A $65 million donation from University of Rhode Island alumna Helen Izzi Schilling’s will, the largest donation in the university’s history, will be awarded to incoming STEM students based on academic merit starting in 2025. The endowment established the Helen Izzi Schilling ’54 and Francis Schilling Scholars Program and will give incoming students up to…
Mold on the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons third floor continues to contaminate books, raising concerns over the materials that University of Rhode Island disciplines rely on. Compromised materials used by University of Rhode Island students studying English, history, language and social sciences are at risk of being fully discarded, according to interim…
“Gazans Starve – USA sends bombs, what kind of nation are we?” read a sign that stood on the Quad on Wednesday. URI Students for Palestine organized the protest, standing around poster boards with the names and faces of Palestinians killed in Gaza to spread awareness of the ongoing humanitarian crisis. They further urged the…
After a three-hour public hearing regarding Boon Street Market’s model of business, the Narragansett Town Council voted unanimously to approve the renewal of their liquor license on Monday. The approved motion included restrictions that require live music to end at 9 p.m., indoor music to end at 11 p.m. and that the current liquor license…
A 19-year-old man was arrested for shoplifting on Butterfield Road at Hopkins Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 12. Officers arrived at the scene at 9:37 p.m. and cleared the scene by 9:43 p.m. The man was arrested on a warrant issued by the Narragansett Police Department on Oct. 31. On Friday, a routine motor vehicle stop…
At the end of a quaint, winding road in Exeter, Rhode Island, a small museum of southern New England Indigenous history is working to expand their show of exhibits through a new location on University of Rhode Island property. With a $2 million bond passed in Rhode Island’s ballot question 5 toward a new Kingston…
The University of Rhode Island released a survey to all students at URI as part of an initiative to learn more about student financial independence nationwide and how it affects students’ academic success. The Human Development and Family Science Program, which sent out the survey, received 983 responses from the URI community as of Wednesday,…
The University of Rhode Island has seen an increase in domestic abuse reports due to a growth in campus acknowledgement, discussion and education on the topics of domestic violence and sexual assault . The first domestic violence report of November was made to the URI Police Department from Burnside Hall on Nov 5. A 22-year-old…
For the first time since its inception in 1998, the University of Rhode Island hosted its annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education on campus in Kingston, teaching students, faculty and professionals about ways to further integration between engineering, languages and study abroad. The two-day event began on Nov. 7 and featured professionals who discussed the…
The University of Rhode Island continued its support for veterans, active duty members and military families through an early celebration of Veterans Day on Nov. 7. Veterans Day was nationally recognized on Nov. 11. Four days prior, the URI Center for Military and Veteran Education held an event in the Alumni Center to honor veterans…