URI professors research gravitational waves for insight on deep space

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna Project is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration and European Space Agency initiative to measure gravitational waves produced throughout space to study black holes and the big bang. Physics professor Gaurav Khanna and mathematics professor Scott Field from the University of Rhode Island are two of the thousands of scientists…

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Alumnus discusses blackness in academia

University of Rhode Island alumnus Wilson Okello gave a speech focusing on his research on the disenfranchisement of black students and faculty on Thursday. Okello is an assistant education professor at Pennsylvania State University, spoken word artist, social justice activist and black youth early development researcher. He has published several academic papers and articles in…

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Students, alumni discuss writers’ role in encouraging workplace diversity

The University of Rhode Island Department of Professional and Public Writing held a panel discussion on Tuesday, Feb. 27, where alumni and students weighed in on the importance of diversity and writing in the workplace. Prospective and undergraduate students gathered for the discussion led with a keynote from Sherri Craig, assistant professor of rhetoric and…

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