The University of Rhode Island’s Powerful, Independent, Notoriously, Knowledgeable (PINK) Women’s 8th Annual Unsung Heroine Awards chose to nominate an active member from within last Thursday night for the first time ever. Graduating senior and Vice President of PINK Women Melody Francisco became the first active member recipient of the award for her contributions…
Sometimes when I learn something in a class or in a lecture that I would otherwise not know, or a professor shows general interest in my own life, or when a class is functioning perfectly, I forget my role at the University of Rhode Island. In that moment, I am too grateful for my…
The Public Relations Student Society of America at the University of Rhode Island may not be a well-known group on campus yet, but they’ve gone a long way in helping to provide opportunities to students interested in public relations and communication through lectures, panels and workshops over the past several years.  The PRSSA has…
On April 28, URI’s PLEASE (Peers Learning, Educating, and Supporting Everyone) will be hosting Take Back the Night, an event that raises awareness for and supports victims of sexual assault. The event will meet on URI’s quad at 6 p.m. and is expected to be over by 9. Take Back the Night is separated…
When it comes to the topic of race, there are two chief perspectives: one is from the eyes of someone who is a minority, and the view from someone who isn’t.  Yourself, friends, colleagues, could be of any race or could be from anywhere in the world and, unfortunately, it affects how we can…
University of Rhode Island student and cancer survivor, Ian Kanterman, assembled the university’s first head shaving event, which raised about $19,000 for the St. Baldrick’s childhood cancer research foundation on Monday.  Kanterman, a junior engineering major at the university, suffered from lymphoma at the young age of 5. He said that he first learned…
Chase Livingston, the starting catcher on the University of Rhode Island’s baseball team, was named to the 2016 Johnny Bench Award Watch List last Tuesday. A total of 74 student-athletes were named for the award’s watch list, which is given to the nation’s top Division I collegiate catcher. This is the latest addition to Livingston’s…
Everybody has a favorite everything, whether it’s a favorite color, a favorite team, a favorite band, a favorite season, the lists of favorites can go on and on. Undoubtedly, my favorite season is fall, but I’m figuring out that I have a favorite season, specifically here at URI: spring. After months of cold weather,…
Monday night, Dr. Katherine A. Kuvalanka gave a presentation about her recent study, called the “TransKids Project,†which explores the lives and experiences of 49 different families who have transgender or gender non-conforming children. The entire Union Ballroom was packed with students, faculty, and members of the community as they listened to Kuvalanka. In…
The University of Rhode Island’s Big Band will be performing at the world-renowned Newport Jazz Festival this July, marking the band’s fourth consecutive year playing the festival. The band will be directed for the fourth year by Dr. Jared Sims, professor of saxophone and jazz at URI. Last year, according to Sims, the music…