University of Rhode Island graduate students enrolled in the school’s Marine Affairs and Masters of Environmental Science and Management Programs recently attended a special one-day program for Rhode Island’s energy and environmental leaders — an event organized by Rhode Island’s U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse — and met federal lawmakers, including Whitehouse and Massachusetts’ U.S. Senator Edward Markey. CRC Coastal Manager Tiffany Smythe, PhD, serves as the students’ professor and organized their participation in the program.