Research Announcements & ORGA Events

Please check this page for announcements related to events and research-related news from ORGA, the college, and the larger research community.

Events & Announcements

The College's new Proposal Summary and Approval Form (PSAF) and Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) Policy and related forms have now been posted to the website.

Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2012

Congratulations to RIC's Recent Awardees!

Brandon Murakami, Assistant Professor, Physical Sciences
Project Title: RUI: Rare lepton decays in the eras of the LHC and MEG experiments
Awarded by: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant Period: 8/15/2012 - 7/31/2015

Jenifer Giroux, Director, Workforce Development and the Outreach Programs
Project Title: Refugee Employment and Training (Project GRAPHIC)
Awarded by: R.I. Department of Human Services
Grant Period: 10/1/2012 - 9/30/2013

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Recent Events

Corinne McKamey (Elementary Education) & Holly Dygert(Anthropology)

Participants in a Promising Practices workshop

November 3, 2012 - The 2012 Promising Practices Conference was held at RIC. This year's theme was Child & Youth Development. Holly Dygert, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, and Corinne McKamey, Assistant Professor of Elementary Education, received a grant from the Rhode Island Council on the Humanities to help fund this year's conference.

VPAA Ron Pitt and attendees at PI Luncheon

Dean Sue Pearlmutter; Tonya Glantz, Director of Child Welfare Institute; and Professors Annmarie Mumm and Jayashree Nimmagadda, School of Social Work

October 18, 2012 - The Fourth Annual Principal Investigator (PI) Luncheon was held to honor the PIs whose research has generated externally funded grant awards to support research and sponsored projects. VPAA Ron Pitt and ORGA thanked the PIs for their efforts, and acknowledged the role that research plays in engaging students and faculty in their fields.

Dante Del Giudice, Director of Professional Studies & Continuing Education

SCI Speaker Julian Agyeman, Professor and Chair of Urban & Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University

Spring 2012 – Sustainable Communities Initiative Lecture Series.Over the spring semester, the college hosted a lecture series on critical issues in sustainability. This series was funded in part by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, awarded to Dante Del Giudice, Director of Professional Studies and Continuing Education. Please go to SCI's web page for details on the events.

Senator Jack Reed speaks at the news conference announcing the Learning for Life grant

April, 2012 – The renewal of R.I.'s College Access Challenge Grant (CACG) grant was announced by Gov. Lincoln Chafee and U.S. Senator Jack Reed during a news conference at the Community College of Rhode Island. RIC received $705,000 of the CACG for the innovative Learning for Life program that will support both non-traditional and at-risk students.

Roger Shimomura at the OBOM lecture

Roger Shimomura speaking with a student at the art exhibit

Thursday, March 29, 2012: Open Books-Open Minds Keynote Lecture by Roger Shimomura, Visual Artist, University Distinguished Professor of Art Emeritus, University of Kansas was held. Congratulations to Anita Duneer, Assistant Professor of English, for securing a grant through the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities to support this lecture and exhibit.

Saturday, March 10, 2012: Rhode Island Writing Project's Annual Spring Conference
This event was funded in part by a grant awarded to Jennifer Cook, Associate Professor of English, by the Rhode Island Dept. of Education.
Please visit the Rhode Island Writing Project web page for details.

Zubeda Jalalzai (l) and Anita Duneer (c) at the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities' Award

Thursday, February 2, 2012 – The 2012 Major Grant Award Announcement of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (RICH) was held at the Providence Art Club. RICH has recently awarded grants to Anita Duneer and Dante Del Giudice to support events at RIC.