Christiane Amanpour Lecture features reporter Ed Yong This year’s Amanpour lecturer, Ed Yong, gives a TED talk. Photo from delewarepublic.org. Ed Yong, a science journalist for The Atlantic, will be this year’s keynote speaker at the University of Rhode Island’s annual Christiane Amanpour Lecture. The goal of the lecture series every year is to engage…
University only sees slight decrease in international students Despite the ongoing global pandemic, the University of Rhode Island has only seen a slight decrease in the amount of international students staying at the Kingston campus this semester. According to Vice Provost for Global Initiatives Gifty Ako-Adounvo, URI has about 450 international students enrolled. Twenty-five of…
Media Equipment Center employee, Luke Santell, is eager to see what Ranger Hall will be like after renovations. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Renovations of the upper-three floors in Ranger Hall will begin in February 2022 and be completed by the following fall semester. The construction delays for Ranger Hall due to COVID-19 total a mere…
Due to the cancellation of First Night, many clubs have not used Student Senate funding for recruitment purposes this year. Graphic from clipartpanda.com. Traditionally at the beginning of every school year, new students flood the campus on First Night, looking at all the clubs that the University of Rhode Island has to offer them. However,…
The Multicultural Student Services Center, located next to the Memorial Union, welcomed Joshua Segui as its interim director earlier this year. Photo from uri.edu. The University of Rhode Island Multicultural Student Services Center (MSSC) recently appointed Joshua Seguí, a former director of the Brown University Center for Students of Color, as interim director for the…
Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. The University of Rhode Island will experience major budgetary shortfalls this fiscal year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, currently projecting a total loss of approximately $18.5 million. According to University Provost Donald DeHayes, the University is still waiting on its appropriations and monetary allocations from the state government. URI is currently…
High COVID-19 positivity rates found during mandatory testing led to a shelter-in-place order for students in Greek Life. Photo by Nicole Wagner. On Oct. 9, the University of Rhode Island announced a mandatory shelter-in-place order for all students involved in Greek Life, receiving mixed reactions from the URI community. The announcement came shortly after the…
A majority of the University of Rhode Island’s COVID-19 cases after baseline testing have been found to stem from the off-campus population, according President David Dooley. Since the implementation of baseline testing at the University on Oct. 4, 7,477 students or 47 percent of the student population has been tested, according to Vice President for…
Student Senate held a short meeting this week on the day before their fall elections. During the meeting, one of these senatorial candidates, Annabelle Gibson, came to talk before the Assembly. Gibson, a sophomore, is a political science major who is looking to double major in economics. “The reason I decided to run this year…
University organizes clinics, hopes to immunize community Free flu shots are available for University of Rhode Island students, faculty and staff. Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. On Oct. 20, the University of Rhode Island’s Health Services will host a free flu shot clinic open to students, faculty and staff. The clinic will be held in the…