Difference between revisions of "University of Rhode Island"
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| − | In September 2020 Erik Loomis, a professor at the University of Rhode Island, | + | In September 2020 Erik Loomis, a professor at the University of Rhode Island, justified murdering right-wing activists as "nothing wrong" "from a moral perspective" in a comment on his own blog post.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2020/09/why-was-michael-reinoehl-killed|title=WHY WAS MICHAEL REINOEHL KILLED?|work=Lawyers, Guns and Money}} The professor has a history of threatening comments toward right-wingers,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/rhode-island-professor-killing-portland-activist-ok-moral-perspective-killed-fascist|title=Rhode Island professor says killing by Portland activist OK from 'moral' perspective: 'He killed a fascist'|work=Fox News}}</ref> and another contributor to the blog wrote on September 8, 2020 that "American universities are generally hostile to conservative views, because conservative views are generally wrong" and that "a liberal university can’t actually “welcome”...religious fundamentalists into its interpretive community".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2020/09/politics-and-the-university|title=POLITICS AND THE UNIVERSITY|work=Lawyers, Guns and Money}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:20, September 10, 2020
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| City: | Kingston, Rhode Island |
| Type: | Public |
| Sports: | baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball[1] |
| Colors: | blue, orange |
| Mascot: | Rhody (Rams) |
| Endowment: | $97.6 million[2] |
| Website: | http://www.uri.edu/ |
The University of Rhode Island (or URI) is a Rhode Island public university chartered as the state's agricultural school in 1888.[3] The school has four campuses, the flagship is located in Kingston, Rhode Island. It was ranked a third tier school in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Tier 3" list.[4]
History
Rhode Island was a land grant college, meaning Morrill's Land Grant Act (which gave each state thirty thousand acres of public land to be sold, with the profits being directed to a university) funded it (although, initially the profits went to Brown University, and did not shift to URI until 1894).[5] John H. Washburn was the school's first president.[5]
Controversies
In September 2020 Erik Loomis, a professor at the University of Rhode Island, justified murdering right-wing activists as "nothing wrong" "from a moral perspective" in a comment on his own blog post.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag and another contributor to the blog wrote on September 8, 2020 that "American universities are generally hostile to conservative views, because conservative views are generally wrong" and that "a liberal university can’t actually “welcome”...religious fundamentalists into its interpretive community".[6]
Notes
- ↑ http://gorhody.cstv.com/
- ↑ 2011 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. Retrieved on November 20, 2012.
- ↑ About the University (English). University of Rhode Island.
- ↑ National Universities: Tier 3 (English). US News.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 URI History and Timeline (Enlish). University of Rhode Island.
- ↑ POLITICS AND THE UNIVERSITY. Lawyers, Guns and Money.