Tag: University of Rhode Island
Education, recreational cannabis top ballot priorities
PROVIDENCE – Voters at the polls today aren't just deciding the state's elected officials – they'll also approve or deny up to $400 million...
URI researchers uncover fossilized tooth of massive shark
NARRAGANSETT – Every day, researchers sort through an abundance of marine samples that come through the University of Rhode Island's Marine Geological Samples Laboratory.
Less...
URI researchers to develop robotics platforms to map, measure icebergs
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Through iceberg measurements, scientists can gain a wealth of environmental data and prevent maritime damage and disruptions. But getting close enough to these icebergs...
Flickers’ film festival founder Marshall dies after long illness
PROVIDENCE – George T. Marshall, the founder and CEO of the Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival who has brought independent filmmakers together to...
MEET THE MAKERS: A growth story that contains millions of die-cast...
(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
MONEY MATTERS: $400M in bond issues on R.I. ballot as borrowing...
Matt Dunn and Rainer Lohmann are among the top researchers at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, but it’s tough to...
URI associate professors awarded $735K NASA grant to study methane gas...
DAWN CARDACE and Soni Pradhanang, associate professors of geosciences at the University of Rhode Island, and Serena Moseman-Valtierra, a URI associate professor of biological...
R.I.’s top CEOs are backing Question 1
Publicly funded higher education and private industry rely upon each other. Public institutions of higher education – when properly funded and with adequate infrastructure...
Raising awareness of native food
A restaurant with a name such as Owamni is evocative of images of exotic food and the exciting prospect of discovery that can be...
URI neuroscientist gets $10.3M grant for Alzheimer’s project
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island neuroscientist was awarded a five-year, $10.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support...
