URI Today
Photo Courtesy: Michael Salerno Photography
Quidditch leaps off the page and onto the Quad
Upon hearing that the University of Rhode Island has a quidditch team, one might wonder how muggles play a magical sport that, along with Harry Potter, sprang from the imagination of author J. K. Rowling.
This full-contact sport combines rugby, dodgeball, and tag to create a sweat-inducing workout with students running on brooms, instead of flying on them. A player dressed in bright yellow with a tennis ball in a sock tucked into his or her waistband replaces the elusive, golden snitch. The human snitch is free to run and hide on the open space of the URI Quadrangle and surrounding buildings.
“We’re the generation that grew up with Harry Potter,” said club president Zara Collier, 21, of Narragansett...
Today's Top Stories
[Nursing] 
Sen. Reed, URI announce $3.8 million in grants to College of Nursing: The awarding of $3.8 million in grants to the University of Rhode Island’s College of nursing is a signal from the federal government that the college is leading the way in nursing education and innovation.
[Writing] 
Instructor wins two writing awards for second novel for young adults: Padma Venkatraman, an instructor of scientific writing at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, has won the South Asia Book Award from the South Asian National Outreach Consortium and the Paterson Prize from the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College for her novel Island’s End.
[Kinesiology] 
Kinesiology Lecturer and skydiver Allison Harper nears 1,000 jumps: When University of Rhode Island Kinesiology Lecturer Allison Harper was studying for her master’s degree a friend invited her to go skydiving. And 950 jumps, a master’s, and a doctorate later, Harper is an accomplished skydiver, leaping from planes, helicopters, and even hot air balloons to cheering crowds at air shows nationwide as a member of the Misty Blues.
Calendar
More URI Today
- News Releases - Official news from URI
- Next Week @ URI - Weekly e-newsletter
- InAdvance - Twice-monthly community email
- QuadAngles - Alumni Magazine
- The Good 5¢ Cigar - Daily student newspaper
- URI in the News - Media mentions of URI
- WRIU - Radio at 90.3
- GoRhody.com - URI Intercollegiate Athletics
- Speakers Bureau - URI experts
- Communications and Marketing
.
See yesterday's URI Today
Comments? Ideas? URIToday@etal.uri.edu
Published by the Department of Communications and Marketing
Scan this code, called a QR code or 2D barcode with your smartphone's barcode reader/camera to view this page in your phone's browser.
