In hopes to create a more diverse campus, the school is seeking out a new, permanent Chief Diversity Officer. Photo by James McIntosh. The interim chief diversity officer has held the position for 10 months The University of Rhode Island has begun its search process for hiring a permanent Chief Diversity Officer (CDO), which is…
Award-winning historian Randall Balmer spoke about the history of evangelicalism. Photo by Autumn Walter. After a brief two-week break, this year’s Honors Colloquium lecture series on “Religion In America” returned with speaker Randall Balmer, a prize-winning historian, Emmy nominee and current chair of religion at Dartmouth College. Balmer brought his decades of teaching religious history…
Participants of the Citizen’s Police Academy recieve their own badges. Photo by Mary Lind. Today marks the start of the University of Rhode Island’s 10-week Citizen’s Police Academy in which participants will get first-hand experience with various aspects of policing. The program, run by Sergeant Erica Vieira of the URI Police Department, is in its…
Anna Melby and Kim Stack promote CCEE’s partnership with JCPenney, which helps students afford business attire. Photo by Ian Weiner. On Sunday night, the Center for Career and Experiential Education (CCEE) partnered with JCPenney in Warwick for its University of Rhode Island-exclusive Suit Up event, offering students up to 60 percent off professional clothing. This…
Oct. 17, 1989: The previous week, the House of Representatives passed a bill to ban any desecration of the American Flag. URI students shared their opinions on this recent bill, feeling as though the law prohibited their rights to free expression, rescinding the Constitution and thus destroying the foundation of the United States. Students in…
Thursday, Oct. 10 At 8:38 a.m. a motor vehicle accident occurred on Butterfield Road. A report was filed. At 1:35 p.m. a well-being check was made in the Engineering Complex. The subject was arrested on a bench warrant. At 10:44 p.m. a medical emergency occurred in the Ryan Center. The patient was transported to the…
This week’s Student Senate meeting was dominated by elections, as a relatively short meeting in a full Senate room included the induction of new senators. The newly elected senators include: at-large representatives Grace Kiernan, Michael Bentley and Christopher Bove; on-campus constituency Taylor Webster and Cierra Wornum; off-campus constituency AJ Lowther, Luke Scatenato, Billy Ferrara, Jared…
Faculty, government officials and students celebrate the opening of the University’s largest project. Photo by Grace DeSanti. 190,000 square-foot building is the largest construction project in URI’s history The Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering officially opened at 11 a.m. Monday, offering students cutting-edge opportunities in education and research. The 190,000-square-foot building will house all of…
The learning management software Brightspace will replace Sakai by the fall of 2020. Photo courtesy of D2L. The transition from Brightspace to Sakai will be completed for the fall 2020 semester The University of Rhode Island’s learning management system (LMS) transition from Sakai to Brightspace has begun, and some students will begin to use Brightspace…
In protest against a book written by Professor Kyle Kusz, someone left a barstool sticker on his name plate. Photo contributed by Kyle Kusz. Numerous media outlets across the U.S. reported Kyle Kusz Called Tom Brady a White Supremacist During September, several news outlets reported that an associate professor at the University of Rhode Island…