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11/13/09 - For the second year in a row, the University of Rhode Island's Big Thinkers Series hit the road, this year hoping to introduce the new president to the URI alumni community. This year URI's new President David Dooley was selected as the "big thinker," and has already presented in Boston this year.
11/13/09 - University of Rhode Island Student Senate approved a $1,630 contingency grant Wednesday to send students to the URI vs. Boston College basketball game Dec. 13. Student body President David Bedard said the senate has never fully sponsored a student trip to a basketball game before this year.
11/13/09 - Developing new vaccinations, facing scientific challenges and helping to make a positive difference in the lives of the sick are three of Dr. Annie S. De Groot's favorite aspects of her job. De Groot, the Director of the University of Rhode Island's Institute for Immunology and Informatics and co-founder of EpiVax Inc.
11/13/09 - University of Rhode Island art professor Ben Anderson decided to take a piece of nature out of its everyday environment to examine it. Anderson wanted his piece, "Voice of the Mystic," to allow its audience to "observe sound and take it out of nature.
11/13/09 - In last week's article titled, "Professors comment on H1N1 absences," it was incorrectly stated that University of Rhode Island art history Professor Mary Hollinshead said, "I operate my classes on the basis that I should treat my students like adults.
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