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Students at the University of Rhode Island are going to great lengths to give back to children overseas. Karie Orendorff, lecturer in kinesiology at the university, started the program, “Teaching in Tanzania,†three summers ago. The students go over to Africa and work at the Maasai Joy Childrens Center. In efforts to fund the trip,…
A student organization decided to stir up some controversy last Friday after setting up a voting booth in memorial union to change the university’s mascot. URI Events set up the booth and announced later that day, around 4 p.m., that the booth was a prank, and the URI ram is not going anywhere. The options…
Coming off impressive indoor seasons where the URI men’s team grabbed a championship and the women’s team earned second place, both teams picked up where they left off. Most notably, junior Ondrej Honka setting a personal best at the Florida Relays in the pole vault that earned him Atlantic 10 Performer of the Week honors…
Rowing The University of Rhode Island women’s rowing team expectedly dealt with the same turbulent winds and unpleasant weather conditions that postponed or impacted most of URI sports teams this past weekend. But, the team was still competitive in the Doc Hosea Invitational Regatta in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., taking third in Sunday’s first Varsity…
Throughout the country many college students are becoming involved with activism in one way or another. Activism has become a controversial issue among people across the age span. Here at the University of Rhode Island, Robert Vincent of the Center for Student Leadership Development is breeding the next wave of young activists. In his class…
In 2013, Samuel Ogundare was asked for his picture to be taken for the company Microsoft. Little did he know his face would be seen in an article on the topic of accidental racism. He said that the essential edition of the book had a picture of him and his friend on the cover and…
The University of Rhode Island announced Monday the launching of the new academic health collaborative where a new college of health sciences will join the colleges of nursing and pharmacy. The idea of the collaborative is to make students studying all areas of health, familiar with each other’s majors. Dean of URI’s College of Pharmacy,…
The Department of Public Safety has come together to present URI’s first ever Safety Week to students and faculty. The event was held earlier this week over a course of three days. Students and faculty could sign up for the university’s emergency alert system, learn about bystander intervention and watch an FBI active shooter video,…