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Grad School Q & A for STEM Students
Who: Undergraduate students thinking about applying to graduate school in a STEM field. What: A Q & A style workshop with graduate school administrators, faculty mentors, and other “grad school experts” Why: You have questions. We have answers. When: Session A – Monday, November 7th, 6pm; Session B – Wednesday, November 9th, 6pm Cancelled Where: […]
Continue reading "Grad School Q & A for STEM Students"Building resilience: Urban park meets shellfish habitat
Art, design, science, & community merge in RI EPSCoR restoration project Tethered to wood pilings partially submerged in Providence Harbor off the India Point Park shoreline, a series of concrete sculptures lure the settling of shellfish larvae and any other manner of sea life that happen upon their surface. The mid-summer installation led by Rhode Island […]
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Undergrads present research at annual summer conference For 10 weeks this summer, more than 100 university and college students across the Ocean State, unconstrained by academic year burdens, trained their focus solely on research. They set out hypotheses, designed and redesigned experiments, wrestled with data, worked with colleagues, and learned from mentors and a series […]
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Cork Brook in Scituate, R.I., isn’t as far inland as you can get from the fabled coastline that gives the Ocean State its name. But, it might as well be. The stream meanders through protected forest, a rural outpost off the beaten path of the summer tourist throngs, making it a perfect reference, or pristine, […]
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Photos by Amy Dunkle | Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR
Continue reading "NEWRnet Undergraduate Research Symposium 2016"Communicate or bust: Making sense of the message
“We forget what it’s like not to know the information; we’re forgetting that people are not in on the secret with us.” Rhode Island scientists from a variety of disciplines and at all stages of study and career, from undergraduate to faculty, stepped out of their comfort zone this summer and into a unique opportunity […]
Continue reading "Communicate or bust: Making sense of the message"The undergraduate research experience
As we head into the final weeks of the RI EPSCoR SURF program, I picked up an organic chemistry course at night on top of my research job during the day. And, if things weren’t busy enough, I recently moved into an apartment at Providence College with some other summer research students. Through this and […]
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Research fellow: Hannah Dallas Hometown: Merrimack, NH School: University of Rhode Island Majors: Environmental Science & Management, Wildlife & Conservation Biology Mentor: Caroline Gottschalk Druschke Project: Public perceptions of dam removal and migratory fish passage in an era of climate change The RI EPSCoR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program is giving URI sophomore Hannah Dallas […]
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Research fellow: Stephanie Hills Hometown: Bedford, MA School: Roger Williams University Major: Biology Mentors: Dale Leavitt, Matt Griffin Project: Evaluating oyster growth performance in upwellers under varying environmental conditions For many students, the RI EPSCoR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program offers the opportunity to pursue a long held field of interest. For others, like […]
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