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Author: Eddie Cascella

URI researchers develop plan for Global Center focused on Blue Climate Solutions

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URI Professor Emi Uchida, Ph.D., is leading a new NSF grant to bridge international expertise and communities around mangrove/seagrass ecosystems.

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‘Food is part of the solution’ when it comes to climate change

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The 8th Annual Rhode Island Food System Summit considers innovative practices that power environmental stewardship ‘From Seed to Shore.’

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An equitable Ocean State: URI professor looking at ways to improve coastal fishing access and information in R.I.

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CELS assistant professor Melva Treviño Peña is examining coastal access among marginalized communities across the state.

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Deep-sea study fleet taking shape at URI

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A new fleet of ‘benthic landers’ will be deployed this year.

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URI PRESS: Science & Outreach Collaborations for Sustainable Seafood event brings together members of seafood industry, researchers

image of Rebecca Brown, scarecrow developer and professor and chair of plant sciences and entomology, of the URI College of Environmental and Life Sciences (CELS); Azure Cygler, PRESS project manager, a sustainable fisheries and aquaculture specialist of the URI Coastal Resources Center (CRC) and Rhode Island Sea Grant (Sea Grant); PRESS lead Marta Gomez-Chiarri, professor of aquaculture/fisheries in URI CELS; and Kassandra Florez, community affairs coordinator for U.S. Sen. Jack Reed. URI photos by Nora Lewis.

A University effort to fund science-and-outreach projects addressing real-life issues challenging Rhode Island seafood industries drew dozens of attendees

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Two URI professors named Emerging Scholars by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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Brendan Skip Mark and CELS assistant professor Melva Treviño Peña are among only 15 scholars nationally to earn this honor.

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Media Advisory: Coastal Resources Center’s J.P. Walsh available to discuss erosion and recent storms in R.I.

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Director of URI Coastal Resources Center at URI available to speak on coastal change and erosion.

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‘Connecting in the Garden, Growing Together Again’ is theme of URI Master Gardener symposium, March 2

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Featured speakers Charlie Nardozzi and Karen Bussolini will discuss ecological gardening in returning program which is open to the public.

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URI 2024 food summit aims to power environmental stewardship, sustainability ‘From Seed to Shore’

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The eighth Annual Rhode Island Food System Summit was held Jan. 17.

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The Italian Garden Project, free from URI

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Nostalgia for yesterday and lessons for today are available through this Cooperative Extension program.

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