The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected a professor emeritus of the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography and an alumnus of the school as 2018 Fellows.
Continue reading "URI faculty emeritus and an alumnus are named 2018 Fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science"Decisions about whether to build, remove or modify dams involve complex trade-offs that are often accompanied by social and political conflict. A group of researchers from the natural and social sciences, engineering, arts and humanities, including an environmental economist at the University of Rhode Island, has joined forces to show how, where and when it […]
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When the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Exploration and Research sought to test out a new technology for producing high-resolution images of the sea floor, University of Rhode Island maritime historian and archaeologist Rod Mather suggested the perfect test sites – the resting places of four historic sunken submarines in Rhode Island waters.
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The Rhode Island Consortium for Coastal Ecology Assessment, Innovation, and Modeling has announced the recipients of its 2018-19 Seed Grant program, which assists faculty at the University of Rhode Island developing innovative projects in STEM and arts and humanities fields. The grants will also foster research collaboration and build upon the consortium’s efforts in science communication […]
Continue reading "R.I. Consortium for Coastal Ecology Assessment, Innovation & Modeling announces grants for URI faculty"Walter Besio, a professor in the University of Rhode Island College of Engineering, recently received a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop the first underwater electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes and to build them into transparent octopus housing.
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For the next three years, researchers from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, the University of Rhode Island and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will look into the ocean to help improve the quality of data collected by satellites more than 500 miles above.
Continue reading "URI oceanographers among scientists looking to the ocean to improve satellite data"A study is underway at the University of Rhode Island to assess how technology could help people with Parkinson’s disease and their caregivers easily access relevant nutrition information.
Continue reading "Study at URI looks at ways technology can support nutritional needs of Parkinson’s patients"WHO: Central Falls High School students and educators, renowned ocean explorer Robert Ballard, researchers aboard the EV Nautilus in the Pacific Ocean, staff of the Inner Space Center at URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography.
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Scientists from the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography spent weeks at sea last summer on research expeditions designed to gain a better understanding of underwater volcanoes, microscopic life and Arctic winds.
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College of Health Sciences Associate Dean Deborah Riebe has been elected to the National Academy of Kinesiology, one of only 165 active fellows in the organization.
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