For the past 30 years, Dr. Joseph DeGiorgis has been face-to-face with the vast variety of marine organisms living in the waters of Narragansett Bay as a scuba diver for the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole. Now, the Professor of Biology at Providence College is part of a collaborative effort among seven higher […]
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URI’s Buddini Karawdeniya explains work with ‘nanostructures’, reflects on move from native Sri Lanka When Buddini Karawdeniya was a middle school student in Sri Lanka, she didn’t want to make the same, boring atom model that her peers constructed year after year. Instead, she did something different, arranging lids of different sizes as energy levels […]
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Researchers developing ‘Bay Observatory’ through RI C-AIM project to better measure ecological changes Dr. Harold ‘Bud’ Vincent, Associate Professor of Ocean Engineering at the University of Rhode Island, stands before a sleek, solar-powered buoy which looks more at home as a satellite in space than floating in Narragansett Bay. The machine is one of many […]
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RISD grad student develops logo for new RI C-AIM initiative Ellen Christensen, a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, first scribbled sketches in her notebook. A new initiative through the Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR program needed a new logo. What would this new logo look like? What message should it convey? “They were […]
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“Now I know I definitely want to go into research. SURF gave me the chance to spend more time on my research and helped make the decision easier.” Research fellow: Emma Lederer Hometown: Millis, MA School: Providence College Majors: Biology, English A third-year Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF) with Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR, Emma Lederer […]
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Research fellow: Hannah Johnson Hometown: Woodbury, MN School: Providence College Major; minor: Biology; Neuroscience Hannah Johnson, a rising junior, spent her Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) studying the placement of animal propulsors in both flying and swimming species. “If the propulsor is closer to the head, does it give more thrust or what kind of […]
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“I think that pursuing this path has been me trying to prove to not only myself, but to everyone else, that someone like me can succeed in this field. I never thought I would have the privilege to do this.” Research fellow: Hannah Yi Hometown: Los Angeles, CA School: Brown University Major: Geology-Biology The Rhode Island […]
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Research fellow: Emily McDermith Hometown: Fryeburg, ME School: University of Rhode Island Major: Cell and Molecular Biology As a freshman last year, Emily McDermith scored a position working in a faculty lab her second semester. However, she says, she wanted to fully immerse herself in research without having to juggle an academic course load. She […]
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“I applied for SURF because none of the projects offered anything like I had done before. I was looking for something different; I want to be as interdisciplinary as possible.” Research fellow: Lauren Salisbury Hometown: Cranston, RI School: University of Rhode Island Major: Marine Biology Lauren Salisbury, a rising senior, has been as methodical about […]
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Research fellow: Ryan Vallee Hometown: Cumberland, RI School: University of Rhode Island Majors: Chemistry, Physics Ryan Vallee, a rising junior, first tried to secure a position in a research lab his freshman year, but lacked both time and experience. Then, during the fall of his sophomore year, he took an organic chemistry lab, which gave […]
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