Fall 2019

FEATURES

Engineering Unbound

The Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering

Photo by Nora Lewis

Engineers have big problems to solve. In URI’s newest building, glass walls and open space set the stage for revolutionary solutions.

Visionary

Tom Ryan's philanthropy is unparalelled in URI history.

Evan P. Schneider sitting at a table with a manual typewriter

A Hive of Industry

A URI alumnus shares the ideas that inform his homesteading lifestyle.

VOICES performing at the Choralies Festival in France

Voices Raised

URI alumni in VOICES 21C use music to engage with social justice issues.

Alien Invasion

URI researchers are advancing our understanding of non-native species.

They're Here

Currents

From the President

Transformation

From the Editor - I become invested in the stories you read in URI Magazine the same way I do when reading a good novel.
Why I Ride - Want to help combat climate change? Stop driving to work and start riding your bicycle. Dave Lavallee shares why he rides in almost any weather.
Superb September for Harrington School - After announcing a $4 million gift commitment, the School hosted a lecture by CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour '83, Hon. '95.

Successful Scholars, Better Humans - Jessica Adams shares thoughts on how to inspire students to learn how to think and how to problem-solve.
Saturday Night Lights - 8,511 fans packed Meade Stadium on September 7 for the first night game played there in more than 40 years.

Heads or Tails? - Dogs wag their tails. It’s how we know they’re happy. But does that behavior separate your best friend from a wolf? Kate Fish thinks it might.
From Despair to Dedication - Nicolle Potvin '17 found the support she needed at URI. Now she’s found her place providing critical support for others.

PHOTO GALLERY

The Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering is one of the most technologically advanced facilities in the United States. Browse a gallery of photographs in our cover story.

Explore

Network

Chattajack

Michael Dunlap connects with his former professor at the Chattajack paddle race in Tennessee

Gyasi Alexander inspects a fish on board a boat during URI's 2018 Summer Shark Camp for high school students.

Another Calling

Marine biologist Gyasi Alexander on feeling at home in the ocean and in the STEM disciplines

Former Browning Hall RS's hold a picture of their former house mother Deborah Whipple Lambrecht at a recent gathering

Remembering Mrs. Lambrecht

Former Browning Hall RAs share memories of one very special house mother.

Matt Gallagher, John Cuoco, Nate Ruchames on Mount Cube in New Hampshire.

Experience of a Lifetime

Nate Ruchames '10 met up with fellow alumni while hiking the Appalacian Trail

= CAPTION THIS =

An old black and white photo of students and professors in a lab studying animal skeletons

Do you have a funny idea for a caption for this photo (left) from the URI Archives?

Enter the caption contest

An old black and white taken in 1956 of three oddly dressed women on the URI Quadrangle

Winning Captions, Summer 2019

This photo elicited all kinds of silly and creative entries.

= BACK COVER =

Frozen in Time

The Whole Picture

Lauren Buchholz ’17 at the 2017 Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Heilongjiang Province, China

Lauren Buchholz ’17

Studying in China completely changed my world view, and gave me some of the biggest challenges and joys of my life.