Research at RWU

RWU Faculty, staff, 学生们深入研究生物和海洋科学技术的前沿，以及海洋事务的法律和政策问题. 这些活动中有许多是由政府机构和部门通过研究经费从外部资助的, private foundations, and corporations.  The science and policy have impact on local, regional, and national interests in sustainability, economics, and society.

As a cross-cutting research area, 可持续发展和环境研究在整个大学的各个学院进行, centers, and University college.  Faculty and students work on problems across a range of disciplines including architecture, engineering, construction management, business, law, politics, and culture.  这些努力不断发展，以满足21世纪生态环境的重要需要.

在RWU，创新和技术研究的机会越来越多.  整个大学都有一种创业精神，用创新的解决方案来解决技术问题, social needs, or educational challenges.  Projects include open educational resources, cybersecurity programs, maker spaces, and virtual learning.

At RWU, research in the area of law and justice studies ranges from civil liberties, constitutional law, national security, international trade, indigenous people’s law, interviewing and interrogation, smart policing initiatives, and reducing gun violence through integrated evidence sharing. Undergraduate and graduate students work with Faculty investigators on these projects, 有几个是由外部资助的，包括司法部、州和地方警察机构.

Faculty, students, RWU各学科的工作人员都参与了公共人文和艺术项目，这些项目在我们地区创造了未被充分代表的故事和群体, our country, and around the globe. These investigations have inclusive narratives that include the spoken, the written, the visual, the theatrical, and the embodied. 项目范围从“隐藏的真相:种族和地方的故事系列讲座”到“普罗维登斯真相与和解过程”再到“罗德岛奴隶历史奖章项目研究”.”