The Roger Williams University Board of Trustees announced that Ioannis (Yannis) Miaoulis, who transformed the Museum of Science, Boston into an institution of national and international prominence, will become RWU’s new president, beginning in August.
Senior captain Austin Coene became the all-time leading scorer in RWU men’s basketball history, tallying his 1,928th point. And on Feb. 2, Coene made history again by becoming the first 2,000-point scorer in RWU men’s basketball history.
This January, members of the RWU Chapter of Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) headed to Alajuelita, Costa Rica, to learn about and volunteer at a clinic for refugees from Nicaragua.
With a new method to make antimalarial medication and a plan to bring production into a single facility, their company hopes to meet one-third of global demand for medicine within three years.
In order to empower students to create social change, RWU will host a nonviolent civil disobedience training as part of a series of activism education events.
Construction management students Chris Bartorelli and Julia Pateman gain professional experience working with Shawmut Design and Construction on the SECCM Labs project.
