When University of Rhode Island senior Ian O’Hara got his first look at a wild bobcat during a summer research project, the animal was much more attractive than he imagined.
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Elephants don’t sleep much in the wild, averaging just two hours per night. Even at zoos when they don’t have to watch for predators, they are awake after dark more often than they are asleep. But no one had scientifically scrutinized what they do during those long nights in zoos. Until now.
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A drone powered by smart technology whirred around a room today in the University of Rhode Island’s Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons. Nearby, demonstrations of an industrial robot hand, smart textiles for medicine and virtual reality fascinated visitors.
Continue reading "URI opens first artificial intelligence lab housed in a university library"After periodic acoustic monitoring of the Block Island Wind Farm since before it began operation in 2016, a University of Rhode Island ocean engineer has found that the sound from the operation of the turbines is having no detectable effect on the marine environment.
Continue reading "URI ocean engineer: Sound from wind farm operations having no effect on environment"Two faculty members at the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing are being recognized with Excellence in Nursing awards for their leadership in patient care and scientific research. Rhode Island Monthly magazine presents the awards annually in collaboration with the Rhode Island State Nurses Association.
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It’s been a national and local refrain: There are not enough qualified, well-educated workers to fill the increasing numbers of jobs in advanced technology fields.
Continue reading "URI, NUWC showcase collaboration at Advanced Naval Technology Exercise"The University of Rhode Island’s Center for the Humanities is joining with 10 other Northeast colleges and universities to form the New England Humanities Consortium, which will promote intellectual collaboration, interdisciplinary exchange and innovative programming for faculty, students, and the regional, national and global communities they serve.
Continue reading "URI joins with 10 Northeast colleges, universities to form first-of-its-kind humanities consortium"Corey Lang is on a mission to understand what value people place on non-market goods like open space.
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As efforts are being undertaken to protect salt marshes – and the threatened salt marsh sparrow – from the rising seas, scientists may be ignoring an unexpectedly important player in this environmental drama: grasshoppers.
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Your first few days at the University of Rhode Island can be filled with cool opportunities, making new friends, going to the beach, or catching a soccer or football game. You may also see a friendly looking dog on a leash walking across campus with his human friend. You’re eager to say hello because it […]
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