For the first time since its inception in 1998, the University of Rhode Island hosted its annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education on campus in Kingston, teaching students, faculty and professionals about ways to further integration between engineering, languages and study abroad. The two-day event began on Nov. 7 and featured professionals who discussed the…
The University of Rhode Island continued its support for veterans, active duty members and military families through an early celebration of Veterans Day on Nov. 7. Veterans Day was nationally recognized on Nov. 11. Four days prior, the URI Center for Military and Veteran Education held an event in the Alumni Center to honor veterans…
The University of Rhode Island’s Rhody Esports Coalition received $10,000 for an electronic sports lab on campus for competitive video games, which will be accessible to all students, staff and faculty. Over the next three years, this funding amount will be allocated annually to the new esports lab, which opened on Oct. 1 in the…
University of Rhode Island students across different majors can participate in fellowship programs that create career pipelines in the growing fields of energy and food systems. The Energy Fellows Program and Agriculture and Food Systems Fellows Program are both offered through URI’s Cooperative Extension Program, according to Cooperative Extension Program Director Kate Hardesty. The programs…
The University of Rhode Island student senate discussed strengthening unity on the senate board, Disability, Access and Inclusion plans at URI, heard a proposal for a sustainability center and announced a new chair of the Student Organization Committee. External Affairs Committee Chair Kendal McCloskey reminded the senate that it was National Kindness Day during the…
The University of Rhode Island Police responded to a vehicle accident resulting in the hospitalization of a pedestrian, made an arrest on domestic violence charges and responded to harassment calls during the week of Nov. 4 through Nov. 10. Felix Okwesa, 22, was arrested at Burnside Hall on charges of domestic violence on Tuesday, Nov….
In a state where one in four adults have a disability, according to the Center for Disease Control , staff at University of Rhode Island are working to increase disability accessibility on campus and in the classroom. Among the accessibility problems on campus, physical accessibility to bathrooms is the most troubling, said URI Diversity Advocacy…
Students at the University of Rhode Island gathered on the Quad for National First Generation College Student Day on Friday, celebrating with music, food and access to campus resources. About one in three full-time, first-year students at URI are first-generation college students, according to URI’s website. To support these students in their transition to college…
Through a week of Jeopardy, flag football and dance competitions, the University of Rhode Island Greek Life plans to raise money for mental health and suicide prevention from Monday to Nov. 22. The Greek Life philanthropy week supports four different charities: Mallory’s Army, which is in honor of Mallory Grossman, P.S. I Love You, which…
Professors at the University of Rhode Island discussed how the potential removal of the United States Department of Education would reduce federal student aid under the new presidential administration. The Republican party has supported the removal of the Department of Education since it was established in 1980, according to URI professor political science Ashlea Rundlett….