Physics
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Moment of Inertia: Ryan Vallee on How He Discovered His Love for Physics
With the support of funding from the College of Arts and Sciences’ Impact Fund and a university in Japan, Ryan Vallee, a Physics and Chemistry double major, was able to put his passion for physics into action with a summer internship at the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research lab at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan.
Continue reading "Moment of Inertia: Ryan Vallee on How He Discovered His Love for Physics"Physics professor Michael Antosh leading innovative research on radiation therapy
Michael Antosh, assistant professor of physics, is hoping to improve cancer treatments through research on the use on nanoparticles to enhance radiation therapy and ultimately make it more effective at eradicating cancer.
Continue reading "Physics professor Michael Antosh leading innovative research on radiation therapy"Cassie Chartier ’19 on Breaking the Stigma Around Organic Chemistry
Growing up calling Los Angeles and then New Hampshire home, Cassie Chartier had a multitude of colleges in her periphery. Though she ultimately chose URI for financial reasons, the largest public institution in the smallest state in the nation provided Chartier with the opportunity to explore a passion she’d held since high school: chemistry. “Chemistry […]
Continue reading "Cassie Chartier ’19 on Breaking the Stigma Around Organic Chemistry"Having Chemistry: Melissa Morris ’19 on Her Achievements in the Field of Organic Chemistry
For Melissa Morris, the choice to travel almost two hours from her home in Billerica, MA, to URI was decided by passion. Entering freshman year with the conviction of someone beyond her years, Morris knew two things: Chemistry was the right path for her, and she had no idea if she was right. “While my […]
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This fall, Robert Coyne joined the University of Rhode Island as a physics lecturer, and he expects to bring with him membership in an exclusive club: the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, whose founders won the Nobel Prize in physics earlier this month.
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