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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organized and performed at open mic to raise money towards child education in Nepal. | Photo by James McIntosh. The University of Rhode Island’s Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), hosted their first open mic night on April 3 as a fundraiser for children’s education in Nepal. This was a free event…
Students danced the night away to raise money for Hasbro Children’s Hospital. |Photo by Greg Clark The second annual RhodyTHON fundraiser, which donates all proceeds to the Hasbro Children’s Hospital, raised $292,173 on Saturday night, drastically surpassing last year’s record-breaking total. The event was held on Saturday from 4 p.m. to 12 a.m. at the…
by Ian Weiner and Kayla Laguerre-Lewis Since the School of Education and the College of Continuing Education merged in 2017 to become the Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Education and Professional Studies, the University of Rhode Island’s continuing education programs have shrunk significantly while the School of Education has expanded. When the new college was…
The chaplain at the Catholic Center located on campus was removed. | Photo by Anna Meassick. by Andy Main, Julia Moro and Mary Lind The Catholic Center chaplain at the University of Rhode Island has been placed on administrative leave by the Diocese of Providence. Rev. Joseph R. Upton was placed on administrative leave on…
The Harrington Broadcast studio continues to evolve in its development. |Photo by Grace DeSanti Although the new broadcast studio for the Harrington School of Communication and Media was scheduled to open in January 2019, the studio still remains unopen today. It was not the intention to delay the opening, but as the studio is a…
(Left to right) Albert Silverstein, Jorge Gardos and Robert Weisbord. Silverstein and Gardos are both Holocaust survivors who attended the screening of ‘The Fence Between Us.’ |Photo by Chris Crosby Professor Robert Cohen’s FLM 351 production class debuted their short film “The Fence Between Us” last Monday at the Hillel Center that continued the discussion…
Junior catcher Sonny Ulliana slides in safely at home plate after a Laurence Hill triple in URI’s 5-3 win over Fordham. |Photo by Greg Clark Team has won six of last eight games The University’s men’s baseball team won their weekend series, two games to one against conference opponent Fordham University. The Rams began this…
Students shave their heads toward raising awareness and finding a cure for childhood cancer. Photo by James McIntosh. On Monday, the University of Rhode Island held its fourth annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraising event in the Memorial Union and raised over $8,000. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is an organization committed to raising awareness and finding…
The URI contingency fund is only set to support the college for 2 weeks. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Since the University of Rhode Island’s President, David M. Dooley’s arrival in 2009, URI has formulated a contingency fund for emergency expenses and has utilized extra money from the annual budget to fund student-centered projects. According to…
Campus police welcomes new bomb-sniffing dog. Officer Bob Kenyon poses with Phender. Photo by Anna Meassick. As a reaction to bomb threats across the country, the University of Rhode Island police department has brought another explosive-detecting dog to the force. URI Police Major Michael Jagoda said that one of the reasons another dog was needed…