Call for PhD/MA/MS Applicants: DWELL Research Assistantship - Augmented Reality & Participatory Design for Climate Resilience [Download the Document Version Here] Dr. Madison Jones is recruiting a PhD or MA/MS student to serve as a Research Assistant starting in Fall 2025 in the DWELL Lab at the University of Rhode Island. The candidate may be currently enrolled in a program at URI or […]
Reflecting on NWP Write Out - Professional and public writing department holds the eighth annual National Day of Writing in North Woods by Paige Monopoli, reposted from CAS News Page KINGSTON, RI – Oct 22, 2024 – In a time where a sense of community is increasingly difficult to come by, creative expression may be among one of the strongest tactics […]- DWELL Lab participates in an NSF-Funded EPSCoR Award - KINGSTON, R.I — Aug. 15, 2024 – URI and RISD – two leading Ocean State institutions – will partner with other research universities on ambitious, multidisciplinary four-year projects to develop strategies to enhance community resilience to climate change. This was made possible by securing one of multiple grants totaling $3.4 million in new federal funding […]
Write Out: Poetry for the Planet - Where: The North Woods and the Medicinal Gardens of URI’s Kingston Campus* When: October 16 and 17** from 8:00 am-5:00 pm * The North Woods is not wheelchair accessible. Self-guided, accessible activities are available at the URI Medicinal Gardens. ** Rain date October 18 About Write Out Since 2017, the Department of Public and Professional […]
Looking back on Summer 2024 - Farewell SURFers! Looking Back on DWELL’s Summer 2024 Research Projects by AnnaFaith Jorgensen DWELL would like to highlight the excellent work completed by our student fellows this summer. The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program allowed Novena Kapisa, Aidan Donnellan, and Calder Puckett to work on interdisciplinary science communication projects with the DWELL Lab. AnnaFaith […]
DWELL welcomes Visiting Artist John Craig Freeman to URI - Photo credit: John Craig Freeman/”Climate Change Migration Stories” DWELL Lab is excited to announce that John Craig Freeman will be visiting the University of Rhode Island as a Harrington Visiting Artist from April 22-26, 2024. Freeman is an artist with over three decades of experience using emerging technologies to invent new forms of large-scale public […]
Student work on the North Woods Project featured by CELS, URI News - Image Credit: Beau Jones/ “The Layers of a Place” in URI News The North Woods Project, which is organized by DWELL Lab but includes many collaborators within the URI community, was recently featured by the College of Environment and Life Science (CELS) and URI News. Through an open-access digital resource, the North Woods Project combines […]
DWELL featured in digital zine, “Teaching Environmental Communication” - DWELL’s work on the North Woods Project was featured in the collaborative digital zine, Teaching Environmental Communication. You can check out the zine for free here and read about DWELL’s work on page 16.
Call for undergraduate applicants! - DWELL is participating in the 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) and we’re seeking undergraduate students interested in science communication, digital media, and/or community-based research. Students will create digital materials for DWELL projects like the North Woods Project, the Manissean Tour, and Visualizing Stormwater Infrastructure. This position is an excellent opportunity for enthusiastic students to […]
DWELL Featured in “Momentum,” URI’s Research and Innovation Magazine - DWELL Lab was featured in the Spring 2023 edition of URI’s research magazine, Momentum: Research and Innovation. The article highlights DWELL’s work in the North Woods, and how technology can play a role in connecting people and place: “Jones uses digital technology to connect communities to the cultural, historical, and ecological significance of places. He […]- DWELL Welcomes 2023 Summer Research Assistants - DWELL is excited to welcome Joe Ahart (MESM ’24) who will be assisting with NWP and Ally Cuomo (MESM ’24) who will be assisting with the Manissean Walking Tour. Below is a brief summary of their interests and the projects they will be focusing on, but you can learn about our new members on the […]
Lab Member Ally Overbay Wins URI Science Writing Award - Ally Overbay, DWELL Lab Research Assistant (MESM ’24), was named a recipient of the 2022-2023 URI Writing Award in the Science Writing category for her StoryMap project “Citizen Science in the North Woods.” This award recognizes the best writing produced by students in each of the different categories: advocacy, creative, scholarly/research and science. There were over […]
NWP Augmented Trailhead Sign - To view the AR content: Scan the QR code with your smart device’s camera You will be prompted to download and install Adobe Aero (if you do not already have the app) The augmentation should automatically load after installation (you may have to rescan the QR code once you install the app)
Call for Submissions/Proposals for NWP - DWELL is seeking creative work proposals for The North Woods Project (NWP), a multimodal digital media storytelling project on the URI campus. Selected proposals will receive a paid honorarium** and will be featured in the digital project and displayed in an exhibit at the Coastal Institute. This project seeks to tell the story of URI’s […]
