The University of Rhode Island has invested resources in facility and building upgrades, adding to their faculty and adding new majors, which may help explain the recent increase in prospective students. “From an application perspective, URI continues to experience tremendous interest, which is great,” said Dean Libutti, vice provost of enrollment. “We have over 2,500…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate passed a bill for re-recognition of student organizations, as well as a bill concerning bylaws for Student Senate. The bill calling for re-recognition of all clubs that completed the re-recognition process was passed unanimously. The bill concerning bylaws as a whole was passed and clarified some of the…
Wednesday, April 10 At 8:59 a.m., a report was filed after a motor vehicle incident on Flagg Road. At 8:52 p.m., a hazardous condition was reported at Lippitt Hall. No action was required. At 9:03 p.m., medics responded to a medical emergency at the Memorial Union. The patient was transported to the hospital. Thursday, April…
Several customers of International Pocket Cafe recently reported symptoms of norovirus. | Photo by Anna Meassick. International Pocket Cafe temporarily closed its Kingston Emporium location from April 2 to April 9 for cleaning after customers reported symptoms associated with norovirus. According to Joseph Wendelken, public information officer for the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH),…
Some members of the University of Rhode Island community are concerned that there is not enough diversity in both the student body and the faculty, and hope that the University will attempt to fix this. According to the Office of Institutional Research 2018-2019 Common Data report, 4,155 out of 14,770 of undergraduate students at URI…
Dining Services in introducing a commuter meal plan featuring combo swipes for the 2019-2020 school year. Photo by Anna Meassick. Dining services will be issuing updated and new meal plans for the 2019-2020 academic year with more options for both residential and commuter students. All students who live in residence halls, without their own kitchen,…
Students and organizations were recognized for their leadership at the 31st annual Rainville Awards. |Photo by Grace DeSanti. The 31st annual A. Robert Rainville Leadership Awards were held Tuesday night, honoring students N’Deye Yacino Dabo, Dakota Grenier, Natalie Timas and the group URI D.R.I.V.E. for their excellence in student leadership. The ceremony gives out four…
Work to move above ground utilities underground and repave the road in Fraternity Circle begins this week. |Photo by Greg Clark. Preliminary stages of a multiphase, a $5 million project that will improve Fraternity Circle’s infrastructure will begin this week, and the project will be fully underway starting May 20, 2019. The project has two…
In order to fight back against the opioid crisis, students can get Narcan from Health Services to administer to those who have overdosed. | Photo by Anna Meassick. Health Services now offers over-the-counter Narcan for individuals wishing to have it on hand to administer to others, which was done to help combat the opioid epidemic…
The University of Rhode Island Foundation will celebrate its second Day of Giving on April 25, and will try to reach their goal of 1,000 donations with no set monetary goal. “Day of Giving is a campus-wide initiative where we ask the community to come together for 24 hours to support an area where they’re…