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  • image of professor Ota wearing a black shirt and glasses, smiling look off camera Yoshitaka Ota on advancing social equity in ocean governance worldwide  September 11, 2024 - In a field of study as expansive as ocean governance, research questions and issues quickly become interconnected. Department of Marine Affairs professor Yoshitaka Ota is one researcher who understands this trend–and its importance. Trained as a social anthropologist at University College London, his early career focused on working with coastal communities and learning how their […]
  • image of 2 students smiling looking at the camera while in line at the farmers market with trees in the background and a line of students gathered in the background URI’s Free Farmers Market for students opens Sept. 5 September 4, 2024 - The University of Rhode Island’s award-winning Free Farmers Market for students opens on Thursday, Sept. 5, kicking off another season of fresh, free produce giveaways on the URI Quadrangle and at a new, added location this year to serve athletes, commuter students and students on west campus.
  • image of Abby Gall holding a butterfly net in a wooded area Catching Bees: Abigail Gill’s Summer Fellowship August 29, 2024 - Butterfly nets. Rain boots. Clear vials. Coolers filled with ice. These are a few of the supplies Abigail Gill, a biological sciences and environmental science and management double major from Lincoln, RI, used when investigating the pollination ecology of cultivated and wild cranberry plants in Rhode Island this summer.  As part of a Coastal and […]
  • image of Mallory Lentz smiling at the camera wearing a white button down shirt. The background of this image is gray Coastal Access Equity: Mallory Lentz’s Path to NOAA’s Coastal Management Fellowship August 28, 2024 - Growing up on the Chesapeake Bay, recent CELS graduate Mallory Lentz ‘24 always knew she wanted to study environmental science. “I’ve always been in tune with coastal issues,” says Lentz. “I was able to see the lasting effects that humans had on the environment.” Admiring the beautiful tidal estuarine landscape of the Severn River in […]
  • image of two researchers leaning over the side of a boat and catching a shark for research purposes Shark Fishing for a Summer Fellowship August 20, 2024 - Mary Brantley, a marine biology and marine affairs double major from Charlotte, North Carolina, went fishing for the first time this summer. The first fish she ever caught? A mako shark, known as the fastest shark in the ocean.  Brantley has been assisting with research led by Professor Bradley Wetherbee, an assistant professor of biology […]
  • Image of a plastic water bottle floating in water with the text, "Breaking Down Plastics" above From the environment to the human brain, URI to co-host discussion of plastic pollution impact August 20, 2024 - URI research is focus of Rhode Island PBS forum on how plastic pollution affects us
  • Image of a group of dragonflies around a bushel of branches What’s the buzz? Expert talks about weekend’s dragonfly invasion at area beaches August 20, 2024 - Viral social media videos showed beachgoers ducking under beach towels, gazing in disbelief or quickly deploying their cell phones as thousands of dragonflies descended on local beaches such as Green Hill in South Kingstown and Misquamicut in Westerly. The spontaneous invasion lasted only minutes.
  • Image of a white fishing boat in the water URI’s Sea Grant program featured in Oceanography Society magazine August 20, 2024 - Rhode Island Sea Grant staffers recommend multi-use approach at shoreline to help ocean communities
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