Builders working on the Butterfield Dining Hall project have violated dripline regulations set by the University of Rhode Island Facilities Department, according to Assistant Director of Facilities Sheleen Clarke. The builders are suffocating tree roots by parking their trucks and trailers within the dripline, which can lead to “dropped limbs, and interrupts the root feeding…
Many students must balance their school work with other activities or jobs, and one student at the University of Rhode Island has also been helping run his family’s pizza crust business. Mike Parente, a senior communication studies major at URI, is an account manager for Top Shell LLC, a company started by his father, Jack…
The University of Rhode Island is hosting a European Refugee Crisis Panel as a part of German Campus Week to meet for open discussion. “It’s a grand human tragedy occurring in front of our eyes,†said Richard McIntyre, a professor of economics at URI, of the current European refugee crisis. McIntyre will be participating…
The University of Rhode Island Student Senate began its meeting in an unconventional way with a 15-minute recess. After reorganizing, the Senate made headway by reviewing the financial funding of The Photography Club. The Photography Club is a recognized student organization and has seen a stable increase in membership and activity, therefore it has been…
Some flowers, like the Madagascar periwinkle, can be used to treat childhood leukemia rather in addition to their aesthetic appeal. At the University of Rhode Island, students not only get to learn about flowers but learn how to use them first hand. The College of Pharmacy’s medical garden was grown both as an art project…
Global A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in El Cambray Dos, Guatemala, has left 161 people dead and over 300 missing. Areas of the village were buried in up to 49 feet of debris after the side of a hill unexpectedly dislodged and crashed down. Rescue efforts are still ongoing. Russia has sent ground…
On Thursday, Oct. 1, at 3:03 a.m., a report was filed for suspicious activity at 8 Fraternity Circle. On Thursday, Oct. 1, at 4:29 p.m., property damage was reported in Coddington Residence Hall. On Saturday, Oct. 3, at 10:45 p.m., the report of a suspicious person led the University Police to Butterfield and Complex Road…
At approximately 7:20 p.m. last night, a large tree fell outside of Adams Residence Hall and narrowly missed the building. The tree did not harm any students, but did cause minimal damage to the surrounding sidewalk, and another smaller tree. Frank Pascale, University of Rhode Island police officer, was the first responder on the scene….
It was not until Sept. 17 that the University of Rhode Island’s parking permit website was fully operational after experiencing some technical difficulties at the start of the semester. This past summer, URI’s Parking and Transportation Services brought in a new vendor to aid in the process of purchasing a parking permit from the university….
Nestled behind the greenhouses and the coastal institute, there’s a silent war going on at the University of Rhode Island’s Biocontrol Center. Stocked in chilly refrigerators or warming under lamps are the aggressors in the war on invasive plants and insects: bugs. It’s part of something Biocontrol Lab Coordinator Lisa Tewksbury calls “classical biological control.