A green flyer featuring a frog, leaves, and the following text about the Spring Peeper Hike on Friday, April 17 at 6 PM at URI North Woods: "We welcome everyone, but please note the event is not wheelchair accessible. Join us for a short hike to the vernal pool to see and hear the spring pepper frogs! You'll also fear from wetland scientist Michelle Peach, practice identifying species, and spend time writing and reflecting in the woods. Free pizza, field journals, pencils, and bug spray! Bring a chair or blanket. Look for our tent at the entrance to the North Woods on Flagg Rd. across from the Coastal Institute. Parking spaces are available and do not require a permit for this event. Email Stephanie West-Puckett (stephwp@uri.edu) for more info. Sponsored by Rita Allen Civic Science Media Grant."

Our friends at the URI @dwell-lab.bsky.social are hosting a Spring Peeper Hike at North Woods this Friday, April 17, at 6 PM, sponsored by the Rita Allen Civic Science Media Grant. A short hike will take participants to a vernal pool to see and listen for frogs! 🌳🐸

We did some birding with Maine Audubon (22 species), some coastal flooding community science with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (with a rainbow), and experienced all the Maine stuff (blueberry crisp and LL Bean) 🦅 🌈 🫐 🥾 thanks @dwell-lab.bsky.social for funding my attendance!

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How to Participate
PFAS Kitchen is a free AR experience can be accessed on a mobile device (Android or iOS) through Adobe Aero. STEEP is seeking users and feedback for our original augmented reality experience, PFAS Kitchen: web.uri.edu/steep/pfas-k...

STEEP is seeking users and feedback for our original augmented reality experience, PFAS Kitchen. Take a virtual adventure and learn more about PFAS in your home! The purpose of this part of the study is to explore the effectiveness of Augmented Reality (AR) technologies in science communication and understanding consumer behavior, specifically about PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). Participants will be guided through a pre-survey, augmented reality (AR) experience using Adobe Aero, and a post-survey. To be eligible, participants must be between the ages of 18 and 80, have access to a personal mobile device, and are physically and cognitively able to navigate online surveys and an augmented reality platform. There are no direct benefits to the participant. Participation will help advance research for educational technology and increase understanding of knowledge and use of PFAS in the home. Interested in participating? Read more on the STEEP website. This 30-minute research experience can be accessed at your convenience, in your own space with your personal mobile device. Data will be analyzed by University of Rhode Island Researchers Madison Jones, PhD (principal investigator; madisonjones@uri.edu) and Jaclyn Witterschein (co-investigator, jwitterschein@uri.edu). This research has been approved by The University of Rhode Island Institutional Review Board.

Please help share a resource DWELL Lab developed and our request for participation in a brief survey. The app will only be available to download until 11/6, so please help spread the word: web.uri.edu/steep/pfas-k...

A photo of a person writing in a journal in the woods. Heading text: Write Out: Awaken the Senses in the North Woods Smaller text: October 16 & 17, 8am-5pm Rain dates: October 20 & 21 Join the URI Department of Public and Professional Writing and DWELL Lab for a day of writing and connection outside at North Woods Teaching Forest!

If you're a Rhode Island writer with a passion for science and the outdoors, this event is for you! The URI Department of Public and Professional Writing and @dwell-lab.bsky.social are hosting a local Write Out Oct. 16 & 17, 8 AM-5 PM, at North Woods! #uri #writeout
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We are working on documenting the project and transferring it to another platform. We hope to have it back online in the near future. In the meantime, if you use the app this semester and would like to share feedback or reflections, we would welcome your response.

If you have already downloaded the app before that date, it will still work until December 3, when it will be fully decommissioned.

We had planned to conduct an in-depth study with this project next year, but unfortunately, Adobe has announced that they will be discontinuing Aero in the coming months. On November 6, they will be removing Aero from Creative Cloud, the Apple App Store, and the Google Play Store.

PFAS Kitchen As part of a collaboration between DWELL and STEEP, this project developed an interactive augmented reality experience designed to educate the general public about PFAS. Using Adobe Aero, viewers are ...

Here and Gone: PFAS Kitchen is available until 11/16/2025

PFAS Kitchen is a free augmented reality application developed by the DWELL that can be accessed on a mobile device (Android or iOS) through Adobe Aero. You can learn about the project and access the experience here: doi.org/10.23860/pfas

Kairos 30.1: Jones et al., North Woods Project: Mobilizing Digital Field Methods and Art-Based Research for Science Communication and Environmental Advocacy This webtext juxtaposes six exercises in place-based writing, locative, media, and creative methods during the BioBlitz held at one of University of Rhode Island’s natural reserves. Joe Ahart and Madi...

Our Assistant Director Erin Edmonds was published alongside the URI @dwell-lab.bsky.social team! The North Woods Project is a blend of AR, GIS mapping, web technologies, and field‑based methods showcasing the area as a vibrant site for learning and SciComm!
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Flyer for a digital humanities workshop with Drs. Sarah Brown, Madison Jones, and Jeremiah Dyehouse. It will take place from 9:30-12:30 on 09/29, 10/01, 10/06, and 10/08. Please join us if you are interested!

Join us for an introductory workshop on digital humanities tools! Visit drsmb.co/idh to register today! This workshop is open to all.

DWELL Congratulates Student SciComm Award Winners! DWELL Congratulates Student Science Communication Award Winnersby Fran Webber Three outstanding URI students are the deserving recipients of this year’s Digital Writing Environments, Location, and Loc...

Big thanks to URI's @dwell-lab.bsky.social for funding my science communication research! 🌎 🌊

This grant will support the development of a StoryMap that combines interactive sea level rise viewers (ISLRVs) with resources to enhance climate reporting. How’s that for a mouthful?

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URI Research Cohort Receives Grand Prize at an American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists Communications Award The award was announced at the ceremony in Washington, D.C, on April 10th, 2025.

We are so thrilled to share that DWELL’s PFAS Kitchen project has won Grand Prize from the AAEES Environmental Communication Award!
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An image of the ARSTM logo under a heading that reads, Call for Submissions. On either side of the logo reads NCA 2020. Below the logo reads, "The Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) invites submission of individual papers, paper sessions, and panel discussions for the 2025 NCA convention. We invite submissions that respond to the convention theme—Communicate to Elevate—as it pertains to the rhetoric of science, technology, and medicine."

Good news, everybody - it's that time of year again! #ARSTM #NCA2025 #ARSTMNCA