The University of Rhode Island recently became the recipient of $560,860 to upgrade its technological facilities in departments such as journalism, archaeology and biotechnology....

...$106,000 from the [Champlin] Foundations will combine with a $394,000 grant from the Rhode Island Division of Technology, according to a press release, to set up an auditorium in the new Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences.

The 300-seat auditorium will be equipped with new audio-visual hardware and software, Associate Dean of the College of the Environment and Life Sciences Richard Rhodes III, said...

...Rhodes added that he is hoping to exploit the modern modalities of today, such as digital music and videos, Podcasts and high-definition graphics...

...In this same spectrum is a new digital production studio, which is scheduled to be ready by this fall, for the journalism and film departments. Professor Barbara Meagher and Assistant Director for Audiovisual Production Services Tim Tierney were the recipients of this $119,800 grant...

...Tierney said the studio is planning to use the fiber optic transmitter to beam live feed of events in the university, such as honors colloquiums, to local Rhode Island channels...

...A $109,000 grant will buy a digital laboratory to help put URI's field of underwater archaeology on the map...Students will be able to see live pictures of the expeditions, which take place primarily in the Black and Mediterranean seas, Mather said. These pictures will also be broadcasted at the Narragansett Bay Campus...

Full Story: University receives $560,860 for technological upgrades Source: The Good 5c Cigar, February 12th, 2008 Author: Chloe Thompson Added on February 12th, 2008 at 9:57 am, by Judy He