A University of Rhode Island club with the goal of circulating campus confidence took hiatus in the spring, and new club leadership plans to bring it back by spring 2025. The confidence club still has their student senate organization mailbox, which contains mail yet to be picked up, according to Amy White, administrative assistant of…
From Monday until Nov. 8, all University of Rhode Island undergraduate students can vote in the fall student senate elections, which elects candidates for spring 2025. Students running for office must have declared their candidacy by Friday and are allowed to campaign until Sunday. There are 21 open positions up for election, including five first-year…
Students, faculty and staff have expressed similar concerns with recently proposed campus regulations that they claim would restrict their freedom of speech and expression at the University of Rhode Island. The Board of Trustees document detailing the regulations to campus property was drafted to protect the campus community, according to Vice President of Student Affairs…
Two separate instances of alcohol violation occurred on campus this past week, both on Saturday. During the first instance, on Kingstown Road, officers arrived on the scene at 5:50 p.m. and cleared the scene at 6:23 p.m. The second instance occurred on Butterfield Road. Officers arrived on the scene at 8:57 p.m. and cleared the…
The University of Rhode Island’s Greek Life has raised over $57,000 for its annual philanthropy week, which isn’t set to begin until November. This year’s philanthropy week is from Nov. 17-22 and will focus on the theme of mental health awareness and suicide prevention. “We chose philanthropies that are relevant because they were us,” Greek…
As incoming college students settle into new routines, nutrition professors at the University of Rhode Island said the reality of the “freshman 15,” a term referring to weight gain during the first year of college, is more nuanced than the phrase suggests. “Not every college student is suddenly going to gain 15 pounds,” Maya Vadiveloo,…
The University of Rhode Island College of Arts and Sciences saw the largest growth in new faculty this year, with 25 new hires making up almost half of the 61 new faculty in the various schools and departments across the university. The 25 new hires are a mix of both permanent and temporary faculty, with…
Alumni were welcomed back to the University of Rhode Island’s campus on Thursday, Oct. 17 to provide career advice to students in a panel hosted by the department of environmental and natural resource economics. Fourteen URI alumni were on the ENRE panel, hosted by professor and undergraduate program director Simona Trandafir in the Center for…
A 25-acre greenhouse complex is looking to begin production next to University of Rhode Island’s Peckham Farm after delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The project was partially funded by a $4 million state bond, which was announced in 2018 by former Governor of Rhode Island Gina Raimondo and former URI President David M. Dooley….
Mold that has spread throughout the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons and the University of Rhode Island is generating solutions for its removal. DAI General Contracting and safety and risk management has taken precautionary measures around the impacted areas of the library, such as covering the infected bookshelves, evaluating the ventilation systems and…