DWELL affiliate featured on URI Homepage - Erica Meier (MESM), a DWELL Affiliate and Graduate Research Grant Recipient, has been featured on the URI homepage for her work recording public shoreline access points along the coast to update the website Shoreline-RI.com. The article describes her project which was completed as a Rhode Island Sea Grant-University of Rhode Island Masters of Environmental Science […]
DWELL affiliate co-organizes panel on forming equitable community partnerships: Register here! - DWELL affiliate and recipient of the 2023 DWELL mini grant, Christina DiCenzo, has co-organized the public forum, Building Equitable Partnerships between Community-based Organizations and Researchers. Attendees will hear from community organization representative about barriers to collaboration, techniques for building relationships, and how to engage in meaningful community research. The forum is open to URI and […]
Announcing the award-winners of DWELL’s 2023 Undergraduate SciComm Fellowship and Graduate Research Grants - DWELL is excited to announce the recipients of this year’s Graduate Research Grant in Science Communication as well as the inaugural Undergraduate Science Communication Fellowship! Four award-winners were selected, and their work will be shared here on the DWELL website in the coming year. Award-winners of the 2023 Graduate Student Research Grant This is the […]
DWELL’s work in the North Woods featured in URI student paper - URI’s the Good Five Cent Cigar published an article about the 300-acre North Woods adjacent to campus. The article features DWELL Lab’s work with the North Woods, augmented reality, and what’s next for the project. Read more: https://rhodycigar.com/2022/11/17/delving-into-the-north-woods-part-2/
DWELL Welcomes New Research Assistant! - DWELL Lab would like to welcome its newest research assistant, Ally Overbay! Ally is a graduate student in URI’s Master of Environmental Science and Management (MESM) program studying environmental communication. Hailing from northern California, Ally has a B.S. in environmental science from UC Davis and has experience in natural resource planning for National Wildlife Refuges. […]
Mapping at the Nexus of the Green and Digital World - Augmenting the North Woods is a DWELL Lab project that aims to create an immersive multimedia “classroom in the forest” experience for the North Woods—a 300-acre parcel of unmanaged forests and wetlands just north of URI’s campus. Taking the form of an open access digital resource, the project will combine augmented reality (AR), web development, and digital […]
New Article: “Tracking Memes in the Wild” - Jones, M., Beveridge, A., Garrison, J. R., Greene, A., & MacDonald, H. (2022). Tracking Memes in the Wild: Visual Rhetoric and Image Circulation in Environmental Communication. Frontiers in Communication. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.883278 Article summary by Gabrielle Pezich, DWELL Research and Communications Fellow Digital media are radically changing the ways we communicate. As a Research and Communications Assistant […]
DWELL Welcomes New Summer RA! - Please join us in welcoming DWELL Lab’s new Research Assistant Gabrielle Pezich. In May 2022, Gabrielle received a Masters of Environmental Science and Management (MESM) from the University of Rhode Island, specializing in conservation biology and with a certificate in Science Writing and Rhetoric. She will be working alongside our lab affiliates to explore the […]
DWELL Grant Award-Winners 2021-22! - On behalf of the the DWELL Grants committee, we are thrilled to announce the proposals that were selected for the 2021-22 Student Research Grant Funding cycle. The goal of this research funding is to support and promote public science communication and scientific literacy. DWELL projects develop research pertaining to the communication of science, including digital […]- Funded Graduate Research Assistantship (AY 22-23) - Dr. Madison Jones seeks a graduate research assistant to support a new project investigating how emerging technologies can be used for community-engaged science communication and environmental advocacy.
URI Student Mini-Grants - DWELL is pleased to announce support for student projects which promote scientific communication and science literacy in the form of up to $1,250 awards at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Proposed projects should develop research pertaining to the communication of science, (digital projects, community-engagement, public interest and advocacy, and technical or creative science writing). For […]
New Article on AR and Deep Mapping - Butts, Shannon and Jones, Madison. “Deep Mapping for Environmental Communication Design.” Communication Design Quarterly, Online First (January 20, 2021), https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3437000.3437001- Funded Graduate Research Assistantship (AY 21-22) - Dr. Madison Jones seeks a graduate research assistant to support a new project investigating how emerging technologies can be used for community-engaged science communication and environmental advocacy.
