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Class Of 2020 Reunites For Commencement Celebration, Jill Rodrigues
Class Of 2020 Reunites For Commencement Celebration, Jill Rodrigues
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RWU celebrates the Class of 2020’s accomplishments and first year as alumni during a weekend of commencement celebrations.
Rwu Graduates Urged To Create Equity, Welcome Challenges And Dream Big, Jill Rodrigues
Rwu Graduates Urged To Create Equity, Welcome Challenges And Dream Big, Jill Rodrigues
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Local Indigenous leaders William Guy and Lorén Spears call on Class of 2021 and Class of 2020 to “be the change” and never “give up your dream”.
Rwu Students Capture Second Place In Student Advertising Competition, Jill Rodrigues
Rwu Students Capture Second Place In Student Advertising Competition, Jill Rodrigues
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Interdisciplinary team continues contest success, earning top-two finish in the regional round of the National Student Advertising Competition.
Awards Honor Rwu Students' Incredible Achievements This Year, Anna Cohen
Awards Honor Rwu Students' Incredible Achievements This Year, Anna Cohen
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On May 2, students, faculty and staff gathered in-person to celebrate outstanding student contributions and leadership, with families and friends attending virtually.
More Than Roger’S Wife: Writing Mary Williams Into The Historical Record, Jill Rodrigues
More Than Roger’S Wife: Writing Mary Williams Into The Historical Record, Jill Rodrigues
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The community is invited to discover the story of Mary Williams and the lives of other 17th-century women in England and New England on March 30.
Rwu Community Engagement Celebration Set For Wednesday At Tourister Mill Building In Warren, Edward Fitzpatrick
Rwu Community Engagement Celebration Set For Wednesday At Tourister Mill Building In Warren, Edward Fitzpatrick
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Nearly 500 people are expected to attend the Roger Williams University Community Engagement Celebration at the Tourister Mill building, in Warren, R.I., on Wednesday, April 24.
Rwu Hosts 250 Fourth-Graders For Lesson On Wind Energy, Edward Fitzpatrick, Courtney Dell'agnese
Rwu Hosts 250 Fourth-Graders For Lesson On Wind Energy, Edward Fitzpatrick, Courtney Dell'agnese
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Nearly 250 fourth-graders from the Bristol-Warren Regional School District built wind turbines as part of the KidWind project and came to Roger Williams University on Friday to test their pint-sized turbines in wind tunnels.
Building A Better World With Carl Elefante, Julia Rubin
Building A Better World With Carl Elefante, Julia Rubin
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Carl Elefante, 2018 president of the AIA, spoke at an evening event on March 28th and provided mentorship to an architecture studio class on the 29th. Elefante believes students in the School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation (SAAHP) are at the forefront of finding solutions to society's most pressing issues. Affordable housing, healthcare, and climate change, are the major challenges that future architects and preservationists confront. RWU News sat down with Elefante, famous for his quote, “the greenest building is one that’s already built,” to learn his perspective on this field’s potential to shape the future.
Rwu Students Capture First, Second Place For Research At World’S Largest Aquaculture Conference, Jill Rodrigues, Justin Wilder
Rwu Students Capture First, Second Place For Research At World’S Largest Aquaculture Conference, Jill Rodrigues, Justin Wilder
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Figuring out what to feed farm-raised trout and salmon might not sound like a big deal, but DaNelle Ellington’s research actually has crucial implications for the planet's health. Erin Gaglias’s experiments with successfully breeding Fire Shrimp in captivity – which isn’t being attempted by any other scientists in the world – would make a major impact on the health of coral reef ecosystems.
Rwu Researchers Take Important First Step To Developing A Test To Detect Cyanide Fishing In The Marine Aquarium Trade, Jill Rodrigues
Rwu Researchers Take Important First Step To Developing A Test To Detect Cyanide Fishing In The Marine Aquarium Trade, Jill Rodrigues
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We use blood tests to see if athletes are cheating, so why not use blood tests to see if fishermen cheated by using cyanide to stun and catch marine aquarium fish?
Research Into Resilience Of Atlantic Coral Helping To Inform Solutions For Tropical Coral Health, Jill Rodrigues
Research Into Resilience Of Atlantic Coral Helping To Inform Solutions For Tropical Coral Health, Jill Rodrigues
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By investigating the microbiome of our local Northern Star Coral, a Roger Williams University professor is making breakthroughs on understanding how microbes might contribute to resilience in corals, with the goal of finding solutions for addressing tropical coral reef health around the globe.
How To Build A Wind Turbine: Introducing Fourth Graders To Engineering In Kidwind Project, Courtney Dell'agnese
How To Build A Wind Turbine: Introducing Fourth Graders To Engineering In Kidwind Project, Courtney Dell'agnese
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With colored construction paper, Styrofoam cups, coffee filters, cereal boxes, empty toilet paper rolls, and straws splayed across the desks, Mrs. McCanna’s fourth grade classroom filled with excited chatter as her students constructed small-scale wind turbines from recycled materials with the help and guidance from some of RWU’s engineering and education majors.
Rwu Students Help Plan Scholars At Risk Advocacy Days In D.C., Edward Fitzpatrick
Rwu Students Help Plan Scholars At Risk Advocacy Days In D.C., Edward Fitzpatrick
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Three Roger Williams University students and a professor are playing an instrumental role in planning and executing the third annual Scholars at Risk Student Advocacy Days in Washington, D.C., on March 7 and 8, 2019.
