On Aug. 29, 2023, the University of Rhode Island Parking Services sent out an email to faculty and staff announcing impending improvements to parking gate access technology, which went into effect at the start of the new year. On Jan. 8, Parking Services released an email announcing that JPass was now available for faculty and…
Members of the University of Rhode Island community will be launching landers into the Gulf of Mexico to study the ecosystem through the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute. These landers are machines used to collect data such as water temperature, water pressure, light levels and much more, said Adam Soule, professor of oceanography and director of…
The University of Rhode Island Office of Student Involvement hosted their signature Stuff-a-Ram event on Wednesday, Jan. 31 in the main lounge of the Memorial Union, allowing students to grab a free stuffed ram on a first-come first-serve basis. The Stuff-a-Ram is the third of a four-event week that Student Involvement is calling “Rebranding Week.”…
The University of Rhode Island partnered with United Way of Rhode Island to encourage student, faculty and staff volunteerism by partnering with clubs and Greek life specifically. “The spirit of Rhode Island residents, they have big hearts and want to help out,” Janice Pothier Pac said, the senior program officer for volunteer engagement and volunteer…
A team of deep-sea researchers, including some of the University of Rhode Island’s own, have developed new technology capable of identifying some of the ocean’s smallest creatures. Over six years of research have gone into the publishing of a scientific paper about the newest strategies for discovering and describing ocean life. One of the members…
On Wednesday, the URI Student Senate laid out plans for the spring semester, and included the election of a new Student Organizations Committee chair. The meeting opened with an announcement for Bob Flynn, director of the Center for Military and Veteran Education, to be a guest speaker at next week’s Student Senate meeting. The Senate…
The University of Rhode Island Outing Club hosted their first fundraiser of the spring semester on Sunday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Panera Bread in Wakefield. C lub members headed to Panera for a bite to eat following a muddy three-mile hike at the King Benson Preserve, according to Club President Ellie Madigan…
Just as soon as it began, the Republican presidential primary election seemed to be over with Ron DeSantis dropping out of the race and publicly endorsing Donald Trump. After frigid temperatures and low voter turnout for the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses led to a decisive Trump victory, Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy dropped out of the…
The Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland experienced a new rifting event due to the movement of the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. Haraldur Sigurdsson, emeritus professor of oceanography and Iceland native, spoke about Iceland’s volcanic events in a lecture on Friday in the Corless Auditorium on the University of Rhode Island Bay Campus. The Fagradalsfjall…
Over winter break, the University of Rhode Island and surrounding communities were hit with two major storms, causing flooding across Washington County. The first storm hit on Dec. 18 in the midst of URI’s finals week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, located in Kingston, clocked 2.76 inches of rain. The second storm occurred on…