Tag: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston Fed, MIT mark completion of central bank digital currency research
PROVIDENCE – It’s too soon to tell whether a central bank digital currency could work.
This was the conclusion of a recently completed research project...
URI’s connection to Mass. high-performance computing center powers advanced research
In Gaurav Khanna's world, access to cutting-edge, high-performance computers can open up countless possibilities.
Khanna is a physics professor at the University of Rhode Island,...
Five Questions With: Anais Missakian
Through a collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Rhode Island School of Design, there is a new fabric in town, one that acts...
AN ENGINEER’S ATTITUDE: At RWU, Miaoulis revels in opportunities to solve...
(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in an occasional series of interviews with the state’s new wave of higher education leaders. You can...
URI researchers are the brains behind ‘smart bandage’
Imagine a future with a bandage that could sense whether an infection was developing and could tell the patient or caregiver to get the...
URI engineering professor awarded grant to investigate sonar capabilities
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Kaushallya Adhikari, one of the University of Rhode Island’s newest engineering professors, will help the U.S. Navy research and maximize its...
Brown joins legal brief to block new federal visa rules
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-five colleges, including Brown University, filed an amicus brief in U.S. District Court in California on Oct. 30 asking the court to...
More than 200 schools back lawsuit over foreign student rule
BOSTON (AP) – More than 200 universities are backing a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s new restrictions on international students, arguing that the policy...
Wheaton College unveils plan to return to campus in fall
NORTON – Wheaton College, among the first local colleges to announce its intention to bring students back to campus in the fall, unveiled late...
Pandemic highlights hazards of offshoring for manufacturing
Renaud Megard knew he would have to make some key operational changes to his company, NFI Corp., when the coronavirus hit in March.
While all...