University of Rhode Island

Location:		Kingston, RI 02881
Website:		http://www.uri.edu

Speech Code Rating

University of Rhode Island has been given a speech code rating of Red. You may read more about this institution's speech code rating at this page.

FIRE Cases at University of Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island: Student Senate Attempts to Compel Speech

Recent Media Coverage of University of Rhode Island

"Robert L. Shibley: Fighting for free speech on 2 R.I. campuses," The Providence Journal, January 18, 2008
"Under FIRE: Campus speech regulations once again," The New York Times - “Think Again” Blog, April 30, 2007
"Satiric scholarship creates First Amendment firestorm," The Evening Bulletin, April 27, 2007
"Campus Watch: They dared to joke," New York Post, April 24, 2007
"College GOP group derecognized for anti-PC stunt," CNSNews.com, April 20, 2007
"University of Rhode Island student groups duel over free speech," FOXNews.com, April 20, 2007
"Republican student group’s decision to sponsor satirical, whites-only scholarship starts row," International Herald Tribune, April 18, 2007
"GOP group protests apology demands over whites-only scholarship," The Boston Globe, April 18, 2007
"Carothers: Senate can’t ‘impose sanctions’ on College Republicans," The Good Five Cent Cigar (University of Rhode Island), April 18, 2007

Posts to The Torch About University of Rhode Island

"Op Ed by FIRE VP in ‘The Providence Journal’," January 21, 2008
"John Leo on Censorship Tactics in ‘The New York Sun’," May 3, 2007
"Victory for Free Expression at the University of Rhode Island," April 26, 2007
"URI Student Senate Meeting Determines CRs’ Fate Tonight," April 25, 2007
"FIRE’s Case at URI Hits the Media," April 20, 2007
"URI President Carothers Responds to FIRE Ally," April 18, 2007
"URI Student Senate Committee Votes to Derecognize College Republicans," April 18, 2007
"University of Rhode Island President Forbids Student Senate from Imposing Unconstitutional Sanctions," April 12, 2007
"Police State U," October 18, 2005