URI offers accommodations to students who celebrate Ramadan. Pictured: Students from URI MSA. Photo Courtesy of: URI MSA Ramadan, the ninth and holiest month of the Islamic calendar according to the Islamic Networks Group, began on March 22, and Muslims worldwide are coming together through fasting, prayer, charity and self-reflection. Islam’s five pillars are profession…
Pictured: Artwork from community wellness paint night. PHOTO CREDIT: Casey Chan-Smutko| Staff Reporter Community Wellness Leaders (CWL) at the University of Rhode Island held a paint night in the 193 Coffee House on Wednesday, March 1 to focus on emotional wellness, according to Dani Pyne, a fourth-year student studying film and media and the president…
Celebrating spring break with a beach party. PHOTO CREDIT: Ronan Himelrick | Managing Editor On Wednesday the University of Rhode Island community came together to celebrate the annual Spring Break “Beach Party.” Health Services organized the event, according to Jessica Greene, assistant director of health promotion and wellness at health services. The Beach Party, which…
Celebrate 100 years with Rhody the Ram. PHOTO CREDIT: Connor Zisk | Staff Photographer Rhody the Ram had his 100th birthday on Wednesday, March 8 so we asked University of Rhode Island students what Rhody means to them. Haley Pyne, a third-year student studying communicative disorders, said that Rhody is a symbol of school spirit…
Invented by URI students who worked in the Rams Den, Razzbulls are a URI staple. PHOTO CREDIT: Aidan Cahill | Web Editor The University of Rhode Island is known for many things: its Division 1 athletics, it being the state’s flagship University and its academic programs. Among the list of accolades that the University has…
For Chris Hoover, being on Student Senate stretches far beyond the bylaws and budget presentations. Hoover, a third-year accounting major from northern Connecticut, has been on Student Senate since his first year at the University of Rhode Island, serving as the director of treasury for the past two years. “I actually started out as a…
Daniel Carrigg brings real-world experience to the classroom Professor of political science, Dan Carrigg has devoted his career to address issues in poverty. PHOTO CREDIT: Dan Carrigg Daniel Carrigg, a professor in the political science department, said he went to the University of Rhode Island as a student before joining the department in the Fall…
Author, historian shares history of pre-NBA Black basketball players “The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten Era” researches, preserves and celebrates black history. PHOTO CREDIT: hamiltonbook.com The Atlantic 10 commission on racial equity, diversity and inclusion presented a webinar about a new book titled “The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten…
President of URI’s P.I.N.K. Lucchina Breneville is “truly inspirational.” PHOTO CREDIT: Eddie Melfi | Staff Photographer As a double major in textile fashion merchandising & design and Chinese Mandarin, as well as the president of P.I.N.K. Women, which stands for Powerful, Independent, Notoriously Knowledgeable Women, Lucchina Breneville is a valued student and leader. “In one…
The URI research vessel the Endeavor has provided a good home for research from researching carbon cycles to greenhouse gasses. PHOTO CREDIT: 41nmagazine.org The Research Vessel Endeavor ship has been with the University of Rhode Island for about 50 years, according to Paula Bontempi, the dean at the Graduate School of Oceanography and the Narragansett…