Photo by Andrew Main | President David Dooley and Douglas Dusharm cut the ribbon to open up the new URI Health Mobile. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Rhode to Health Mobile Unit was held yesterday at the Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center. The Rhode to Health Mobile Unit is a 37-foot long van that will…
A team of four women called Wengineers, from the University of Rhode Island, took first place in the 2018 Health Hacks Rhode Island competition. This competition was hosted by the URI College of Engineering and had numerous sponsors such as Johnson and Johnson, Delsys and Brown University. The event organized teams of developers and hardware…
The University of Rhode Island is conducting a study in which they are exploring how technology can support the nutritional needs of Parkinson’s patients. Parkinson’s is a progressive disease of the nervous system that affects mostly middle-aged and older adults. The disease affects a person’s movement, making it harder for them to move fast and/or…
Photo by Anna Meassick | BRU RI offers delicious coffee, doughnuts, and a quiet space for students to study. The newly opened Bru RI Coffee Bar located on Fortin Road offers a bar-like atmosphere with a coffee-shop-style menu for University of Rhode Island students and community members to enjoy. Bru RI, also known as Bru,…
Photo by Sarah Vinci | Mily Treviño-Sauceda and Elvira Carvajal speak to the audience of issues women face in the agriculture industry. On Tuesday, Nov. 27, Mily Treviño-Sauceda and Elvira Carvajal presented a lecture titled “The Power of the Collective Transforms: Women Migrants Raise Their Voices and Take Action” where they spoke about struggles that…
Photo by Anna Meassick Friday, Nov. 23 At 9:21 a.m., a motor vehicle stop was made on Upper College Road. A citation/warning was issued. Saturday, Nov. 24 At 3:22 p.m., fraud was reported at the Chi Omega house in Fraternity Circle. A report was filed. At 7:40 p.m., a motor vehicle stop was made on…
At this week’s meeting of the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate, several representatives were elected and the bill calling for the annual re-recognition of student organizations was passed. Student Senate President Adriana Wilding presented a tuition increase of 2.8 percent for in-state students and 2.5 percent for out-of-state students approved for fiscal year 2020…
Local News: Convicted child rapist, Richard Gardner, was released from prison again last week after few weeks for allegedly using the wrong address on an official document. WJAR reported that he was released due to a judge finding him not in violation of his probation. It was also reported that neighbors responded harshly to a…
Thursday, Dec. 4, 1980 Headline: URI lifts suspension on non-immunized women Twenty-six female students ignored the law that required them to receive an immunization that would prevent contractions of German Measles. The University stated that they would not pursue the females still unvaccinated. Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at the time, Thomas R. Pezzullo,…
Photo courtesy of Jessica McLaughlin. McLaughlin was forced to kill many yellow jackets after they invaded her room in Tucker Hall. A student at the University of Rhode Island had to wait several days to have wasps in her dormitory room removed after miscommunication meant that the appropriate people were not immediately alerted of the…