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The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team saw its season come to an end on Saturday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The No. 11-seeded Atlantic 10 Conference champions took on the No. 6 seed University of Alabama and struggled to convert from the field in a 68-55 loss. “We just didn’t…
After 30 years, the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team is one sleep away from “The Big Dance,” beginning this weekend on Friday with practice and press conferences. “I thought we were playing today,” Rhode Island Head Coach Tammi Reiss said. “[The team was] like, Coach, we play Saturday. So we’re excited to be…
University of Rhode Island police are investigating two video voyeurism incidents that took place in Browning and Butterfield Halls on March 6 and 9, less than a year after a similar incident in Adams Hall. A male suspect entered the shower areas of the residence halls and attempted to observe, photograph or video male occupants…
The University of Rhode Island introduced Pat Lyons as its new vice president and director of athletics in a press conference at the Ryan Center on Wednesday. A Providence native, Lyons has spent more than 25 years in executive leadership positions at the Division I level between Iona University and, most recently, Seton Hall University….
Student senate candidates Kairy Gonzalez, Ryan Niro, Madison Hinrichs and Kyanna Lin for president and vice president took to the stage on Thursday for a debate covering their campaign platforms and policies. Third-year students Gonzalez and Niro are running for president and vice president, respectively. Chair of the Cultural Affairs Committee, Gonzalez seeks to unionize…
Rams Head Coach Tammi Reiss danced her way to the ladder to cut down the nets on Sunday, and more dancing is on the way for the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team. After a 30-year wait, the team is heading back to the NCAA Tournament. Reiss built the program into a winner; now,…
A prayer was answered on Saturday as the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team secured its second regular-season Atlantic 10 Conference championship in four years. “The only thing I wanted was a championship for these girls,” Head Coach Tammi Reiss said. “You could take anything from me, anything. But I wanted them to feel…
As protests pop up at universities around the United States and law enforcement clashes with demonstrators in the streets, students question how to demonstrate on campus without administrator interference. The freedom to organize on university property, as well as the freedom to visually represent information, is permitted by the University of Rhode Island University Manual….
More than a dozen dining hall staff spent two nights sleeping in booths at Butterfield Dining Hall to provide food for residents during the record-breaking blizzard of February 2026. Jennifer Souza, Joshua Croce and Cate Ianelli were among the 17 workers who packed their pillows and blankets to sleep on the same booths where students…
The Blizzard of 2026 left thousands in the University of Rhode Island community without power and heat, buried under multiple feet of snow. On Sunday, Feb. 22, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee declared a state of emergency for a blizzard that was forecasted to drop 10 to 20 inches of snow, according to USA Today….