A grassroots movement to rename the full name of the state of Rhode Island has gained momentum following the increasing attention towards the Black Lives Matter movement and other current social justice issues. Rhode Island’s official name is the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. A Facebook group, Remove Plantations from R.I., has come…
by Mary Lind and Nicole Wagner Photo from URI Greek Life’s website. The University of Rhode Island’s chapter of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority was suspended after a video of three now-graduated members lip-synching to racial slurs surfaced, but some community members believe this video is just one example of a larger problem regarding diversity…
On June 24, the University of Rhode Island announced its plan to welcome students back to campus this fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In an email sent to all students and published on the University’s website and social media accounts, URI announced that students will return to campus in the fall, although campus and student…
The College of Business, located in Ballentine Hall at the Kingston Campus, will undergo renovations funded by alumni donations. Photo courtesy of the University of Rhode Island. University of Rhode Island alumni, S. Kent and Diane Fannon, gave $6 million to the College of Business for renovations and expansion of Ballentine Hall, as well as…
All summer classes will be moved online at the University of Rhode Island, abiding with social distancing guidelines. Photo courtesy of the University of Rhode Island Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Rhode Island has moved all summer classes to an online format. In a community-wide email sent on April 6, the University…
The final Student Senate meeting of the semester consisted primarily of inducting new senators and holding internal elections for special committees. Five new off-campus representatives and one new College of Arts and Sciences representative were sworn in, and positions on the Elections Committee and Summer Senate were decided as well. Caleb Hilyard was elected as…
Students graduating in 2019 did not have to worry about finding a job amid a pandemic; a situation the class of 2020 finds itself in. Photo courtesy of The University of Rhode Island. Graduating University of Rhode Island seniors are grappling with an uncertain job market as the COVID-19 pandemic becomes both a public health…
Nursing students from the University of Rhode Island have the opportunity to work on the front lines in the fight again COVID-19. Photo courtesy of the University of Rhode Island. As cases of COVID-19 continue to spike, some University of Rhode Island nursing students are putting their lives on the line to help hospitals and…
The Student Senate held its first full meeting for new senators and officers Wednesday night, in which the Senate made nominations for several positions and discussed the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic. Former Senator and External Affairs Committee Chair Allison Lantagne and current Senator John Bagley were both nominated to positions on the Court, which…
The COVID-19 outbreak began in Wuhan, China. Photo courtesy of the New York Times. Ping Xu got to see firsthand how differently the United States and China handled the COVID-19 pandemic. Xiu, a political science professor at the University of Rhode Island, was in Wuhan, China at the start of the pandemic and was brought…