{"id":2461,"date":"2019-06-27T19:06:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T23:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sparc\/?page_id=2461"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:41:42","slug":"news-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/news-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News &amp; Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>News From The Labs<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1538\/Screenshot-5.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/cyberfest-international-cultural-exchange\/\">CyberFestival: International Cultural Exchange<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Join us for CyberFestival: International Cultural Exchange, a virtual festival utilizing a custom made virtual platform that unites the innovative minds of TU Braunschweig Media Lab and URI Library Innovation Labs. Taking place on November 18 and 20, this unique&hellip; <a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/cyberfest-international-cultural-exchange\/\">...Read more<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/crafting-with-lucas-a-student-maker-spotlight\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1538\/Screenshot-2024-01-26-at-12.51.38\u202fPM-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1538\/Screenshot-2024-01-26-at-12.51.38\u202fPM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1538\/Screenshot-2024-01-26-at-12.51.38\u202fPM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/crafting-with-lucas-a-student-maker-spotlight\/\">Crafting With Lucas: a Student Maker Spotlight<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Lucas Fleury is a first-year URI student majoring in Biomedical Engineering. Originally from Warwick, RI. He discovered the MakerSpace in the first week of school and has been consistently coming in every day; at least once, if not multiple times.&hellip; <a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/crafting-with-lucas-a-student-maker-spotlight\/\">...Read more<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/now-open-uri-audio-media-lab\/\">Now Open: URI Audio Media Lab<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, RI \u2013 [10\/26\/2023] \u2013 The URI Library Innovation Labs is thrilled to announce the opening of its latest technology space resource, the Audio Media Lab. This innovative space is dedicated to empowering students from all disciplines to unleash their&hellip; <a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/now-open-uri-audio-media-lab\/\">...Read more<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/2023\/07\/19\/faculty-success-story-discover-uri-ai-chatbot\/\">Discover URI\u2019s AI Chatbot<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Jim is a \u201880 alumni at URI who has over 40 years of international industry experience and an adjunct professor for the College of Business. <a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/its.uri.edu\/2023\/07\/19\/faculty-success-story-discover-uri-ai-chatbot\/\">...Read more<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/summer-2023-cat\/sweet-success\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1538\/Screenshot-2023-08-15-at-4.56.24-PM-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1538\/Screenshot-2023-08-15-at-4.56.24-PM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1538\/Screenshot-2023-08-15-at-4.56.24-PM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/summer-2023-cat\/sweet-success\/\">Sweet Success<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Ella Schneider \u201926 launched an award-winning bean-to-bar chocolate company with her father. <a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/summer-2023-cat\/sweet-success\/\">...Read more<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/laila-rosenthal-23\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1538\/laila-rosenthal-at-narragansett-beach_hero-2000x1172-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1538\/laila-rosenthal-at-narragansett-beach_hero-2000x1172-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1538\/laila-rosenthal-at-narragansett-beach_hero-2000x1172-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/laila-rosenthal-23\/\">A head for business, an eye for art<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Off the field, Rosenthal, a business major, found herself mediating another sort of tension. A designer and photographer, she wanted to create a line of clothing without adding to the 92 million tons of textile trash deposited in landfills every&hellip; <a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/laila-rosenthal-23\/\">...Read more<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/uri-sophomore-in-marine-biology-aquaculture-and-fisheries-science-awarded-hollings-scholarship-from-noaa\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1538\/Hollings-Fleischer-Small-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1538\/Hollings-Fleischer-Small-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1538\/Hollings-Fleischer-Small-300x297.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/uri-sophomore-in-marine-biology-aquaculture-and-fisheries-science-awarded-hollings-scholarship-from-noaa\/\">URI sophomore in marine biology, aquaculture and fisheries science awarded Hollings Scholarship from NOAA<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Owen Fleischer is the 42nd URI student selected for the nationally competitive honor in the program\u2019s 18 years <a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/uri-sophomore-in-marine-biology-aquaculture-and-fisheries-science-awarded-hollings-scholarship-from-noaa\/\">...Read more<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/commencement-2023-uri-pitcher-sets-up-for-business-success\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1538\/Quincy-preferred-10-Small-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/commencement-2023-uri-pitcher-sets-up-for-business-success\/\">Commencement 2023: URI pitcher sets up for business success<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">In any baseball game, the pitcher is the center of the action, driving the rhythm of the game. <a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/commencement-2023-uri-pitcher-sets-up-for-business-success\/\">...Read more<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-rapid-responders-help-state-in-covid-19-fight\/\">URI Rapid Responders help state in COVID-19 fight<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">University of Rhode Island faculty and staff are part of a growing group of volunteer researchers, scholars, medical professionals, industry leaders and makers assisting the state Department of Health, paramedics and local hospitals in the fight against COVID-19. <a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-rapid-responders-help-state-in-covid-19-fight\/\">...Read more<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=uri.edu_khh1kn9rpi58icq6so6l6iq608%40group.calendar.google.com&#038;ctz=America%2FNew_York\" style=\"border: 0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" 0=\"scrolling=\u201cno&quot;\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3C4GJo-GkSI&amp;list=PLfMSmcxRBD9697_sL-IGf6tzrn4kEtVlc\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Discovering AI @ URI<\/h2><p>Discovering AI @ URI is a semesterly showcase highlighting how students, faculty, and staff apply artificial intelligence across research, teaching, creativity, and innovation.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Watch on youtube<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.tu-braunschweig.de\/en\/medialab\/cyberfestival\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div 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class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>The People<\/h2><p>Meet the staff behind the <strong>URI Library Innovation Labs<\/strong>\u2014professionals and student leaders supporting learning, creativity, collaboration, and innovation while helping you navigate tools, spaces, programs, partnerships, opportunities.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Meet the staff<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/get-involved\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/innovate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1538\/DSC02108-edited-e1767729316865.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Get Involved<\/h2><p>Get involved by booking a mentoring session, or bringing a class or project into the labs. Students from all majors are welcome to explore, experiment, and create\u2014no prior experience required.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Get in touch<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-breakout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-breakout use-content-width  \"><div class=\"content-width\">\n\n<p><strong>URI Library Innovation Labs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Robert L. 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