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Students participating in an Africana studies event. Photos from uri.edu. Following a unanimous vote from the Faculty Senate and approval from the Board of Trustees, the University of Rhode Island’s Africana studies program (AAF) is now officially a department. They reached this status, along with the gender and women’s studies program (GWS), last week. As…
Professor Gail Lowney Alofsin has spent her career helping students at URI, as well as donating book profits to developing nations abroad. Photo contributed by Gail Lowney Alofsin. With over 20 years of experience as an adjunct professor at the University of Rhode Island, Gail Lowney Alofsin is a symbol of initiative and positivity for…
Ed Yong, a science journalist from The Atlantic, during his virtual talk about the mistakes America made in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Screenshots from Grace DeSanti. During the annual Christiane Amanpour Lecture, journalist Ed Yong argued that pre-existing vulnerabilities in American society exacerbated the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. An award-winning science…
Incumbent President Donald Trump. Photo from Whitehouse.gov. Gone are the days when you’d wake up on the first Wednesday of November every four years and know the victor of the United States presidential election. In a divisive Election Week in American history, the presidential contest of Republican President Donald Trump vs. former Democratic Vice President…
The women’s basketball team shoots to do better than ever. Photo from GoRhody. Year two for any coaching staff is usually the year a small, but not a massive, leap happens before a team makes its ascent to lofty heights. If that is the case, then the University of Rhode Island’s Women’s Basketball team is…
Aaron Meredith and Jamal Shipman, former participants of the show “Survivor,” share their experiences in the competition. Screenshots from Evan McAlice. Last Thursday, The University of Rhode Island gave a whole new meaning to “the tribe has spoken.” URI’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology hosted a panel discussion featuring two contestants from the CBS reality…
The aftermath of students rioting after Super Bowl LIII. Photo contributed by Joe Lachance. Regardless of who is declared the next president of the United States this election, the University of Rhode Island is preparing for students to exercise their First Amendment rights and organize in protest or celebration. Emergency Management Director and Assistant Director…
Two URI faculty members joined the national organization Faculty for Student Voting Rights this year. Graphic by Ethan Pellegrino. At the beginning of this semester, two professors took the initiative to join the national organization Faculty for Student Voting Rights (FSVR) on behalf of the University of Rhode Island. The FSVR is a non-partisan organization…
The wall where the mural was in the Memorial Union now has a URI banner on it. Top photo from uritoday.com, bottom photo by Ethan Pellegrino. The University of Rhode Island has yet to decide how they will preserve two murals in the Memorial Union’s basement during future renovations, but these portrayals of 1950s URI…
Students Andy Main, Tyler Pelletier and Kayla Michaud currently live in a five-person house which will only be available to three students next year. Photo by James McIntosh. A Narragansett Town Council ordinance preventing over three students from renting together has already begun to affect both off-campus students and realtors for next year. The ordinance…