Best of 2020 (Re)discover our favorite homepage features of the year. NeuroscienceStudents entering in fall 2020 will have the opportunity to delve into the mysteries of the brain. How we think. How we move. How we learn.New Major Doing our partURI faculty and staff are part of a growing group of volunteer researchers, scholars, medical professionals, industry leaders, and makers assisting the state of Rhode Island in the battle against COVID-19.COVID-19 Outreach Ventilator project beginsURI researchers are joining designers, doctors, and technologists statewide to create ventilators from personal sleep apnea machines.COVID-19 Outreach The art of activismWhen faced with discrimination or on the receiving end of racism, Angela Gonzalez '16 reaches for paint and brushes.Meet Angela Gonzalez ’16 Stories of the First Amendment in actionWe asked faculty, students, alumni, and staff to share how they are guided by the First Amendment in their work and their lives.Civil discourse Coastal FellowsWhen tiny diamondback terrapin hatchlings emerge from their nests in August and September, no one really knows where they go.Turtle Tracker A community connectedVeterans know all about being part of something bigger than themselves. They understand community and the necessity of connection.Supporting our veterans Covering a presidential electionCNN’s John King ’85, Hon. ’10, has spent the year following the pandemic and covering one of the most divisive elections in U.S. history.The Inside Scoop Path to a vaccineUniversity of Rhode Island experts plot the steps in a vaccine's progress from the laboratory to the pharmacy.How it happens Career goal: research scientistAs an undergrad, Avery McNamara learned that research is about being curious, hungry for knowledge, and open to intellectual challenges.Begin here
