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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 Yellow. You may read more about this institution's speech codes at this page.

FIRE Cases at University of Rhode Island

• University of Rhode Island: Student Senate Attempts to Compel Speech
• University of Rhode Island: Professor's Anti-Gun Tweets Deemed Threatening

Recent Media Coverage of University of Rhode Island

• Examiner Local Editorial: Muzzling free speech on campus, The Examiner, January 2, 2013
• 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

• Revisiting Twitter Controversy, University of Rhode Island President Issues New Statement Acknowledging First Amendment, December 28, 2012
• Standing Up for a Professor's Right to Free Speech, Even While Disagreeing! , December 19, 2012
• This Month in FIRE History: Student Senate Attempts to Compel Speech, April 30, 2010
• 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