The University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences has created their new Department of Public Health following increased community attention to public health after the COVID-19 pandemic. The chair of the new department, Molly Greaney, is also a professor for health studies here at URI. Before coming to URI, she was a research scientist…
South Kingstown has received a $1 million grant from the state of Rhode Island to build a third Emergency Medical Services station to better respond to an increase in call volume. The new station will be built off of Ministerial Road, on land bought by the town from the South Kingstown Land Trust. Totaling 3,000…
Students gathered under cloudy skies to commemorate the lives of Black women murdered by law enforcement during an event hosted by the University of Rhode Island Black Student Union and the Women’s Center on Wednesday. The vigil honored 10 women, ranging from ages 11 to 44 years old: Ta’Nesha Chappell, Latoya Denise James, Priscilla Slater,…
On Monday, April 1 there was a car accident at the Fine Arts Lot at 11:04 a.m. The police arrived and filed a report by 11:15 a.m. There was also a well being check called to Weldin Hall. The call was made at 10:32 a.m., and the police had arrived by 10:40 a.m. Assistance was…
The University of Rhode Island announced that Abby Benson will be the new vice president of administration and finance after serving as interim at the position since May 2023. Growing up in Newport, Rhode Island, Benson has had strong ties to the state for her whole life. Her family has been in the state for…
In a recent effort to encourage sustainability at the University of Rhode Island, students and dining services staff have been working to integrate composting into the dining halls. Pierre St-Germain, the director of dining and conference services at URI, began working on this project five years ago, however, the project has been ongoing for about…
The University of Rhode Island hosted 400 high school students for a Biomechanics Day event at Mackal Field House on April 3. The event, a graduate project by kinesiology master’s student Nadia Rajan, boasted 16 stations with various biomechanical innovations for the high schoolers to try. Stations were manned by kinesiology students, both undergraduate and…
As the end of the academic year approaches, the University of Rhode Island hosted a Welcome Day for all accepted students on Saturday. Welcome Day is an opportunity to show potential students what URI has to offer, in both academic and extracurricular aspects. It features various tours around campus, meet and greets with students and…
University of Rhode Island engineering professor Sungho Kim received a $1.2 million grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to craft a microchip for telescope technology with a team of graduate students. The NASA grant is being utilized to research a way to take current sensor technology and shrink it down to a 4…
The University of Rhode Island student senate bid farewell to the 2023-2024 administration and welcomed next year’s senators during Wednesday’s two meetings. The 2023-2024 senate passed Bill 59, which officially certified the 2024-2025 student senate election results. The Neuroscience Club was officially recognized by the senate after failure to turn in their recognition form. Former…