Longtime leader of University’s College of the Environment and Life Sciences embarks on his own URI break this March, leaving a legacy of international impact at URI and beyond

El Fernekees, a senior double majoring in gender and women’s studies and marine biology, combines their two majors to approach science from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Maria Peterson, assistant professor of fisheries, animal, and veterinary science, introduces students to their first semester in the pre-vet and animal science programs, noting that she enjoys watching them grow and learning to work with animals in a clinical setting.

An international team was established to prepare the Global Center for Blue Climate Solutions for research to support informed and equitable decisions for mangrove and seagrass conservation and restoration.

Katherine Hlywa and Emma Zorner will spend the spring semester researching how gene mutations introduced to moss influence cell wall growth thanks to an undergraduate research grant from URI’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Innovation.