URI receives $629K from Champlin Foundations

THE UNIVERSITY of Rhode Island has received five grants totaling $629,550 from The Champlin Foundations.
THE UNIVERSITY of Rhode Island has received five grants totaling $629,550 from The Champlin Foundations.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has received five grants totaling $629,550 from The Champlin Foundations.
“The Champlin Foundations has helped fund academic advancements and technologies critical for contemporary learning and program distinction at the university for decades,” URI Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Donald H. DeHayes said in a statement. “We are deeply grateful for their generosity and support over the years. These latest awards enhance our interdisciplinary work and our ability to create real-world learning experiences in the classroom that better prepare our students for both academic and career success.”

The Champlin Foundations funded all five equipment and technology-related proposals submitted by URI, the university said in a press release.
They are:

  • Microfabrication technology: $170,000 to help create a microfabrication hands-on learning facility at URI. This lab will provide students with training in conceptualization, visualization and production of micro-devices with applications from electronics, biomedicine and nanotechnology.
  • Hot melt extruder – shared teaching and manufacturing: $159,497 to purchase a hot melt extrusion system that will be added to URI’s existing polymer processing and analytical equipment. This equipment will provide students with training in this versatile processing technique used in the pharmaceutical, food, medical device, textiles and polymers industries.
  • Hands-on tool for teaching anatomy: $121,800 to purchase three SynDavers human anatomy models for use in the human anatomy courses. Used by hospitals and educational institutions as an alternative to human cadavers and preserved animals, these synthetic, life-like bodies offer state-of-the-art, hands-on anatomical learning for large groups of students who would not normally have access to this type of experience.
  • Muscle performance laboratory: $102,795 to create a state-of-the-art muscle performance lab that will allow students to explore the impact of physical activity, exercise, muscular performance and injury on individuals of all ages. In this lab, students will learn to integrate their classroom materials with advanced practical skills to prepare for future careers in fields of kinesiology, physical therapy, exercise science, athletic training, sports medicine, and others.
  • Biotechnology quality control: $75,458 to purchase a dual Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer platform for URI’s biotechnology training program and the Institute for Immunology and Informatics at the university’s Providence campus. The Agilent Bioanalyzer will provide access to training in advanced equipment for students in quality control, an aspect of biotechnology manufacturing and molecular biology research. The hands-on laboratory experience with this industry-standard equipment will also give URI students a competitive advantage in applying for jobs in the growing biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, the release said.

As of this year, URI has received more than $13 million from The Champlin Foundations, the release said.

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