Some flowers, like the Madagascar periwinkle, can be used to treat childhood leukemia rather in addition to their aesthetic appeal. At the University of Rhode Island, students not only get to learn about flowers but learn how to use them first hand. The College of Pharmacy’s medical garden was grown both as an art project…
Global A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in El Cambray Dos, Guatemala, has left 161 people dead and over 300 missing. Areas of the village were buried in up to 49 feet of debris after the side of a hill unexpectedly dislodged and crashed down. Rescue efforts are still ongoing. Russia has sent ground…
On Thursday, Oct. 1, at 3:03 a.m., a report was filed for suspicious activity at 8 Fraternity Circle. On Thursday, Oct. 1, at 4:29 p.m., property damage was reported in Coddington Residence Hall. On Saturday, Oct. 3, at 10:45 p.m., the report of a suspicious person led the University Police to Butterfield and Complex Road…
At approximately 7:20 p.m. last night, a large tree fell outside of Adams Residence Hall and narrowly missed the building. The tree did not harm any students, but did cause minimal damage to the surrounding sidewalk, and another smaller tree. Frank Pascale, University of Rhode Island police officer, was the first responder on the scene….
It was not until Sept. 17 that the University of Rhode Island’s parking permit website was fully operational after experiencing some technical difficulties at the start of the semester. This past summer, URI’s Parking and Transportation Services brought in a new vendor to aid in the process of purchasing a parking permit from the university….
Nestled behind the greenhouses and the coastal institute, there’s a silent war going on at the University of Rhode Island’s Biocontrol Center. Stocked in chilly refrigerators or warming under lamps are the aggressors in the war on invasive plants and insects: bugs. It’s part of something Biocontrol Lab Coordinator Lisa Tewksbury calls “classical biological control. 
Student Senate had Mary Jo Gonzales, the University of Rhode Island’s assistant vice president of student affairs, to discuss an upcoming Narragansett town council proposal. The town council of Narragansett is currently discussing a proposal that would prevent students from leasing a house with more than three people living there. “Student representation and student conversation…
Walking through Memorial Park in Providence, one might come across a stone sculpture upon which is written the towns that once housed concentration camps alongside a list of 14 names. Â Dr. William Green, the department chair of landscape and architecture at the University of Rhode Island, was prominently involved in the assembly of…
The Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences building has been in the works for several years now, but students will be able to see the completed building this March. The project began in November of 2010, when Rhode Island voters approved a $61 million bond issue to the University of Rhode Island to construct a…
Last Wednesday, the University of Rhode Island’s Department of Public Safety and the FBI issued a warning concerning a phone scam that attempts to collect money from students. The scams were said to include a phone call claiming that the student owed “unpaid taxes for school loans.” The phishing seems to have been aimed directly…