Some female students at the University of Rhode Island are adding military science classes and labs to learn the tactics useful for future officers to their already-full course loads. The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, otherwise known as ROTC, is a program to provide individuals with the training needed to become officers for the U.S. Army….
LOCAL: A teacher at St. Mary’s Bay View Academy, Lee Mogavero, 46, of 9 Paquin Drive in Barrington, was charged with two counts of second degree sexual assault at a pizza restaurant he owns in Cranston. According to the Providence Journal, Special Victims Unit detectives in the Cranston Police Department received two separate complaints Tuesday…
The University of Rhode Island proves time and again that the education it provides paves the way for a successful future for its alumni. Many of URI’s graduates have gone in successful directions with the degrees they received. On a global scale, Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief international correspondent and anchor of a nightly foreign exchange…
Last night’s Student Senate meeting began with the finance committee’s discussion of a grant for the Musician’s Guild. Currently, the Musician’s Guild holds free concerts on campus with local bands. However, the organization wishes to grow and acquire bands outside the local spectrum for future concerts and this is where funding comes into play….
A professor of political science at the University of Rhode Island has been given the chance to meet with different representatives from all around the world, not once, but four times. Two weeks ago, Nicolai Petro attended the most recent of these meetings in Russia.  The meetings serve as an international “think tank†with a…
Multiple classes at the University of Rhode Island have begun to combat the problem of the campus art being difficult to find by setting a precedent of preserving the art and its history. In the spring of 2014, Cheryl Foster and her co-professor Kate Morrison taught the HPR 202 course with goal to “see the…
On Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 8:43 p.m., a report was filed for a drug offense in Ellery Residence Hall on Complex Road. On Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 9:07 p.m., a report was filed for a drug offense in Fayerweather Residence Hall on Complex Road. On Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 11:56 p.m., university police were…
On Monday, Oct. 19 at 10:32 p.m., a report was filed for a drug offense in Coddington Residence Hall on Complex Road. On Monday, Oct. 19 at 11:03 p.m., a report was filed for a drug offense in Fayerweather Residence Hall on Complex Road. On Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 7:49 p.m., an incident of…
Last night Dr. Ulrich G. Hoffmann, a professor from the University Medical Center Freiburg Clinic for Neurosurgery in Germany, visited the University of Rhode Island to give a lecture on brain-machine interfacing technology. He aimed to answer the question: “Is fusing brain and machine a desirable goal? And if so, are we there yet? 
The state of Rhode Island and the University of Rhode Island are discussing the possibility of providing university and community police with body cameras. According to new URI Police Major Michael Jagoda, there is a committee in Rhode Island that is discussing the possibility of using body cameras. Jagoda, who has been promoting a “community…