The morning of Saturday, Nov. 22 brought brisk temperatures, rain, leaves scattered across campus and a 5K run to raise awareness for rare diseases at the University of Rhode Island. URI’s chapter of the National Organization for Rare Disorders organized the race titled “Run for Rare,” which followed the URI Rhody Run Route. About 45…
Terrell Strayhorn, known as the “Professor of Belonging,” delivered a lecture as part of the Fall 2025 Honors Colloquium on Nov 18. centered around the feeling of belonging. The lecture, titled, “Who Gets to Belong? Unmasking Justice and Reimagining Education for All,” focused on the sense of belonging and how it is intrinsically linked to…
Beginning in the spring semester of 2026, the University of Rhode Island will launch its first 100-level interdisciplinary sustainability introduction gen-ed course. The course was developed last year by lecturers Pamela Lezaeta and Martina Müller. Most students aren’t aware the course exists, according to Lezaeta. Unlike upper-level environmental classes, the 100-level format offers an interdisciplinary…
The holiday season has officially begun, as most students returned home for Thanksgiving break in November – some students, however, who were unable to travel home, remained on a quiet campus over the break, from Nov. 26 to Nov. 30. Campus residents were able to stay in their dorms over the break if needed, according…
Since the announcement of reopening the W. Alton Jones Campus on June 27, the environmental education students program has expressed concern over its utilization at a Board of Trustees meeting. The plan for the campus reopening was to lease it to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, according to Sara Sweetman, an associate professor…
The University of Rhode Island Memorial Union has stopped subsidizing Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority bus passes for disabled students, as of July of this year. In 2022, RIPTA began using the Wave Card system, according to the RIPTA website. Wave cards, physical or digitally loaded cards, can be used to pay for RIPTA services….
The University of Rhode Island student senate voted to cut the monthly president’s meetings to once a semester and approved a funding transfer for the URI Alpine Ski and Snowboard Racing Team. Cultural Affairs Committee Chair Kairy Gonzalez spoke to an incident involving the URI Republicans Instagram account. Comments made by the club’s Instagram account…
The University of Rhode Island Police Department had a quiet holiday week, responding to one medical emergency and one motor vehicle accident. On Tuesday, Nov. 25, police transported someone from URI’s Health Services to the hospital. On Sunday, Nov. 30, police responded to a two-vehicle accident outside Adams Hall. Police were able to clear the…
The political science and history departments opened a free pop-up bookstore in the Memorial Union to clear excess books from Washburn Hall and provide them for the University of Rhode Island community to read. The departments came up with the idea for a pop-up bookstore for URI community members to use when they discovered a…
The University of Rhode Island has launched GEO557, a hands-on geoscience course built for graduate students to study coastal hazards. Geoscience teaches topics such as beach profiling, using GPS equipment and leveling tools to observe seasonal beach changes and storm impacts, according to graduate student Sophia Motta, who has taken a course from Chris Russoniello,…