Unveiled on Sept. 25, the new space offers students resources to work with clients, collaborate on interdisciplinary projects, and strengthen professional skills.
During the week-long Food Science Camp, high school students learn about physics, sustainability, and social justice through hands-on experiments and field trips.
With funding from the university, donor gifts, and federal earmarks, students from diverse academic disciplines will benefit from new classrooms, labs, and studio spaces.
At the week-long camp, high school students immersed themselves in the lives of forensic scientists, analyzing fingerprints, footprints, blood splatter, and crime scenes.
Through work on real-world research, 鈥淩WU excels at providing meaningful engagement, and our students' publications are a testament to that commitment,鈥 said Andrew Rhyne, Professor of Marine Biology.
Led by RWU, five higher education institutions in Rhode Island will collaborate to expand capacity to contribute to the state鈥檚 continued growth and leadership in research driven by its universities and colleges.
Thanks to alumna Kristina Biyad 鈥16, five RWU students attended the Foreign Policy Summit in Washington, D.C., where they met U.S. political leaders and engaged in discourse about current events.