On Friday afternoon, Butterfield Dining Hall was given an official grand re-opening after the completion of the last outdoor and rooftop construction. At the grand opening University of Rhode Island faculty, staff, students and distinguished guests, including URI President David Dooley, enjoyed a wide selection of food intended to showcase the new Butterfield menu. Options…
The Harrington School of Communications and Media launched a $6.3 million project to renovate the entire first floor of Ranger Hall last Friday. The planned construction, slated to be done in the fall of 2016, includes active learning classrooms, three audio/video editing suites, an audio recording studio, a film screening room, a social media…
The University of Rhode Island’s Indian Student Association is continuing its decade-long tradition of hosting Diwali, the Festival of Lights, on Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. in the Ballroom of the Memorial Union. While observing all of the event’s cultural aspects and rituals, such as the ceremonial lamp lighting, those in attendance this year…
On Monday, Nov. 2 at 5:11 p.m., university police were notified of an act of vehicular vandalism at the Chi Omega sorority house on Fraternity Circle. A report was filed. On Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 3:13 a.m., a report of suspicious activity brought the university police to Heathman residence hall, on Butterfield Road. However,…
University of Rhode Island students are not required to take the sexual assault awareness course that they were notified about via email earlier this month. The email, sent by Roxanne Gomes and the URI Title IX office, stated that “all students are now being required to take training on preventing sexual assault.†Gomes admitted that…
The University of Rhode Island Fine Arts Center renovation and remodel is “at the top of the list of priorities for fiscal year 2017,†J. Vernon Wyman, the assistant vice president of Business Services, said. First outlined in the 2007-2011 Capital Improvement Plan, the project started as an outermost project, and has moved up…
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….