Exploring Vonnegut And “Slaughterhouse-Five”, Jill Rodrigues
Exploring Vonnegut And “Slaughterhouse-Five”, Jill Rodrigues
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The Birss Memorial Program at RWU celebrates Kurt Vonnegut’s famous anti-war novel with a series of events open to the public.
Rwu To Host Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Training On Feb 9, Julia Rubin
Rwu To Host Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Training On Feb 9, Julia Rubin
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On Saturday, Feb 9, Roger Williams University will host a nonviolent civil disobedience training to provide community members with tangible tools for dissent.
Cultivating A Global Connection, Julia Rubin
Cultivating A Global Connection, Julia Rubin
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A Hassenfeld Fellow’s transatlantic teaching experience demonstrates the impact of experiential learning through cultural exchange.
Inside The Construction Operating Theater At Seccm Labs, Jill Rodrigues, Justin Wilder
Inside The Construction Operating Theater At Seccm Labs, Jill Rodrigues, Justin Wilder
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Shawmut Design & Construction welcomes students on-site to observe and dissect the construction process as the new laboratories building takes shape.
Making Seccm Labs Construction Meetings Part Of The Course, Jill Rodrigues
Making Seccm Labs Construction Meetings Part Of The Course, Jill Rodrigues
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Construction management students learn the process of a major construction project directly from the builders and project owners.
Preparing For Any Emergency: A Student’S Internship At The Providence Emergency Management Agency, Courtney Dell'agnese
Preparing For Any Emergency: A Student’S Internship At The Providence Emergency Management Agency, Courtney Dell'agnese
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Public Health major Emma Feeley gets real-world training on keeping communities safe.
Rwu Celebrates Groundbreaking For School Of Engineering, Computing And Construction Management Labs Building, Edward Fitzpatrick
Rwu Celebrates Groundbreaking For School Of Engineering, Computing And Construction Management Labs Building, Edward Fitzpatrick
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New building named for outgoing RWU Board of Trustees Chairman Richard L. Bready.
Research Rundown: Innovative Science At The Wet Lab, Jill Rodrigues
Research Rundown: Innovative Science At The Wet Lab, Jill Rodrigues
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A look at three students’ unique research projects that aim to advance marine science and improving the environment.
Rwu Professor Helps Scholars At Risk Network Establish U.S. Section, Edward Fitzpatrick
Rwu Professor Helps Scholars At Risk Network Establish U.S. Section, Edward Fitzpatrick
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Professor Adam Braver, chair of SAR-United States Steering Committee, says higher education has responsibility to advocate when its values are under threat.
Making The Most Of Homecoming And Family Weekend, Courtney Dell'agnese
Making The Most Of Homecoming And Family Weekend, Courtney Dell'agnese
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A quick guide to what’s happening Friday, Oct. 19 to Sunday, Oct. 21.
A Student's Day Inside The R.I. State Crime Lab, Jill Rodrigues, Justin Wilder
A Student's Day Inside The R.I. State Crime Lab, Jill Rodrigues, Justin Wilder
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Daryn Javer’s eyes are glued to the comparison microscope as she focuses closer onto the 9-mm Luger cartridge case. She adds more lighting and turns her attention to the nearby monitor, adjusting a split-screen image of her subjects: a discharged cartridge case and a test-fired cartridge case ejected from a known firearm, until she lines up drag marks and breech face marks. With the markings aligned, she merges the pair of circular cartridge cases until they overlay one another on the screen, and she affirms they were fired from the same gun.
Rwu Microbiologist Publishes Book On Cell-To-Cell Communication, Jill Rodrigues
Rwu Microbiologist Publishes Book On Cell-To-Cell Communication, Jill Rodrigues
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Avelina Espinosa co-authors work on kin discrimination and recognition in unicellular organisms.
School Of Architecture, Art & Historic Preservation Receives National Award For Creating Paid Internships Program For Students, Marcus Hanscom
School Of Architecture, Art & Historic Preservation Receives National Award For Creating Paid Internships Program For Students, Marcus Hanscom
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Award recognizes how RWU SAAHP built an innovative program to connect students with paid, real-world internships.
Rwu Scientists, Alumni Publish Report Exposing Impossible Test Results Claiming To Detect Fish Caught By Cyanide Poisoning, Jill Rodrigues
Rwu Scientists, Alumni Publish Report Exposing Impossible Test Results Claiming To Detect Fish Caught By Cyanide Poisoning, Jill Rodrigues
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PLOS ONE publishes whistle blower report that debunks a method credited as the answer to a serious problem in the marine aquarium trade.
Graduating A Community Of Civic Scholars, Jill Rodrigues
Graduating A Community Of Civic Scholars, Jill Rodrigues
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From committing to service on their first day as students to a deep dive into community-engaged work and real-world research projects, the Class of 2018 embodies civic scholarship at RWU.
Countdown To Commencement: Stories About Our Graduates, Jill Rodrigues
Countdown To Commencement: Stories About Our Graduates, Jill Rodrigues
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Join RWU and RWU Law as we celebrate the Class of 2018 graduates Jill Rodrigues
Rwu Students Map Out R.I. Locations Primed For Transit-Oriented Development, Edward Fitzpatrick
Rwu Students Map Out R.I. Locations Primed For Transit-Oriented Development, Edward Fitzpatrick
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Grow Smart Rhode Island partnering with RWU and HousingWorksRI to identify opportunities along rail corridors and bus routes in Rhode Island.