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…
The University of Rhode Island had two finalists in the annual Northeast Regional Collegiate Soils contest hosted at URI’s own Alton Jones Campus on Oct. 18. Soil judging is the evaluation of a soil’s landscape, morphology and texture to define the type of soil, all while in a pit excavated to be five feet deep….
A cricket club is being reinstated at the University of Rhode Island, which aims to introduce students to a sport that lacks popularity in the United States despite its popularity around the globe. In many countries, the sport of cricket is a big part of the culture and for international students, it is a big…
University of Rhode Island Health Services is bringing back their Considering Change sobriety meetings for another semester to provide students with a space to discuss and rethink the way they use substances. The program, which began about five years ago, has been revamped by substance abuse analyst Catherine Calise and alcohol and other substances prevention…