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Solomon Southwick, Patriotic Printer of Revolutionary Rhode Island
No full textFor most of the twenty-year period between 1768 and 1788, when Newport was both the governmental and cultural center of Rhode Island, Solomon Southwick (1731-1797) was both printer and publisher, editing the weekly Newport Mercury, and producing a wide variety of other material. His efforts as an advocate of American independence, and as newspaper printer in the face of difficult historical circumstances, have generally been recognized, though with only a brief survey in biographical and bibliographical references. While sources cite a few key details, such as his hairsbreadth escape during the British invasion and his service as Commissary General during the War, judgments about his work and activities can be slighting and misinformed. In addition to correcting representations of his life and character, a fuller consideration can offer a vibrant picture of the printer in the life of the period, and show the real scope of his printing and the publications that so deeply reflected the cultural and political cruxes of the time
Editor’s Note
Get PDFThis issue of Newport History includes three articles by local authors with diverse interests and backgrounds. They write respectively about a not-so-famous Newport architect, the now-defunct Jamestown Bridge, and a long-lost Newport estate with intriguing connections to ancient Egypt. The little-recognized Newport architect John Dixon Johnston is the subject of Ronald J. Onorato article. The pictorial essay devoted to the recently demolished Jamestown Bridge is written by Sue Madden, Rosemary Enright and Matt Kierstead. The last article is on the Newport estate of Theodore M. Davis by Jane Carey
Rural Schools and Academic Achievement
Get PDFThis thesis seeks to answer the question: what is the impact of mandated testing on rural schools and how well do students perform? Standards-based education reform movement begun during the 1980\u27s, is driven by the need to create academic standards for what students should know and be able to do. Currently, No Child Left Behind requires every state to set standards for grade-level achievement. Examing scores from two rural counties in Kentucky showed the complexity of analysing results of standardized testing
Judith Richardson Silvia and Modernism in Newport, 1974-1977
No full textIt was more than fifty years after Whitney’s contributions to Newport’s art scene that another dynamic woman brought the daring New York artists of the day back to the Art Association of Newport. Judith Richardson Silvia (1940-2003) became the institution’s first director in 1975. One local newspaper heralded her arrival with the headline: “Old line city art museum gets high-powered head.” Another proclaimed, “Art Association pulls off coup for Newport.” In August of 1974, Art Association members had experienced a hint of what was to come when Silvia guest-curated Major Contemporary Artists as Printmakers, a selection of sixty prints by thirteen artists, lent by New York galleries. The main gallery in Richard Morris Hunt’s historic John N.A. Griswold House (acquired in1916 to house the Art Association) was filled with what today are icons of Pop Art: Andy Warhol’s screen prints of Marilyn Monroe and Chairman Mao; Roy Lichtenstein’s Mirror linocuts and lithographs; and James Rosenquist’s super-sized lithograph Spaghetti
Electrochemical Detection of Prostate Carcinoma Biomarkers Using Nanotechnology
Get PDFThe first chapter of this thesis speaks about prostate specific antigen, carbon nanotubes and horseradish peroxidase. The second chapter discusses the electrochemistry and catalysis of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and myoglobin (Mb) covalently attached to vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays used as a tranducer. Cyclic voltammetry results gave quasi-reversible FeIII/FeII voltammetry and electrochemical catalysis involving catalytic reduction of hydrogen peroxide for both the iron-heme enzymes in myoglobin and horseradish peroxidase coupled to the carboxylated ends of the carbon nanotube arrays by amine bioconjugation reactions. Reduction peak currents gave linear relationships with scan-rates, typical of thin layer voltammetry. Results suggest that the vertically aligned nanotube arrays behave like metal electrical conductors shuttling electrons from the external circuit to redox active sites of the enzymes. Electrode-driven peroxidase activity of myoglobin and horseradish peroxidase attached to the carbon nanotube arrays was demonstrated, with detection limits for hydrogen peroxide in buffer solutions of 100nM. Moreover, Resonance Raman characterization gave spectral signatures indicating successful fabrication of the SWNT arrays with optimum 100% coverage at FeCl3 solution at a pH of 1.7. These prototype carbon nanotube biosensors are easy to prepare, and the enzyme films were stable for weeks. The third chapter describes our initial studies in the development of our prototype immunosensor using SWNT nanotubes for electrochemical detection prostate specific antigen (PSA), a cancer biomarker protein in serum. This novel immunosensor features vertically aligned nanotubes with captured immunological complex in a sandwich format. The antigen-antibody biorecognition event was monitored using catalytic reaction involving horseradish peroxidase conjugated to a secondary antibody. This initial non-amplified approach provided a decent detection limit of 0.4ng/mL for Prostate Specific Antigen, which compare favorably with the standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Work is in progress to lower the detection limits using specially designed bioconjuates with multiple enzyme labels for signal amplifications. These easily fabricated SWNT immunosensors show excellent promise for clinical screening of cancer biomarkers and point-of-care diagnosis. Chapter 4 is describing The Pell Scholars Honors Program Connection
The Greatest Advancement Since the Shovel: Remote Sensing on Three Historical Case Studies
Get PDFThis thesis, as both a research and exploratory-driven investigation, seeks to investigate the effectiveness of using remote sensing technology on historical case studies. If the technology reveals itself to be beneficial in understanding historical landscapes, then it will be prognosticate on future archaeological excavations on those locations, based on the inferences and conclusions, gained from the remote sensing images
Young Building
No full textPhotograph of Young Building from the west side.The Young Building is named for longtime benefactors Robert and Anita O\u27Keefe Young. It Currently houses the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy.Black and white photograph. 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 inch).https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/heritage/1015/thumbnail.jp
Blessing of Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, 1948
No full textFirst procession for World Sodality Sunday and Blessing of the Statue of Our Lady of Fatima.Back of photograph: Blessing of Statue of Our Lady of Fatima. Gift of two brothers of S.M. Catherine Durkin in memory of their parents. May 9, 1948 Joseph Durkin, cross-bearer, for first procession-World Sodality Sunday. Joseph E. Durkin is the cross bearer for first May Procession. World Sodality Sunday. May 1948.1948. Black and white photograph. 20.32 x 31.11 cm. (8 x 12.5 in.)https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/heritage/1053/thumbnail.jp