Birds, protests and nuclear science

• Make your garden a refueling station for birds - references URI bird research
  Columbia Star – 1/30
• What’s behind the street protests in Ukraine? - interview with Prof. Nicolai Petro
  KBIA radio – 1/30
• Education, research focus for new R.I. Nuclear Science Center director
  South County Independent – 1/30
• Mysterious rune stone moving to Goddard Park - features interview with Prof. Rod Mather
  Northeast Independent – 1/30

Graduation, engineering and economy

• Thousands leave RI colleges within reach of degrees, Senate reports
  Providence Journal – 1/28
• RI lawmakers begin review of gov’s budget plan - includes mention of proposed engineering building
  Boston Globe – 1/29 – via AP
• RI unemployment rate is highest in country - quotes Prof. Leonard Lardaro
  Channel 6 – 1/29

Cancer research and space fashions

• The National Institutes of Health awarded pharmacy professor Wei Lu a $1.3 million grant to study a new class of inorganic nanoparticles that target primary cancer and help control the disease’s spread and recurrence. News of the grant was reported on Jan. 27 by numerous media outlets, including the Providence Business News, GoLocalProv, Lab Manager magazine, Drug Store News, and the Associated Press, whose story appeared in the Sacramento Bee and at least 16 other newspapers.  The URI news release about the grant can be found here.

In other news:

• URI professor developing out of this world fashions
  Channel 6 – 1/27
• URI engineers developing tiny weapons to combat big oil spills
  Narragansett Patch – 1/27
• URI’s Rusnock to use fellowship for smallpox study
  Providence Business News – 1/27

Squid, ticks and the economy

• First footage of deep-sea squid vs owlfish battle features A+ battling
  Scientific American – 1/24
• Ticks, Lyme disease remain a concern in winter - quotes Prof. Thomas Mather
  EcoRI – 1/24
• Local foster teens pen book about life experiences - students from URI First Star Academy
  Narragansett Patch – 1/24
• Training investment key to growth - features research by Prof. Leonard Lardaro
  Providence Business News – 1/24
• First openly gay Episcopal bishop to speak at URI
  GoLocalProv – 1/24
• Mansfield student among those from URI helping transform land to recreation center
  Attleboro Sun Chronicle – 1/23