Spring Break
11/06/07 -The University of Rhode Island will begin construction on a new library on the Narragansett Bay Campus in the coming weeks. The new Pell Marine Science Library will serve as headquarters to oceanography research projects conducted throughout the world.
11/06/07 - Rhody Pic of the Day
11/06/07 - Before Saturday night, the closest Joe and Chris Ianni had been to Bill Cosby was watching him on their family television set. But in an instant, by personal invitation of the comedian himself, the two came face-to-face with Cosby on the stage of the Ryan Center.
11/06/07 - Democrats and Republicans boarded the Project Vote Smart bus in front of the University of Rhode Island's Memorial Union yesterday.
11/06/07 -Mark Wood, a professor of psychology at the University of Rhode Island, spoke about the difficulties and procedures in studying alcohol abuse in the collegiate setting at the Multicultural Center yesterday. He said that a brief motivational intervention, or BMI, is the most effective method of reducing excessive drinking among incoming freshmen for instilling any kind of lasting effect.
11/06/07 - Slavery was abolished in the United States in 1863 with the Emancipation Proclamation. However, according to a 2006 study by the U.S. State Dept., approximately 14,500 to 17,500 slaves come into the U.S. each year. On Monday night, Chi Upsilon Sigma Latin sorority held a workshop to educate the University of Rhode Island community on modern day slavery, also known as human trafficking.
