SPIN, an electric scooter company based in California that has rolled out in cities and universities all around the country, is working to bring its scooters to the University of Rhode Island. Last month, President Austyn Ramsay and Campus Affairs Committee Chair Michael Bentley of Student Senate met with Nicholas Paparo, a SPIN representative. They…
400 student capacity in venue The University of Rhode Island has announced its plans for the 2021 commencement ceremony, answering one of the biggest questions seniors have had this academic year— what will graduation look like this May? According to Dave Lavallee, the assistant director of communications for URI, it will look very similar to…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate will be implementing a program next year to distribute free menstrual products on campus. Michael Bentley, Student Senate’s Campus Affairs Chair, organized the program to get these free menstrual products. Former Senator Tim Berard first pitched the idea at a Student Senate meeting last year. Berard, now graduated…
A University of Rhode Island alumnus donated a $50,000 endowment to the Robert and Berdie Lawrence Endowed Scholarship for Black students in the College of Pharmacy. The scholarship is named after the parents of the alumnus, Kenneth Lawrence, who were born in the South during the 1940s, where segregation and racial issues were prevalent. Lawrence…
St. Baldrick’s raises $6K, awareness for pediatric cancer. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. For the sixth year in a row, the University of Rhode Island hosted an event where community members shaved their head to raise money and awareness for pediatric cancer in support of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members…
Members of the URI community shaved their heads and donated their hair to raise money and awareness for pediatric cancer this week. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. The University of Rhode Island Student Senate held its annual Blue Light Walk this past Tuesday in order to ensure that campus blue lights are fully functional. The blue…
While the rest of the state is trending downward, COVID-19 cases at URI spiked last week. Photo by Greg Clark. The University of Rhode Island saw a spike in COVID-19 cases last week, with 181 positive tests and 81 percent of quarantine spaces occupied, according to URI’s COVID-19 Tracker. Ellen Reynolds, the director of Health…
URI graduates could have federal student loans partially cancelled Some students are still paying off their four-year degree 20 years or more after they graduated. Photo from kiplinger.com. President Joe Biden campaigned on a platform that included progressive changes for higher education, most notably, federal debt relief for student loan borrowers. Biden campaign officials announced…
During this week’s meeting, the Student Senate passed a resolution to encourage faculty to provide relief options to students due to the lack of a Spring Break this semester. “A few weeks ago, the Student Senate cabinet had a meeting with their Faculty Senate counterparts on alternatives to a spring break,” Speaker Caleb Hilyard said. …
No Spring Break may be what breaks students. Graphic by Alison Carpino. The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate has been brainstorming ideas to support student’s mental health after Spring Break was canceled this semester. Many senators noted that students have been experiencing increased stress as a result of the University canceling Spring Break this…