DWELL welcomes John Craig Freeman to URI as Harrington Visiting Artist - 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 […]
