The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education declared the University of Rhode Island a top-tier research institution with an R1 designation on Feb. 13. The declaration is given based on the amount of money the university attracts from outside sources like federal agencies, according to theCarnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education website. “Earning…
The University of Rhode Island Student Senate met with members from the office of Community Equity and Diversity to discuss its importance, reviewed the results from a shuttle service survey and passed a bill acknowledging a senate recognized organization on Wednesday. The senate was joined by members of the CED: Markeisha Miner, vice president, Michelle…
This week, the University of Rhode Island Police addressed issues such as a mental health crisis, potential vandalism and motor vehicle accidents. Two medical emergencies occurred at Health Services this week that required transportation to the hospital. One instance occurred on Thursday Feb. 20 and involved abdominal pain. Officials arrived at 3:10 p.m and the…
An outbreak of the yearly bird flu, or avian influenza, has quickly spread nation-wide, skyrocketing egg prices and putting the birds of local farms at risk. Peckham Farm sits at the bottom of the University of Rhode Island’s campus and is home to 65 outdoor chickens and 40 inside birds. With the migratory season in…
The shut down of the United States Agency for International Development has resulted in a pause in University of Rhode Island programs working with USAID, which were set to receive $66.7 million, according to The Providence Journal. Several of the USAID partner programs are housed in the URI Coastal Resource Center. The projects paused when…
University of Rhode Island student radio stations, RIU2 and WRIU, were without power after a January snowstorm caused a power outage, RIU2 has not returned to air as of Feb. 17. The power surge from the outage caused the transmission equipment for WRIU to fail, according to Lawrence-Mark Cubbabe and Taylor Fairchild, two student engineers…
University of Rhode Island’s Student Action for Sustainability collected over 30,000 lbs. of compost since launching its dining hall food recovery system last spring, according SAS President Dylan Murdock. This initiative is URI’s first attempt at post-consumer composting, according to Pierre St-Germain, the director of dining services. In URI dining halls, this is the food…
President Donald Trump signed executive order “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” on Feb. 5, targeting transgender athletes across the country and threatening to cancel funding to schools that do not comply. Shortly after, the NCAA announced it would be complying with the order and only allow “student athletes assigned female at birth” to compete…
University of Rhode Island students do not feel the university’s comprehensive campus plan addresses perceived needs of parking, disability access and recreation space. URI and Sasaki, a Boston based design firm, hosted an open house session for student feedback on the comprehensive campus plan on Feb. 12 in the Memorial Union. The campus plan will…
The University of Rhode Island student senate met with assistant director of the URI Bystander Intervention Program URi-STAND, Keith LaBelle, and passed bills acknowledging two clubs as senate recognized organizations. LaBelle spoke to the senate about the importance of understanding the misconceptions of sexual assault, encouraging members of the student senate to join his class…