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Wondering where in the world URI scientists might be found? How about exploring the maritime cultural landscapes of Placentia Bay and the Grand Banks, Newfoundland? Graduate School of Oceanography marine research scientist Dwight F. Coleman shared his recent explorations there while aboard URI's Endeavor for this week's Geo Quiz on the PRI program, "The World." Hear how Coleman described the Grand Banks of Newfoundland for the program.

China can't fix air problem for Olympics: The outlook for air quality in Beijing during the Olympics is borderline, and there’s little that the Chinese government can do to improve it. That’s the conclusion drawn by a retired URI atmospheric chemist, Kenneth Rahn, who has analyzed pollution data collected regularly for the last five years by Chinese scientists.

View the report that appeared on PBS NewsHour with Rahn on location in China, Aug. 4, 2008

New governor of a nation: Former professor's experience as a Boston Red Sox fan played a major role in his being named the first Rhode Island Governor of Red Sox Nation.

Scientist documents ozone levels: If a small orange parachute attached to a white Styrofoam box drifts gently into your yard from high above, don’t worry. That’s the reassuring word from John Merrill, an atmospheric chemist at the University of Rhode Island, who releases a weather balloon from the URI Bay Campus in Narragansett every week as part of a research project to collect information about ozone concentrations in the atmosphere.

From child laborer to wealthy industrialist: Irish Titan, Irish Toilers, by Scott Molloy, professor of labor and industrial relations, tells the story of child laborer who became wealthy industrialist. Escaping starvation and death in Ireland, Joseph Banigan came to Rhode Island only to experience brutal poverty, child labor and vicious discrimination in the United States.

"Know Where It Goes" campaign: URI has teamed with other state deparments and organizations to help educate residents about some of the steps they can take to help protect our most valuable resource: Rhode Island's waterways. Read more about the steps all can take to reduce stormwater pollution.

URI's World War I Memorial Gateway: In 1917-1918, Rhode Island State College’s enrollment was 562, while the number of men from the college who served in World War I was 334. “It’s important to remember the dramatic impact that the war had on the college community,” said URI President Robert L. Carothers as he participated in the re-dedication of the Memorial Gateway on Upper College Road. Link for press release and more photos.

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Papers shed light on last R.I. trial to end in execution: Calling it the most important find of his professional career, labor and industrial relations Professor Scott Molloy, and a URI staff member have found papers belonging to Job Durfee, the 19th century Supreme Court chief justice who presided over the last case involving capital punishment in Rhode Island.

Professor analyzes rare textiles from Honduran ruins: Very few textiles from the Mayan culture have survived, so the treasure trove of fabrics excavated from a tomb at the Copán ruins in Honduras since the 1990s has generated considerable excitement. Professor Margaret Ordoñez spent a month at the site in 2004 and has since been analyzing tiny fragments of 49 samples she brought back to her lab to see what she could learn from them.

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