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University of Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island Seal
Motto: Hope
Established 1892
Type: Public
Endowment: $79.8 million USD [1]
President: Robert Carothers
Faculty: 675
Students: 19,095
Undergraduates: 14,546
Postgraduates: 4,549
Location Flagship Campus:
Kingston, RI, USA
Commonwealth Campuses:
Narragansett
Providence
West Greenwich
Campus: Rural
1,250 acres (5.06 km²)
Colors: Keaney Blue, Dark Blue and White
Nickname: Rams
Mascot: Rhody the Ram
Affiliations: Atlantic 10 Conference, Colonial Athletic Association (football)
Website: www.uri.edu

The University of Rhode Island, commonly abbreviated as URI, is the principal public research university in the State of Rhode Island, with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, and three other campuses located throughout the state. URI has 14,546 undergraduates and 4,549 graduate students. It is a land grant, sea grant, and urban grant institution.

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The University was first chartered as the state's agricultural school in 1888. The site of the school was originally the Oliver Watson Farm, and the original farmhouse still lies on the campus today. In 1892, the school became the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The first class comprised only seventeen students, and they graduated two years later. In 1909, the school's name was again changed to Rhode Island State College and the school's programs expanded beyond its original mandate. In 1951, the college became the University of Rhode Island by an act of the General Assembly. The Board of Governors for Higher Education, appointed by the governor, became the governing body of the University in 1981.


URI Athletics Logo
URI Athletics Logo
URI Football Helmet
URI Football Helmet

The University of Rhode Island Department of Athletics and Recreation offers 22 intercollegiate sports (12 women and 10 for men) and 17 club sports programs. The university is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, the Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association, and the Colonial Athletic Association in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision for football. The wide range of athletic facilities include the Ryan Center, Keaney Gymnasium, Meade Stadium, Mackal Field House, Tootell Aquatic Center, Boss Ice Arena, URI Soccer Complex, Beck Field and URI Softball Field. Other facilities available for students include fitness rooms, indoor track, swimming and diving pools, twelve tennis courts, and two beach volleyball courts, among others.

The team colors are light blue (formerly officially referred to as "Keaney blue"), white and navy blue. The school's mascot is a ram. It was chosen in 1923 as tribute to the school's agricultural history. There has not been a live ram at the school since 1974, with "Rhody", a student in an anthropomorphic ram costume, roaming the sidelines in his place.[1]

Original Rhode Island State College Fight Song Circa 1922
We're Rhode Island born
We're Rhode Island bred
And when we die

We'll be Rhode Island dead

Chorus:-
For it's Rah! Rah! Rah! Rhode Island, Island
Rah! Rah! Rhode Island, Island
Rah! Rah! Rhode Island, R.I. State.

We're here to play
and we're here to win,
and when we play
we play like sin.

Chorus-

The fight song features a physical aspect as well as a vocal. To begin the fight song, students start with a slow clap that eventually stops when the words begin. At the end, the "U-R-I!" is emphasized by making a fist with the right hand. Then placing said fist on the left shoulder on "U," the right shoulder on "R," and is completed by throwing it up in the air on "I!"

A interesting side note: at camp Yawgoog (a boy scout camp 14 miles west on the same road), the fight song is always sung by the staff during meals, due in part to the majority of the staff being students of URI. Another interesting side note is the Matt DiMola, former URI Track and Field hurdle stud, has the Rhody Ram tattooed on his right leg.

Quadrangle on an early September evening at University of Rhode Island.
Quadrangle on an early September evening at University of Rhode Island.
  • URI Student Alumni Association[2]: A Student run organization that organizes many events on campus, as well as maintaining the Rhody the Ram Mascot Program. The Student Alumni Association is partially funded by the URI Alumni Association, and partially through organizational activities. It's most popular events include the Rhody Rally, and Oozeball and Keg Saturday on Jamestown Blvd.

Other Student organizations are funded by the URI Student Senate, which is in turn funded by fees levied on all students. Prominent organizations are:

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  • A rifled cannon, fired by Andrew Hartman in the 19th century, burst on the Quadrangle. The school placed the barrel of said cannon, known as "Ben Butler", in a permanent mount, guarding the Quad.
  • Butterfield Dining and Residence Hall is referred to as "The Butt," a comical anatomical reference, or "Butters," a reference to the complimentary slang term popularized by hip-hop music.
  • Roger Williams Dining Hall (now closed) is referred to as "Ro-Jo's", a reference to the old Howard Johnson's restaurants.
  • Many off-campus students live "down the line" in Narragansett, neighborhoods such as Eastward Look, Scarborough Hills, Bonnet Shores, Narragansett Pier and Great Island. This refers to an old bus line.
  • The University Library, the largest library in the State of Rhode Island, has over 1.2 million books and subscriptions to over 20,000 electronic journals.

  • The film Outside Providence shot its private school sequences at Green Hall, among other locations at the Kingston Campus.
  • The film Hard Luck was shot on the W. Alton Jones Campus.
  • The film Underdog shot some of its scenes at the Providence campus.
  • The film 300 shot most scenes in the URI library.

  1. ^ NACUBO Endowment Survey - Public NEWS Tables (2006). NACUBO. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.

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The Atlantic 10
Charlotte 49ers • Dayton Flyers • Duquesne Dukes • Fordham Rams • George Washington Colonials • La Salle Explorers • UMass Minutemen & Minutewomen • Rhode Island Rams • Richmond Spiders • St. Bonaventure Bonnies • Saint Joseph's Hawks • Saint Louis Billikens • Temple Owls • Xavier Musketeers
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CAA Football Conference
Northern Division: Hofstra • Maine • UMass • New Hampshire • Northeastern • Rhode Island
Southern Division: Delaware • James Madison • Old Dominion (effective 2009) • Richmond • Towson • Villanova • William & Mary
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Universities & Colleges in Rhode Island
Brown • Bryant • CCRI • Johnson & Wales • Naval War College • New England Institute of Technology
Providence College • Rhode Island College • RISD • Roger Williams • Salve Regina • University of Rhode Island • Zion Bible College
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