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The Congregational Church of North Stonington celebrated its 300th anniversary on Sunday. (Melina Khan/The Day)
Published June 27. 2021 8:09PM
Melina Khan
North Stonington – A traditional colonial-style service was held Sunday at the Congregational Church of North Stonington to celebrate its 300th anniversary.
The service reflected the practices in place when the church began in 1721. Men and women sat on opposite sides of the house of worship and musical instruments were not used throughout the proceedings. Attendees also dressed in colonial-style attire to recognize the period.
Parishioner Brian Hager served as a tithingman, a position used in 18th-century churches to keep worshippers awake during services. He carried a pole tipped on one end with a brass knocker and a feather on the other. The brass knocker was used to nudge sleeping men, whereas the feather served as a gentler form of waking sleeping women.
Towle-Weicksel s research lab My undergraduates are involved in all levels of my research, from generating ideas and hypotheses to carrying out experiments and interpreting the data, says Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Jamie Towle-Weicksel. Towle-Weicksel s research work focuses on specialized proteins that work to protect our DNA from environmental damage. Specificially, we are studying a protein known as DNA polymerase theta, which specializes in repairing DNA damage caused by UV light, she says. By understanding how this protein works, we hope to gain a better understanding of how the body repairs DNA damage and what happens when things go wrong.
RIC’s Clarke Science Building is on the Ballot, March 2
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On March 2 Rhode Island College will be on the ballot as bond referendum #1. If approved, this bond will provide $107.3 million to higher education, with $38 million going toward much-needed renovation of the John Clarke Science Building at Rhode Island College.
Built more than 50 years ago, the John Clarke Science Building is home to the Department of Physical Sciences, which offers degree programs in physics and chemistry as well as courses in Earth and space sciences.
Not only physics and chemistry majors but hundreds of students in the health fields, education and the School of Arts and Sciences take physical sciences courses. Faculty also teach a significant number of courses in the General Education Program. Suffice it to say, the building is well used; however, it is also rundown.