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…
The University of Rhode Island’s Rhody Esports Coalition received $10,000 for an electronic sports lab on campus for competitive video games, which will be accessible to all students, staff and faculty. Over the next three years, this funding amount will be allocated annually to the new esports lab, which opened on Oct. 1 in the…
University of Rhode Island students across different majors can participate in fellowship programs that create career pipelines in the growing fields of energy and food systems. The Energy Fellows Program and Agriculture and Food Systems Fellows Program are both offered through URI’s Cooperative Extension Program, according to Cooperative Extension Program Director Kate Hardesty. The programs…
The University of Rhode Island student senate discussed strengthening unity on the senate board, Disability, Access and Inclusion plans at URI, heard a proposal for a sustainability center and announced a new chair of the Student Organization Committee. External Affairs Committee Chair Kendal McCloskey reminded the senate that it was National Kindness Day during the…
The University of Rhode Island Police responded to a vehicle accident resulting in the hospitalization of a pedestrian, made an arrest on domestic violence charges and responded to harassment calls during the week of Nov. 4 through Nov. 10. Felix Okwesa, 22, was arrested at Burnside Hall on charges of domestic violence on Tuesday, Nov….