More than 1,000 students visited the quad on Oct. 1 for the University of Rhode Island’s annual Quad Fest, where there were plenty of hot dogs, games and various student organizations. URI President Marc Palange and Special Events Coordinator Ann Marie Smiley hosted the event and welcomed students to try free food, provided opportunities to…
Undergraduate women of color shared their experiences navigating leadership positions, stereotypes and sexism at the University of Rhode Island on Saturday. The discussion at the Leadership without Limits Conference was organized by fourth-year student senate Vice President Sanah Feroz. The panel consisted of eight women, including fourth-year Argha Goswami, the student senate president. URI President…
Two apartment-complex-style undergraduate dorms will be added to the University of Rhode Island Kingston Campus to improve student housing availability and de-triple dorms between 2027 and 2028. The complexes will be for upperclassmen and returning students only on campus, according to Thomas Cooley, the assistant vice president of Housing, Residential Life and Student Development. The…
The University of Rhode Island introduced a master’s degree that allows students to become provisionally licensed as mental health counselors in Rhode Island – something they couldn’t do before. The new degree in mental and behavioral health counseling will begin its first term in summer 2025, according to Mark Robbins, professor and chair of the…
Through yoga, prayer, challah and community, the University of Rhode Island Hillel Center upheld almost 4,000-year-old traditions in celebration of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah began Oct. 2 and ended on Friday. Yom Kippur begins Friday at sunset and ends at nightfall on Saturday. Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terrorists attacked Israel, making it…
The distinct sound of sniffles and sneezes across campus confirmed what University of Rhode Island Health Services staff already knew: it’s flu season. The changing of the seasons and shift to indoor gatherings tend to cause the rise in influenza-like illness, according to URI Health Services nursing coordinator Jennifer Strollo. On Oct. 1, two students…
The University of Rhode Island student senate met Wednesday to discuss changes to dining services on campus and recognize four student organizations. URI Director of Dining Services Pierre St. Germain came to the senate chambers to gather student feedback on the changes made to dining offerings this fall. URI switched from Coca-Cola products to Pepsi,…
On Sept. 22, an incident of harassment was reported at Barlow Hall on Campus Avenue. The first officer arrived on the scene at 5:41 p.m. and the scene was cleared by 6:07 p.m. The incident resulted in a report being filed. On Sept. 24, a suspicious person was reported at Burnside Hall on West Alumni…
With Rhode Island’s November elections fast approaching, the ballot includes Question 2, a higher education bond that would provide the school with $87.5 million to invest in a new biomedical sciences building. This advancement would bring new facilities to a number of different colleges across the university, according to Anthony Marchese, the dean of the…
Brendan Skip Mark, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Rhode Island, discussed the global issues surrounding rights for refugees and expanded on ways to decode them in an event on Sept. 25. The talk, Global Leaders in Refugee Rights, took place at 7:30 p.m. in Edwards Auditorium. At the event, Mark…