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| URI News Round-up* (April 23 - 29, 2008) |
| Here is a sampling of some of the recent University news coverage. Included are reports about the commencement speaker, Clarence Page and the National Geographic report about Textiles, Fashion Merchandising & Design Professor Margaret Ordoñez' work on rare textiles from Honduras.
*The list provided here is of news coverage that is available through online news databases. Registration may be required to access some of the news links. |
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Ancient Maya Tomb Yields "Amazing" Fabrics
National Geographic - Apr 25, 2008
Fabrics found in the tomb of an ancient Maya queen rival modern textiles in their complexity and quality, scientists say. |
Pharmacists get their shot at vaccines
The Providence Journal - Apr 24
Pharmacy students from the University of Rhode Island wait at the State House yesterday to hear about a law allowing pharmacists to give vaccines to adults. Rhode Island joins 46 other states that permit the practice. |
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Scientists seeking help in locating healthy trees
Providence Journal, RI - April 28, 2008Tree scientists at the University of Rhode Island are appealing to hikers, anglers, bird watchers and other outdoors folk to help find healthy ... (This story was carried by the Associated Press wire service and was carried by other publications including The Boston Globe.)
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URI enticing faculty into early retirement
Providence Business News - Apr 28
INCENTIVES, both positive and negative, have convinced URI nursing professor Debby Godfrey Brown that she should retire now; here she talks with student Lauren Salerno. |
First federal rebate checks are delivered
Providence Journal, RI - April 29, 2008
Edward M. Mazze, former dean of the University of Rhode Island's College of Business Administration, said that the start of the rebate distribution "is.. |
Commentary by Edward Mazze: RI must invest in job creation to ...
Providence Journal, RI - April 29, 2008
... work together to achieve this objective. Edward M. Mazze is distinguished university professor of business administration at the University of Rhode Island. |
Mollis proposes Saturday voting
Providence Journal, RI -April 29, 2008
Despite the strong feelings the issues raises among state Republicans, Maureen Moakley, a political science professor at the University of Rhode Island, |
Lead and Alzheimer's
ScienCentral - Apr 24
We've all heard about the hidden danger lead poses to our children, but what about those of us who were exposed to lead long ago? New research is showing lead exposure might lead to problems much later in life. |
Greatest story never confirmed is tale of great ...
Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - Apr 26, 2008University of Rhode Island professor Robert Weisbord, co-author of the "History Today" article, said Friday that when he interviewed Henri, Werner declined ...
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Cutting the cord
Providence Journal, RI - Apr 25, 2008Oum, 26, who lives in Cranston and works for the University of Rhode Island, is among a small but growing number of people who've cut the cord on ...
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Speaker: Human trafficking a problem on Dort Highway
The Flint Journal - MLive.com, MI - Apr 25, 2008
The result, said University of Rhode Island Professor Donna M. Hughes, is that pimps took their business to other countries. Hughes and Hoipkemeir believe ...
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Glocester sets wastewater workshop
Providence Journal, RI - Apr 24, 2008
Meanwhile, the town enlisted University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension to help develop a plan to upgrade the failing systems without resorting to ...
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College Paper Piece Criticizes Current Comics
Editor & Publisher - Apr 24, 2008By E&P Staff NEW YORK "The Good Five-Cent Cigar" -- the student newspaper at the University of Rhode Island -- ran a piece about why the comics aren't so ...
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RI Jump$tart Coalition reports successful
Providence Business News, RI - Apr 24, 2008The educators' conference itself, at the University of Rhode Island's Kingston campus, drew 80 attendees. For the third year, the coalition arranged for a ...
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Tape is the proof of good theater in Galilee
Providence Journal, RI - Apr 23, 2008He's the steady predictable one, the adult who wants to own up to his actions, while Fischer, a University of Rhode Island sophomore who just wrapped up ...
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Green Calendar: Sunday April 27-May 4
Providence Journal, RI - Apr 23, 2008
KISS and Tell: Secrets of a No Fuss Gardner – Plant Secrets, University of Rhode Island College of the Environment and Life Sciences Outreach Center at the ...
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Learn to swim at URI
Jamestown Press, USA - Apr 23, 2008
The next session of swimming lessons at the University of Rhode Island's Tootell Center runs from May 19 to June 23. A wide range of swimming and fitness ...
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From Think Tank To Fish Tank
The Falmouth Enterprise - Apr 24 2:10 PM
The April 5 symposium, titled "Culturing Fish With Limited Resources," was sponsored by the MBL's Sustainable Aquaculture Initiative (SAI), and brought together scientists and fish culturists who share a common interest in improving fish culture using locally available resources. |
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