Dale Leavitt Roger Williams University Associate professor; marine biology SURF program mentor Rhode Island STAC awards 2012 STAC grant: New Tools and Mechanisms to Combat Aquaculture Diseases. The overall goal of the project was to develop new tools to promote animal health in aquaculture by building on recent discoveries of marine bacteria that demonstrate impressive protective […]
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RISD experience evokes wonder, challenges assumptions
Jennifer Bissonnette Rhode Island School of Design Biological programs designer, The Nature Lab SURF program mentor With an undergraduate degree in biology, a Ph.D. in marine science, and a passion for art, Jennifer Bissonnette embodies what Rhode Island School of Design brings to the Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR table — the marriage of scientific investigation […]
Continue reading "RISD experience evokes wonder, challenges assumptions"RI researchers yield new clues in harmful seaweed blooms
Much like the sudden onslaught of weeds overtaking your garden, algal blooms can transform seemingly out of nowhere from coastal nuisance to massive ecosystem threat. Groundbreaking research from a Rhode Island team of scientists now reveals critical new details about the life cycle of these macroalgal blooms that will aid in better management and protection […]
Continue reading "RI researchers yield new clues in harmful seaweed blooms"RI EPSCoR researcher honored for her work
Professor Susanne Menden-Deuer, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO), recently was named to the inaugural class of ASLO Fellows. “This is a tremendous honor for Susanne and her work reflects very highly on GSO,” the graduate school notes. The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Fellows program was initiated in 2015 to honor ASLO […]
Continue reading "RI EPSCoR researcher honored for her work"STAC 2016 Projects and Awardees
In January, nine interdisciplinary research teams were selected to receive funding, totaling $797,772, from the Rhode Island Science & Technology Advisory Council (STAC). Research projects directly address the Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR proposed program themes of Assessment and Impacts, Visualization and Imaging, and Forecasting and Management. The 2016 teams and projects are: Genetic Sensors for ecosystem […]
Continue reading "STAC 2016 Projects and Awardees"SURF RI 2016: Call for mentors
Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR is now accepting mentor applications for the 2016 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program, which will run from Monday, May 23, through the 9th Annual RI SURF Conference Friday, July 29. Currently entering its tenth year, the EPSCoR SURF program, in collaboration with Rhode Island NIH INBRE, provides valuable training and […]
Continue reading "SURF RI 2016: Call for mentors"A sense of place
RISD saltwater tanks reveal Bay’s wonders, relationships Narragansett Bay is alive with moving color, shapes and textures. Consider the sleek, silvery black sea bass, blanketing orange star tunicates and crisp miniature-shrub-like red Irish moss — each a design marvel, yet unknown to many. At the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Nature Lab, visitors and […]
Continue reading "A sense of place"NEWRnet opens application period for internships
Application deadline is Feb. 19, 2016 Are you interested in learning more about protecting our water resources, and getting high quality information to decision-makers? The North East Water Resources Network has opportunities for undergraduate students to carry out research for 10 weeks during the summer – in our Vermont, Rhode Island and Delaware research locations. […]
Continue reading "NEWRnet opens application period for internships"The mathematics of origami
In origami, aesthetics meet application Origami and mathematics seem like an odd pairing, but in the world Robert J. Lang inhabits, the two pursuits align not just to create stunning works of art, but also technological advances that can deliver telescopes into space and life-saving drugs to targeted points inside the human body. Lang, a world-renowned origami […]
Continue reading "The mathematics of origami"Woods Hole trip invites student exploration, discovery
Throughout the fall semester, eighth graders at The Learning Community, a public charter school in Central Falls, RI, study diversity of life in science, engineering opportunities in a newly built I Lab, and the impact of industry on the environment in social studies. Their classes and activities are all part of a curriculum teachers have […]
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