Megan Wallitsch

Students compete in year-long democracy initiative for cash prize

In conjunction with this semester’s Honors Colloquium, Democracy in Peril, this year’s RISE-UP Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge is centered around Democratizing Innovation. Now in its second year, the challenge, which is part of the RISE-UP initiative and the University of Rhode Island Honors Program, welcomes students from all majors to create ideas for addressing problems…

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Neuroscience professor investigates impact of microplastics on brain health

Exposure to microplastics could be a piece to the puzzle of finding out what causes brain aging disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. Professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences Jaime Ross studies how environmental factors can contribute to brain health and brain aging disorders. In her studies, Ross exposed healthy mice to microplastics through their water…

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University graduate student sheds light on research for Jonah crabs in Rhode Island fisheries

Lindsay Agvent, a teaching assistant and graduate student at the University of Rhode Island, has been researching Jonah crabs, a species that scientists don’t know a lot about the biology and history of. Jonah crabs have become an important fishery in Rhode Island because of the decreasing lobster population, Agvent said. Inshore and offshore Jonah…

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Love Letter to: day trips

If you were to walk into my room, the first things you would notice are the travel posters that frame my wall, a stack of Condè Nast Traveler magazines and dozens of travel books that I have collected. Similarly, if you were to sort through my Google Drive and Pinterest accounts, you would find numerous…

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