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Three-student ordinance pushes students to vote During the 2022 midterm elections, there was a significant increase in student voter registration in the town of Narragansett. Graphic by: Elizabeth Wong Before the midterm elections this year, a number of University of Rhode Island officials urged students who lived off-campus to register to vote in the towns…
URI community mourns five dead, stands with LGBTQ community URI GSC holds vigil to honor lives lost in Colorado LGBTQ+ nightclub mass shooting. PHOTO CREDIT: nytimes.com The University of Rhode Island community has come together in response to a mass shooting that injured over 20 people and killed five people at Club Q, a nightclub…
Keaney raised the URI athletic department from the ground up in 1920. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com Known for being the inventor of the fast break, Frank Keaney’s contributions to the University of Rhode Island’s basketball program fundamentally influenced the modern game of basketball and earned him a spot in the URI Athletics Hall of Fame. Hired…
Musician’s Guild band Superposition creatively found their name and sound in early 2022. Photo Courtesy of: instagram.com/_superpositon Local quintet Superposition is looking to bring their “raucous emo” sound to New England. The band, formed in January, is composed of Sean Ovalles on vocals, Michael Diehl and Tristan Pagliaroni on guitar, Matt Delaney on bass and…
Ngawang Sangdrol is a human rights activist who came to speak at URI about her work fighting for freedom. PHOTO CREDIT: gwarlingo.com The University of Rhode Island’s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies’ ongoing lecture series has given international human rights activists a platform to share their stories of fighting for peace through nonviolence. Last…
‘Unprecedented inflation’ among main causes Tuition for in-state and out-of-state students will continue to rise following the 2022-23 school year. GRAPHIC CREDIT: Ronan Himelrick | Social Media Coordinator The University of Rhode Island’s Board of Trustees recently announced their decision to increase tuition for both in-state and out-of-state students during the 2023-24 school year. In…
Late comeback effort falls short in season opener Sebastian Thomas finished with a career-high 10 points and six assists in the loss. PHOTO CREDIT: Eddie Melfi The beginning of a new season and a new era in Rhode Island men’s basketball under Head Coach Archie Miller began Monday when the Rams welcomed the Quinnipiac Bobcats…
Center for the Humanities hosts annual lecture series The University of Rhode Island’s Center for the Humanities is back for its third annual year-long speaker series, which is focusing on environmental humanities this year. According to the Center for the Humanities webpage, this lecture series “draws on the expertise of environmental historians, literary scholars, musicians…
Jessica Alber developing non-invasive prevention scanning Assistant research professor Jessica Alber received a grant for her work with Alzheimer’s disease. PHOTO CREDIT: Nick Pierson | Contributing Photographer Jessica Alber, an assistant research professor at the University of Rhode Island’s George and Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience, just received a five-year, $10.3 million grant to further…
Board of Trustees establishes ‘independent academic unit’ The University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees approved the criminology and criminal justice (CCJ) program’s request to gain department status at their meeting on Sept. 1. Over the past five years, URI’s CCJ program has grown in both popularity and significance, according to Natalie Pifer, an assistant…