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The University of Rhode Island Police Department responded to two bomb threats in Eddy Hall within a week of each other. Residents in Eddy hall, along with the rest of the campus, were not notified of these threats. On Oct. 11 and Oct. 18, there were two notes, one handwritten and one typed, left in…
Students, faculty and staff at the University of Rhode Island received an email notice last Friday informing them of a level III sex offender’s presence on the Kingston campus. The email, sent out by Communications on behalf of the URI Police Department, identified alumnus Lewis John Counnas of North Kingstown as a level III sex…
The United States Environmental Protection Agency prohibited three of its scientists, all Ph.D. graduate students from the University of Rhode Island, from speaking at the presentation of the State of Narragansett Bay and Its Watershed Summary Report, of which their research contributed to. Held on Monday, Oct. 23 at Save the Bay, this conference was…
On Monday, Oct. 23, the South Kingstown Town Council passed the Municipal Immigrant Protection Ordinance 3-2. The ordinance, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), is designed to help to protect immigrants from wrongful targeting. It is stated within the ordinance that the Town will comply with state and federal constitutions and nondiscrimination laws…
The University of Rhode Island concluded its first ever Family and Alumni weekend with a State of the University Address by President David Dooley on Sunday morning at Paramaz Avedisian ’54 Hall. With the University’s accreditation being under reevaluation this year, Dooley reflected on what URI has accomplished since the school’s last accreditation in 2007….
Students of all academic years and majors at the University of Rhode Island attended the student session of the 2017 New England Association of Schools and Colleges Accreditation Review Monday night. Dr. Karen L. Pennington, vice president of Student Development at Montclair State University and Dr. Barbara Prudhomme White, a faculty member at the University…
By Nicholas Bush and Allie Lewis On Friday night, scientist and TV personality Bill Nye kicked off the weekend with a discussion moderated by Judith Swift, director of the Coastal Institute, with topics ranging from climate change to the ethics of genetically modifying human traits. The discussion centered around the future of the world in…
National Day on Writing took on a huge presence at the University of Rhode Island campus on Friday, Oct. 20. With many events all around campus, the University expressed the importance of writing in all ways, shapes and sizes. This was the first celebration at URI for this national day that was founded ten years…
The Fine Arts Center renovation and remodel was “at the top of the list of priorities for fiscal year 2017,” according to J. Vernon Wyman, the assistant vice president of Business Services, in an Cigar interview from November of 2015. As many students and visitors can attest, there have been no renovations in the FAC….
Students at the University of Rhode Island got colorful this past sunday thanks to a Color Run hosted by the URI Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW). All students on campus along with members of the community were allowed to participate in the untimed 5K. This Color Run had a turnout of about 25 students…