[Update: The honors have been revoked!] URI President Marc Parlange has sent a letter to the board of trustees asking that they revoke the honorary degrees awarded to Michael Flynn and Rudy Giuliani. The board will be voting tomorrow, Friday. (Come on people, this one is easy.) I had written about this issue last September, …
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(12.4) It was a huge deal when last year’s game had to be canceled. Bill Koch writes in the ProJo, “The Friars and Rams failed to schedule a game for the first time since before World War II.” Do fans consider this a grudge match, a tradition, a rivalry? URI head coach David Cox put …
(1.2) The Brown Bears (5-6) will host the URI Rams (8-3) tonight, Thursday, at the Pizzitola Center on Hope Street. Last year the Rams upset the favored Bears 71-51. This year it is the Rams who are favored. Bill Koch writes in the ProJo: Brown will need to secure its league’s automatic bid to the …
And let’s hear it for Land Grant Colleges! Given what we are learning about the pernicious effects of money in the world of Ivy League sports, how about cheering for a school you don’t have to bribe your way into! The Rams will be playing St. Bonnies (17-15) at 1pm today on CBSS. Player of …
No, I did not go to the Lovecraft Arts and Science Council because it’s Halloween: I was in need of a marine biologist and store proprietor Niels Hobbs is the only marine biologist I know. (As far as I can tell, Lovecraft literature and marine biology intersect at . . . tentacles.) If passed on …
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The Providence URI campus in the former Shepard Building plays host to ‘The State of the Arts’ through June 28. The annual mixed media 2d and 3d exhibition highlights the fine arts education at all three state schools, the accomplishments of the students, inspiration of the dedicated faculty and the successful career achievements of the …
(9.30) The Brown Bears (1-1) will host the URI Rams (1-3) this Saturday in a night game. The stadium played host to its first ever night game on September 25th, 2011, when the Bears took on Harvard under temporarily installed lights. Brown defeated the Crimson in front of over 17,000 fans. The Brown University Stadium …
“I was Rhode Island born and Rhode Island bred, and when I die I’ll be [clap, clap] Rhode Island dead!” You know the rest. Good luck to the URI Rams in their match against the Oregon Ducks today. The winner heads to Kansas City to play the Michigan Wolverines in the Sweet Sixteen. Okay, can …
This seems to be the proper term for explosives in the realm of scientific research. It’s never good news when URI professor Jimmie Oxley is being interviewed on television, still it is worth noting that the energetic materials experts in the chemistry department at URI have long been the go-to source for national news outlets …
(10.3) The Brown University Bears (0/2) and the University of Rhode Island Rams (0/4) face off at Brown Saturday in the 100th Governor’s Cup. WPRI ran a little thing. Brown and Rhode Island have met 99 times, dating back to 1909, with the Bears holding a 71-26-2 series advantage over the Rams. Last year, Brown …
Oh for an all-cartilage skeleton. Life would be so easy. Tonight on PBS will be airing the URI documentary “Sharks: The Demon Fish?” I suspect their bad reputation will be somewhat rehabilitated by the end. The program, “Sharks: The Demon Fish?” examines how URI faculty and alumni are conducting wide-ranging research to develop a better …
If you like watching car-sized chunks of molten rock getting tossed into the air like babies, then check out “Volcanoes: Nature’s Ticking Time Bombs” tonight on “60 Minutes.” Scott Pelley visits three of the world’s most active volcano sites, including the Yellowstone supervolcano which will take us all out someday but hopefully not till after …
The Harrington School of Communication and Media presents “Media and Civic Engagement Showcase.” Come see short videos, photography and more media that URI students have created for the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence this semester. Find out more about URI’s new Urban Immersion program. Meet Nonviolence Institute leaders and learn how they …
This was a hard act to follow. I should know. . . I had to follow it. First, big thanks to Chris and Patrick et al. from the URI chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and dj/producer Reza Clifton and the team over at WRIU for taking such great care of us yesterday. I …
I can’t believe I am left to cover the basketball beat, but even I know that this is a huge deal. And I am after all the resident Ramette and I know how to look things up, so here goes. According to GoRhody.com, The Rhode Island men’s basketball team overcame a 12-point second half deficit …
Finally Rhode Island is getting some national exposure for something really awesome. Tonight on 60 Minutes Lara Logan interviews Dr. Bob Ballard of the URI Graduate School of Oceanography. She joined a recent expedition last September when his crew discovered a new site, a 1400-year-old Byzantine wreck on the floor of the Black Sea. According …