Year: 2017
University of Rhode Island provides training workshops to Chinese Olympic delegation
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URI hydrologists to use floating wetlands to clean water bodies in Indonesia
Many regions of Indonesia are struggling with how to clean up lakes and rivers that have become polluted with sewage or have had seawater intrude into them. So two University of Rhode Island hydrologists are adapting a new technology they believe will solve the problem. More...
Children from military families explore health and science professions at URI
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Extraordinary interest prompts University of Rhode Island to host Jane Goodall lecture at Ryan Center
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Going nano in the fight against cancer
Imagine being able to see the signs of cancer decades before we can now. URI Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Daniel Roxbury and researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have invented a technique that could detect a wide range of biomarkers that signal the start of cancer—many years before symptoms surface. More...
URI communication professor receives award
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Students at Graduate School of Oceanography launch free talks about ocean science topics
Important research is going on at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, and students there are ready to explain it to you and answer your questions during free monthly talks.
“The Bay Informed Discussion Series” kicked off last month with a talk about climate change in the ocean and its influence on Narragansett Bay and… More...
URI hydrologists to use floating wetlands to clean water bodies in Indonesia
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URI receives $8 million federal grant to establish research center on chemical pollutants in drinking water
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Energy Fellows tackle renewables, efficiency in year-long internships
Max Bliss is worried that many developing nations have become so dependent on a small number of other countries for their energy needs that they could be exploited or controlled. It’s an issue he wants to address once he graduates from the University of Rhode Island in 2019. More...
URI teams up with state to collect data on effects of Block Island …
The Westerly Sun on Aug 15, 2017Researchers to Study Chemical Contamination of US Waters
Voice of America on Aug 15, 2017NIH grants URI $8M for clean water program
Providence Business News on Aug 15, 2017Five Questions With: Michael D. Ice
Providence Business News on Aug 15, 2017CCI holds steady, again
Providence Business News on Aug 15, 2017RI professor says state economy improving
San Antonio Express-News (subscription) on Aug 14, 2017RI professor says state economy improving
San Antonio Express-News (subscription) on Aug 14, 2017URI research: Too many mako sharks being caught
The Providence Journal on Aug 14, 2017Mako sharks face fishing threat, says Guy Harvey study
Cayman Compass on Aug 14, 2017RI economy shows continued gains in latest survey
The Providence Journal on Aug 14, 2017Rhode Island Pharmacists Offering Quicker, Cheaper Treatment for Lyme Disease
Healthline on Aug 13, 2017Though low in NE, tuition in RI up double-digits
The Providence Journal on Aug 13, 2017New student orientation program reduces CCRI’s ‘summer melt …
The Providence Journal on Aug 12, 2017News
URI alumni share their Peace Corps stories and experiences
A strong presence at URI since its founding in the 1960s, the Peace Corps is increasingly visible at Kingston thanks to a new prep program. Corps volunteers—perhaps our country’s most effective, if unofficial, ambassadors of goodwill—carry a global perspective and service mentality into their lives back home. More...