Campus police welcomes new bomb-sniffing dog. Officer Bob Kenyon poses with Phender. Photo by Anna Meassick. As a reaction to bomb threats across the country, the University of Rhode Island police department has brought another explosive-detecting dog to the force. URI Police Major Michael Jagoda said that one of the reasons another dog was needed…
The honors lounge provides a study area for those enrolled in the program designed for students of all majors. Photo by Anna Meassick. Although students at the University of Rhode Island have been expressing their dislike towards the University Honors Program, believing that the program is lacking in many areas, they may be misunderstanding the…
Students line up to vote on important topics relating to the university, including one on increased funding for the Club Sports Intramural Council. Photo by Anna Meassick. University of Rhode Island students voted in favor of a referendum that will add an additional $192,000 to the Club Sports Intramural Council funding, according to Joseph Wilbur,…
The Graduate School of Oceanography was given a $1 million donation by the president of ExxonMobil Exploration Company to fund a new building. Photo by Anna Meassick. The University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) has received a $1 million donation which will go towards funding a new building. Stephen Greenlee, the current…
Max Zavell (middle left) is the recipient of a NOAA Holling’s Scholarship. Photo courtesy of Max Zavell. A marine biology major at the University of Rhode Island, junior Max Zavell, has been named as a recipient of the prestigious National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) Hollings Scholarship. The Hollings Scholarship is a two-year undergraduate scholarship…
Roby Luna, a URI graduate from the Talent Development program, spoke about his data solutions company to prove anything is possible if you set your mind to it. Photo by Chris Crosby. Roby Luna, a University of Rhode Island Talent Development graduate and president of the data solutions company Aretec, spoke at URI on Monday…
The University of Rhode Island is holding its 10th annual “Be 5K run/walk” for mental health awareness and suicide prevention on March 31 on the Kingston Campus. This event originally started exclusively as a walk and transformed to a 5K run. In the span of the 10 years since its creation, the event has raised…
An LGBTQ+ “Expression in the Digital Age” event took place at the University of Rhode Island’s Gender and Sexuality Center on March 19. Senior honors student Nate Vaccaro presented the talk specifically on the expression of the LGBTQ+ community in the digital age. The event was an hour long with the first half including a…
This week’s meeting of the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate ended with a closed meeting for purposes of impeachment, however, the vote did not pass. At the start of the meeting, during approval of the agenda, Senator Ryan Menard moved to strike the closed meeting from the agenda as there was no bill for…
Gordon Ernst has been placed on administrative leave following the recent admissions scandals that have hit the nation. Photo courtesy of GoRhody. University of Rhode Island’s women’s tennis coach, Gordon Ernst, was indicted this past week in a national college admission scandal for accepting over $2.7 million of bribes. Ernst allegedly took the bribes as…