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May 13, 2013
Integrated Tick Management: New solutions to a growing health concern
Getting TickSmart to stay TickSafe has never been easier, thanks to the research and outreach of URI’s TickEncounter Resource Center (TERC) and its...[Learn more]
Junior Alyssa Neill was one of only 61 college juniors nationwide to be named a Truman Scholar
Alyssa Neill
Junior Alyssa Neill sees great value in knowing where food comes from and how it grows. She’s put her own knowledge to work co-founding the student group Slow Food URI, launching a local food market, building a vegetable garden on campus, and representing the University at food forums near and far. And her work hasn’t gone unnoticed.
In spring 2013, she was one of only 61 college juniors nationwide to be named a Truman Scholar and was awarded a $30,000 grant for graduate study. After a rigorous 15-part application, sample policy statement, formal nomination from URI and interview with a panel of public servants, she said “it was an amazing surprise,” when URI President David Dooley and a dozen of her professors showed up to one of her classes with a bouquet of flowers to announce her selection.
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May 8, 2013
Students put their training to work in handling CBLS Hazardous Waste Sites
URI alumnus Corey Briggs who is on the CELS dean’s advisory council, offered to teach a course that would train students how to deal with environmental hazards...[Learn more]
May 7, 2013
Beloved geologist given special honor by his grad students
Just about everyone can recall a favorite teacher from the past but Scott Rasmussen, a graduate student in the Department of Geosciences, did not have...[Learn more]
May 6, 2013
Pete August, RI’s ‘Mr. Map” given high URI Foundation award
Dr. Peter August, known informally in Rhode Island as “Mr. Map,” was recently presented with the URI Foundation’s 2013 Scholarly Excellence Award.[Learn more]
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April 25, 2013
CELS senior wins Fulbright, Whitaker grants
Eily Cournoyer, a CELS senior majoring in biosciences, has been awarded a Fulbright grant that will enable her to study cancer in England for a year, a step she hopes will help her embark on a medical career..[Learn more]
March 19, 2013
Three landscape lectures planned for the spring semester
Three more lectures on landscape architecture are planned for the spring semester sponsored by the Department of Landscape Architecture...[Learn more]
March 18, 2013
FAVS students come in second in regional competition
Once again, a group of 32 students in the Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science scored extremely well in the annual Northeast Students Affiliate (NESA) competition...[Learn more]
February 25, 2013
Journalists coach scientists on communicating their research
In its ongoing mission to improve science reporting in various media, the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting recently held an all-day workshop for scientists...[Learn more]