Abi Wilson

‘We are foundational’ — MIT professor speaks on resilience to climate change

Susan Solomon, a professor of environmental sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discussed past progress and present solutions to climate change in a lecture held at the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus on Monday. Solomon’s talk centered around her recently published book, “Solvable: How We Healed the Earth, and How We Can…

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RI philanthropist, URI donor dies at 93

Alan Shawn Feinstein, an educational philanthropist that donated to the University of Rhode Island and over 200 other schools, died at age 93 on Sept. 7. Feinstein established the Feinstein Foundation with a mission to improve Rhode Island communities, Dean Dennis, professor and dean of the College of Education, said. Established in 1991, the Foundation…

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