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. […]
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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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Making science matter URI grad students experiment with communicating their research The rules for the Science Café were simple: take no more than five minutes to present your research, use at least one PowerPoint slide for support, but no more than five, describe the problem, tell the audience what you found, and explain why your research […]
Continue reading "Science café"Building a better Rhode Island
Federal and state grants grow talent, jobs and business while setting the stage for scientific discovery at Rhode Island institutions The Ocean State’s investment to grow the economy through research and development is reaping dividends through scientific breakthroughs, building an educated workforce, creating new business opportunities, and sustaining job creation. Speaking at the 24th NSF […]
Continue reading "Building a better Rhode Island"Coastal habitats and climate change
“The importance of EPSCoR funding is the development of students and student training. The amount of equipment this funding has brought to this small university has allowed us to do more research and get more students out in the field. It has brought equipment into classes, general biology labs, and allowed us to do extensive surveys […]
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RI NSF EPSCoR undergrad research program develops talent and trains young scientists The numbers alone are impressive: Since 2007, Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR has supported 252 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURFs) under the mentorship of 87 different faculty members at nine partner institutions. But, the real story — and the impact — lies with the individual students who earn […]
Continue reading "‘An experience like no other’"RI EPSCoR event to feature grad student research
Join us Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, for an engaging presentation of graduate student research in the lively and popular science café format. The event will feature 13 graduate students from the University of Rhode Island College of the Environment and Life Sciences, College of Pharmacy, and Graduate School of Oceanography. The researchers, some of whom have been […]
Continue reading "RI EPSCoR event to feature grad student research"Let it grow
URI graduate researcher discovers benefits of invasive marsh grass Having powered through her doctoral work in three years, newly minted University of Rhode Island Ph.D. Rose Martin credits her Rhode Island EPSCoR graduate fellowship as the most productive year of her research. Phragmites australis, an invasive grass that often inundates salt marshes, is the target of costly […]
Continue reading "Let it grow"Warming waters: A Rhode Island story
Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Rhode Island Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) supports research at nine institutions of higher education in the Ocean State. Working together to understand the response of marine life to climate variability, teams of Rhode Island scientists study three specific research questions about […]
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