This February, the Center for Computation and Visualization at Brown University will host a series of workshops covering basic topics relevant to high-performance and research computing. All workshops will be held in the Digital Scholarship Lab @ Rockefeller Library on the Brown campus at 10 Prospect Street, Providence, RI. Please sign up for any number […]
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Journey takes students to the South Pole
A group of eighth graders took flight recently from The Learning Community in Central Falls and began exploring Antarctica through the firsthand experiences of Ocean State researcher Abigail Bockus. “Hey guys, my name is Abigail and I’m a scientist at the University of Rhode Island,” Bockus said in her first video feed to the classroom. […]
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For a group of Hope High School girls, a recent heart anatomy lab at Roger Williams University began like any ordinary science class — a teacher at the front of the room talking. But, when the student assistant stuck his gloved hand into the bucket of sheep hearts and placed an organ on trays in […]
Continue reading "Lab, life lessons come straight from the heart"New system cuts research costs
The cost of ocean acidification research just became significantly more affordable with the results of a study funded in part by Rhode Island NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). Detailed in a newly published paper, Assistant Professor Andrew Rhyne, Roger Williams University, and graduate student Eric Wilcox Freeburg, University of Massachusetts Boston, developed […]
Continue reading "New system cuts research costs"Discovering what lies beneath and ahead
From the ocean’s depths to the sidewalks of the University of Rhode Island campus, two dozen Roger Williams Middle School students recently explored the many possibilities of higher education and careers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The day started off at URI’s Bay Campus, where Danielle Duquette and Andrea Drzewianowski showed off […]
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Robotic systems are taking ocean exploration to new depths, collecting data and mapping the sea floor with high levels of precision that have never existed. The public will have a chance to hear about this exciting new frontier Wednesday, Dec. 18, from Professor Chris Roman of the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography […]
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A group of Middletown students are discovering firsthand that you don’t need soil to make plants grow — just science and ingenuity, along with water, plastic buckets, tubing, light, and heat. Jameson Chace, associate professor of biology and biomedical sciences at Salve Regina University, is spearheading the latest hydroponics project on Aquidneck Island at All […]
Continue reading "Knowledge sprouts in science classroom"NESP-BioNES event invites submissions
Roger Williams University will host the 7th New England Science Public-Biology New England South (NESP-BioNES), Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. The NESP-BioNES has grown significantly since its inception, from a single sponsor in 2004 (the first unofficial meeting) to nine partner institutions in 2013. This year’s sponsors are: Roger Williams University, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Brown University, Bryant […]
Continue reading "NESP-BioNES event invites submissions"Looking at science from new perspectives
An afternoon of collaboration Nov. 8 at the Rhode Island School of Design revealed that the distance between the disciplines of science and art is not as far as some might think. The Day of Science at RISD, one of nine institutions that comprise Rhode Island NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), drew […]
Continue reading "Looking at science from new perspectives"Statewide EPSCoR call for White Papers
The Steering Committee for Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR will host a public, statewide meeting Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, from 2-4 p.m. concerning the next proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a Collaborative Agreement for their Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). The meeting will be held at the Providence Chamber of Commerce, […]
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