Football FINAL (12/6): University of California, Davis 47-26 URI UC Davis used 36 unanswered points to defeat Rhode Island 47-26 in the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs on Saturday. Rhode Island led 20-11 in the second quarter after a 75-yard touchdown pass from fourth-year Devin Farrell to fellow fourth-year Marquis Buchanan. UC... The post This Week In Sports – 12/11 first appeared on The Good 5¢ Cigar.

Men’s Basketball: Fourth-year Jonah Hinton After a successful season with St. Bonaventure University last year, the guard has emerged as a consistent starter and contributor for the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team. Although we’ve only seen Hinton play 11 games, it’s clear that his addition to the team was much-needed and he has... The post Cigar sports MVPs: Fall/winter 2025 edition first appeared on The Good 5¢ Cigar.

In an era of college basketball so defined by the transfer portal, there may be no school in the country where that is more apparent than the University of Rhode Island, who returns just one player from last year’s rotation: fifth-year forward Drissa Traore. In a hectic offseason that epitomized the ever-changing nature of college... The post Traore provides experience for Rhody as lone returning rotational player first appeared on The Good 5¢ Cigar.

KINGSTON, R.I. — Feb. 9, 2026 — Student couples at the University of Rhode Island are invited to participate in a free relationship assessment at the University’s Couple and Family Therapy Clinic just in time for Valentine’s Day and all the romantic expectations it brings. The first 20 couples to register this month will receive […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Feb. 3, 2026 – Mark S. Cruise ’81 ’84, a University of Rhode Island football program all-time great, and his wife, Sue Cruise ’84, have gifted their alma mater $2 million to both establish a new endowment fund supporting URI’s student-athletes and to rename the football team’s practice field in Cruises’ honor. […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Feb. 2, 2026 – A student project reimagining Jamestown’s vulnerable coastline has earned awards from the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Supported by Rhode Island Sea Grant and led by professor Hongbing Tang, the work was done by 19 students in the Department of Landscape Architecture’s capstone […]

KINGSTON, R.I. – Feb. 2, 2026 – The University of Rhode Island’s Office of Community, Equity, and Diversity was honored on Friday evening for its exceptional commitment to equity, belonging, and diversity. The Rhode Island non-profit organization Diversity and Inclusion Professionals named URI as the recipient of its Organizational Leadership in Diversity & Inclusion Award. […]