Metcalf SciComm Exchange series kicks off From out in the field to deep in the lab, scientists across the Ocean State are working on cutting edge research to resolve some of the most compelling issues of our time. In particular, funded by the Rhode Island NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), scientists at […]
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Drawing the next generation to STEM fields
Grad students share their science journey Rose Martin recently stood before a group of about 45 Woonsocket middle school students, looking nothing like the stereotypical scientist. She is, after all, a woman. Although women comprise nearly half the country’s workforce, only 26 percent work in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. And, gender is […]
Continue reading "Drawing the next generation to STEM fields"Improving research communication skills
Metcalf Institute plans lunchtime SciComm Exchange sessions You’re a scientist conducting great research, but now it’s time to communicate your findings to a public audience, your peers, or potential grant funders. Do you have the range of communication skills needed to clearly relate your work to these diverse audiences? As part of an ongoing effort […]
Continue reading "Improving research communication skills"CCV hosting workshop series in February
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 […]
Continue reading "CCV hosting workshop series in February"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. […]
Continue reading "Journey takes students to the South Pole"Lab, life lessons come straight from the heart
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 […]
Continue reading "Discovering what lies beneath and ahead"The sea floor as we’ve never seen it
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 […]
Continue reading "The sea floor as we’ve never seen it"Knowledge sprouts in science classroom
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 […]
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