This year marks the 6th annual Roundtable for Black Feminist and Womanist Theory. The Roundtable is a venue for scholars, activists, and artists across disciplines and professional trajectories to share work highlighting intellectual contributions of Black women, femmes, and non-men throughout the African diaspora. The aim of the conference is to create a working space for participants of various backgrounds to receive feedback on their projects that will enrich Black feminist and womanist traditions. There is no required theme for those who would like to present under the Roundtable for Black Feminist and Womanist Theory program; however, all projects must focus on/utilize at least one aspect of Black feminist theory or womanist thought.The keynote speakers for this year are Jasmine K. Syedullah (Vassar College) and Olivia N. Perlow (Northeastern Illinois University). See more information about their talks below.REGISTER-----------------Jasmine SyedullahVassar College, Assistant Professor of Africana StudiesThurs., Nov. 6, 4:30-6pmProject Title:"Truants Congregate in Loopholes: Methods for Surviving the Carceral Futures of Ms. Harriet Jacobs's Freedom"Abstract:Hiding in plain sight, Harriet Jacobs' 1861 narrative retreats from the carceral traps of modern freedom in literal and figurative ways. Both in her narrative and life, Jacobs opted to stay fugitive even once free, actively integrating the ability to appear and disappear, a truant praxis of political survival, into the public record of slavery's politic of recognition. Drawing on Black feminist and prison scholarship, Syedullah considers with Jacobs how to steal away from the unending loops of racial and gendered violence to congregate in the loopholes of the law, and what it means to get free in the dark.-----------------Olivia PerlowNortheastern Illinois University, Professor of Sociology, African & African American Studies, Latino/a/x and Latin American Studies, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality StudiesSat. Nov. 8, 3:30-5 pmProject Title:"Too Much Theory, Too Little Praxis: Unshackling Black Feminism from the Academy"Abstract:This talk examines how Black Feminism—once a praxis of resistance against racism, sexism, capitalism, and imperialism, rooted in radical movements for collective liberation—has increasingly been co-opted, deradicalized, and weaponized within academic institutions. Neoliberal logics have transformed Black Feminism into commodified intellectual capital, flattening it into theory divorced from insurgent praxis, stripping it of community and activism, and replacing it with performative gestures of inclusion that ultimately reinforce the very hierarchies they purport to dismantle. Yet, amid this containment, enduring sites of resistance persist. Through acts of refusal and radical re-imagination, scholars, activists, and communities continue to reclaim Black Feminism’s revolutionary spirit and reassert its commitment to collective liberation and transformative praxis.

URI Department of Art and Art History presentsREVELATIONS! Education: Behind The Curtain – In Words and Images Exhibition September 15- December 11Join us for a reception and art conversations on September 17 4:30-7 in Lippitt Hall 401What is it like being in the classroom? What challenges do educator’s face? What restrictions are there preventing education from occurring? Are the requirements, expectations and limitations changing the way Educators function? What are the successes - giving students the opportunity to find their expressive voice?This exhibit will include the artwork and voices of a group of area educators from public, private and independent educational settings on all levels. The artist/educators will share their creative voices in various forms of expression as they also reflect on the challenges and celebrations they experience in and out of the classroom.Among the more than twenty artists are: Mary Jane Andreozzi, Deanna Camputaro, Ruth Clegg, Raff Diaz, Raphael Diaz, Tamara Diaz, Melanie Ducharme, Adam Ferbert, Susan Garland, Melissa Guillet, Catherine Davis-Hayes, Chris Kelley, Susan Kolenda, Jason Robert LaClair, Don Mays, Kerry Murphy, Sam Peck, Lisa Marie Ricci-Russo, Monique Rolle-Johnson, Jade Sisti, Janice Lee Strain, John Tedeschi, Katie Walck.On exhibit in URI Lippitt Hall (3rd & 4th floor), Green Hall and The Higgins Welcome CenterOpen To Monday – Friday 7:30-4:30, closed weekends and holidaysFor information: (401)286-4620/ spennell@uri.eduVisit URInvolved for complete event details.

URI Department of Art and Art History presentsREVELATIONS! Education: Behind The Curtain – In Words and Images Exhibition September 15- December 11Join us for a reception and art conversations on September 17 4:30-7 in Lippitt Hall 401What is it like being in the classroom? What challenges do educator’s face? What restrictions are there preventing education from occurring? Are the requirements, expectations and limitations changing the way Educators function? What are the successes - giving students the opportunity to find their expressive voice?This exhibit will include the artwork and voices of a group of area educators from public, private and independent educational settings on all levels. The artist/educators will share their creative voices in various forms of expression as they also reflect on the challenges and celebrations they experience in and out of the classroom.Among the more than twenty artists are: Mary Jane Andreozzi, Deanna Camputaro, Ruth Clegg, Raff Diaz, Raphael Diaz, Tamara Diaz, Melanie Ducharme, Adam Ferbert, Susan Garland, Melissa Guillet, Catherine Davis-Hayes, Chris Kelley, Susan Kolenda, Jason Robert LaClair, Don Mays, Kerry Murphy, Sam Peck, Lisa Marie Ricci-Russo, Monique Rolle-Johnson, Jade Sisti, Janice Lee Strain, John Tedeschi, Katie Walck.On exhibit in URI Lippitt Hall (3rd & 4th floor), Green Hall and The Higgins Welcome CenterOpen To Monday – Friday 7:30-4:30, closed weekends and holidaysFor information: (401)286-4620/ spennell@uri.eduVisit URInvolved for complete event details.

The BES Colloquium Series is the research seminar series for the College of Environmental Sciences at the University of Rhode Island. BES students nominate speakers from across several disciplines including: Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB), Ecology and Ecosystem Science (EES), Environmental and Earth Sciences (EVES), Evolution and Marine Biology (EMB), and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (SAFS). Invited speakers spend the day at URI visiting with faculty and graduate students.The full and complete schedule can be found here: https://marineevoecolab.github.io/BES-Colloquium/

Join the University of Rhode Island's premiere Acapella group for a night of musical fun! The Rhody Rhapsodies are proud to host groups from Universities around New England and share some beautiful music!Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

URI's Forensic Science Partnership lecture series is one of the more unique lecture series in Rhode Island. The Nov. 7 topic is “The secret of USSS,” Mark Comorosky, special agent in charge, U.S. Secret Service. Comorosky is the special agent in charge of the Boston field office of the Secret Service. All lectures are open to the public at no cost and are held on Fridays at 3:30 p.m. in the Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences (Room 100), 140 Flagg Rd., Kingston. Schedule subject to change; join email list for updates. Those who cannot attend in person may view the lectures live online. Details: https://www.uri.edu/news/2025/09/crime-fridays-return-to-uri/

Hello! Thank you for your interest in the URI Badminton Club.We will be having weekly practices every Tuesday and Friday (with some exceptions). They will be held in the Mackal Field House on courts 1 & 2. It will be a fun time to meet new people and learn more about badminton.Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

Join us in 193 Coffeehouse to dance along to three EMA DJs!Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

Come hear and see this year's Ram Band field show indoors! Horns will be blowing, cymbals crashing, flags twirling and the URI spirit will be flying high. Dr. Brian Cardany, director.