Former dean of College of Nursing named after year-and-a-half-long search Pictured: Barbara E. Wolfe, new provost and executive vice president of academic affairs. PHOTO CREDIT: Hannah Charron | Staff Photographer The University of Rhode Island has appointed Barbara E. Wolfe as its new provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. Wolfe, who has served…
The Community First Responder Program (CFRP) received a grant of $1.3 million from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration that allows them to expand into a regional hub, adding new programs at five institutions in New England. Anita Jacobson, a clinical professor in the College of Pharmacy and the program director of the…
Pictured: URI’s Academic Testing Center located in Chaffee Hall. PHOTO CREDIT: Hannah Charron| Staff Photographer The Academic Testing Center (ATC) at the University of Rhode Island was recently awarded the Testing Center Certification by the National College Testing Association (NCTA). This makes URI the first University in the state of Rhode Island to have this…
First trial phase to take place at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Pictured: Samples under microscope used to identify cancer. PHOTO CREDIT: uri.edu Professors at the University of Rhode Island are working in collaboration with Yale University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) on a new peptide that has been designed to target cancerous…
Three-student ordinance pushes students to vote During the 2022 midterm elections, there was a significant increase in student voter registration in the town of Narragansett. Graphic by: Elizabeth Wong Before the midterm elections this year, a number of University of Rhode Island officials urged students who lived off-campus to register to vote in the towns…
Illustration by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor This week from the Senate floor: Uhuru Sasa passionately presented their case opposing a potential Senate bill. After their Spring Fashion Show last semester, Uhuru Sasa received a notice from Memorial Union citing multiple infractions by the organization. This notice was later brought to the Student Senate, which…
URI community mourns five dead, stands with LGBTQ community URI GSC holds vigil to honor lives lost in Colorado LGBTQ+ nightclub mass shooting. PHOTO CREDIT: nytimes.com The University of Rhode Island community has come together in response to a mass shooting that injured over 20 people and killed five people at Club Q, a nightclub…
U.S. midterms have local impact The midterm election results from Nov. 8 show surprising changes for Rhode Island, the University of Rhode Island and the country as a whole. Emily Lynch, an assistant teaching professor of political science, said that one of the most surprising outcomes of the election was the lack of a “red…
URI’s school of oceanography is studying PFAS, the harmful chemical that leads to disease such as cancer. PHOTO CREDIT: Eddie Melfi | Staff Photographer PFAS, or Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances, are a group of chemicals that have thousands to millions of molecules and can be found in all aspects of the world around us. Rainer…
‘Unprecedented inflation’ among main causes Tuition for in-state and out-of-state students will continue to rise following the 2022-23 school year. GRAPHIC CREDIT: Ronan Himelrick | Social Media Coordinator The University of Rhode Island’s Board of Trustees recently announced their decision to increase tuition for both in-state and out-of-state students during the 2023-24 school year. In…