In a state where one in four adults have a disability, according to the Center for Disease Control , staff at University of Rhode Island are working to increase disability accessibility on campus and in the classroom. Among the accessibility problems on campus, physical accessibility to bathrooms is the most troubling, said URI Diversity Advocacy…
Students at the University of Rhode Island gathered on the Quad for National First Generation College Student Day on Friday, celebrating with music, food and access to campus resources. About one in three full-time, first-year students at URI are first-generation college students, according to URI’s website. To support these students in their transition to college…
Through a week of Jeopardy, flag football and dance competitions, the University of Rhode Island Greek Life plans to raise money for mental health and suicide prevention from Monday to Nov. 22. The Greek Life philanthropy week supports four different charities: Mallory’s Army, which is in honor of Mallory Grossman, P.S. I Love You, which…
Professors at the University of Rhode Island discussed how the potential removal of the United States Department of Education would reduce federal student aid under the new presidential administration. The Republican party has supported the removal of the Department of Education since it was established in 1980, according to URI professor political science Ashlea Rundlett….
Using social science to find out what Rhode Island citizens know about microplastics in the Narragansett Bay, three women at the University of Rhode Island relaunched a marine debris survey in summer 2024. The experiment began in 2020 and was run by Coastal Institute Senior Fellow Seray Ergene and marine affairs professor Tracey Dalton. Ergene…
The University of Rhode Island biomedical sciences community is hopeful toward future research after the passing of the second bond question on Rhode Island’s ballot, which includes $87.5 million of funding to a new biomedical sciences building. The research-based building is designed to be constructed on Flagg Road and will welcome researchers and students from…
Former NBA player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist raised awareness and showcased his advocacy to people who stutter at a talk at the University of Rhode Island on Thursday, Nov. 7. When he first developed his stutter as a child, Kidd-Gilchrist said he kept quiet and to himself to hide it. In school, Kidd-Gilchrist said he hated introductions…
The University of Rhode Island Police were kept busy over Halloween weekend, with an abnormal number of arrests and violations from Thursday through Sunday. Five alcohol violations occurred on campus this week, the most of any week this semester, resulting in five arrests. The first occurred on Thursday, Oct. 31 on Butterfield Road, where an…
Discussions of a potential medical school at the University of Rhode Island continued as state and university leaders addressed the needs of primary care providers across the state at a special legislative commission on Oct. 29. University President Marc Parlange was present, along with seven other members of URI faculty and board members, including the…
The University of Rhode Island’s Office of Community, Equity and Diversity released an anonymous online campus inclusion survey on Oct. 15, the first since 2021, with an aim to re-establish a baseline for campus climate in a post-COVID-19 world. With three years having passed since the last campus climate survey, CED has decided to conduct…