Student Kayla Michaud getting tested for COVID-19 at a tent set up outside Health Services. Photo by Siobhan Richards. The University of Rhode Island COVID-19 fall testing plan includes testing for any symptomatic student, as well as random testing of 500 community members per week. Any student who is symptomatic is able to get a…
No longer in their own house, the Women’s Center is moving to the Memorial Union. Photo by Siobhan Richards. The Women’s Center will relocate its resources to the Memorial Union this year after major declines in funding and residential interest. Last semester, the University of Rhode Island’s Housing and Residential Life (HRL) informed students that…
Diversity Dialogues has been working Greek Life to begin facilitating diversity training in their chapters. Photo by Siobhan Richards. A new program called Diversity Dialogues will offer social justice workshops on campus this year in the aftermath of a racist incident at the University that went viral. The University of Rhode Island’s Diversity Dialogues is…
The Memorial Union imposes limitations on student organizations due to COVID-19. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. Walking into the Memorial Union this semester, it is easy to see that things are different: there’s tape on the floor directing how students walk, hand sanitizer dispensers at every corner and plexiglass at service desks. The coronavirus has changed…
Brightspace is the new and improved way that students interact with their professors. Graphic from D2L.com Following its introduction to the University of Rhode Island in February 2020, Brightspace, the new learning management system (LMS), has now overtaken Sakai as the main platform for students to access their classwork. Its previous presence in only 65…
In the midst of a pandemic and students taking online classes, URI changes student emails. Graphic from CarbonLiteracy.com. The University of Rhode Island recently implemented an email domain change as a result of the new learning management system, Brightspace, and has received mixed feedback from the student community on the shift. The University posted a…
The Taricani Lecture Series on First Amendment Rights, named for the late Rhode Island journalist Jim Taricani, is set to continue in a virtual format on Nov. 10. Hosted by the Harrington School of Communication and Media, the series focuses on multiple topics that Taricani considered important in life, such as the First Amendment and…
The Fine Arts Center was revamped with new brick around most of the outside, but there’s still more work to be done. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. The University of Rhode Island’s Fine Arts Center (FAC) is continuing with the planning of phase two, which can begin once passed on a Rhode Island state-wide referendum in…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate resumed for the first time this semester and got back to work in a virtual meeting. Vice President Kathy Collins and Assistant Vice President for Student Health and Wellness Ellen Reynolds both spoke to Senate about the challenges of getting campus running again. Collins noted, among other things,…
Housing plans have drastically changed due to COVID-19. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. Students moved onto campus this year at the University of Rhode Island with new restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Returning and first-year students were welcomed with an entirely new set of rules and restrictions on everything from visitation to socializing in residence…