NOAA awards $11.6 million for harmful algal bloom research Projects will help enhance monitoring and determine socioeconomic impacts of blooms NOAA is announcing funding of 17 new research projects around the country to better understand and predict harmful algal blooms (HABs) and improve our nation’s collective response to them. NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean […]
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URI Research Community Meeting, October 1, 2020
The Office of Sponsored Projects and Office of Research Integrity hosted a Research Community Meeting on October 1, 2020. Topics included: updates on new staff, procedures, centralized email address, updates on NSF biosketches, sponsor and cost accounting updates, research integrity updates, and progress with InfoEd implementation and COVID-19 updates. See below for the full agenda. […]
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The Office of Sponsored Projects, Office of Research Integrity and Office of Sponsored Cost Accounting hosted a Research Community Meeting on February 12, 2020. Topics included: updates on new procedures, new sponsor requirements, and our progress with InfoEd implementation. Click Research Community Meeting Slides 2.12.20 to view the slide presentation
Continue reading "URI Research Community Meeting, February 12, 2020"URI Chemistry Professor Jason Dwyer Wins Innovation Award
URI chemistry professor wins innovation award for ‘game-changing’ work on single-molecule sensing Media Contact: Tony LaRoche, 401-874-4894 | Share: Twitter Facebook KINGSTON, R.I. – Dec. 12, 2019 – Every little kid who dreams of growing up to be a chemist envisions working with test tubes to discover a breakthrough that changes science. Jason Dwyer, associate professor of chemistry at […]
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URI, BayCare in Florida and Butler Hospital team up to test retinal scanning for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease Media Contact: Dave Lavallee, 401-874-5862 | Share: Twitter Facebook KINGSTON, R.I. — Jan. 6, 2020 — The University of Rhode Island, in collaboration with BayCare Health System in Florida and The Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital, an affiliate of The Warren Alpert Medical School of […]
Continue reading "Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease"URI students develop acoustic device to detect whales near offshore wind farm
A group of six ocean engineering students at the University of Rhode Island has developed an acoustic device that successfully detects the sounds made by whales and other marine mammals in the vicinity of the Block Island Wind Farm. The invention was created for the students’ senior capstone design class, a yearlong project that requires […]
Continue reading "URI students develop acoustic device to detect whales near offshore wind farm"URI International Engineering Program alumna earns Fulbright Award
Cherish Prickett, who graduated summa cum laude from the University of Rhode Island in 2018 with bachelor’s degrees in industrial and systems engineering and German, was recently awarded a prestigious Fulbright award.
Continue reading "URI International Engineering Program alumna earns Fulbright Award"URI students depart April 18 for six-day oceanographic research expedition
Students and scientists will embark on a six-day expedition aboard the University of Rhode Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) Research Vessel (R/V) Endeavor to conduct oceanographic research focused on whale, zooplankton and environmental interactions that occur in the coastal and offshore waters of Southeastern New England. Learning more about these interactions is essential to management […]
Continue reading "URI students depart April 18 for six-day oceanographic research expedition"URI engineering alumna’s research takes off
Not many people have the opportunity to mingle with astronauts. But when you work in a lab that is dedicated to human spaceflight, such opportunities occur.
Continue reading "URI engineering alumna’s research takes off"URI researcher calculates temperature inside moon to help reveal its inner structure
Little is known about the inner structure of the moon, but a major step forward was made by a University of Rhode Island scientist who conducted experiments that enabled her to determine the temperature at the boundary of the moon’s core and mantle.
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