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Table of Contents

Rhode Island’s Knowledge Based Economy: The Role of Pharmaceutical Science page 4 The Smallest State Offers Big Cyber Protection page 6 Addressing the Needs of Older Adults: Way Behind Where We Need To Be page 8 Graduate Student Conference: Talking Beyond Disciplines Rising Tides and Sea Changes page 9 The Big Difference Five Minutes Can Make page 10 A Passionate Advocator page 11 Enhancing Ecosystem Services for Rhode Island Farmers page 12 Explosives Expert page 14 Enhancing Rhode Island’s Community: The Stage is the Thing! page 15 Innovations in Aquaculture from Rhode Island to Asia page 16

Highly Trained Workforce: Vital to Rhode Island Economic Development page 18 Why Invest in Rhode Island Marine Resources? page 20 Engineers for a Sustainable World page 22 The Office of Marine Programs: Impacting Rhode Island page 24 Rhode Island Science and Technology Council Collaborative Research Grant Awards page 26 The Joy of Jazz page 29

URI Faculty Book Publications 2012 page 30 URI Research Honors & Awards 2012 page 32

The Impact of Funded Research by the University of Rhode Island on the Rhode Island Economy in Fiscal Year 2011 page 36 URI Research Enterprise at a Glance page 38

Research & Innovation is published by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, with editorial assistance, graphic design, and production by the Office of University

THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND David M. Dooley, Ph.D., President Peter Alfonso, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Economic Development Melissa McCarthy, MA, Editor-in-Chief Charlene Dunn, MMA, MLS, Editor

Research External Relations. For more information, contact: Melissa McCarthy, MA, Director University Research External Relations University of Rhode Island 70 Lower College Road Kingston, RI 02881, USA Telephone: (401) 874-2599 Website: www.uri.edu/research/tro/

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