Caitlin Chaffee understands the importance of coastal wetlands, especially in a state like Rhode Island. “Although Rhode Island has relatively fewer salt marshes than neighboring states, they’re an important habitat and part of the food web of Narragansett Bay,” …Read more

Growing up in the coastal community of Duxbury, Massachusetts, near the entrance to Cape Cod Bay, a love of the ocean was ingrained in Brendan Breen at a young age…Read more

Corey Lang is on a mission. He wants to understand what value people place on non-market goods such as open space and the siting of renewable energy…Read more

Alumna Allison Myers’ passion for ocean science began at a young age growing up in Rhode Island. Drawn to URI’s College of the Environment and Life Sciences…Read more

For Umu-Kultumie Tejan-Jalloh, dentistry is not only a lifelong goal, it’s her passion. A junior medical laboratory science major in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS), Tejan-Jalloh aspires to open a dentistry practice in her home country of Sierra Leone…Read more

The quest for Alaskan king crab lured fishermen from across the country during “a modern day gold rush,” producing nearly 200 million pounds of crab at its peak in 1980. Dr. Seth Macinko was among the fishermen who made his living on Alaska’s seas until a drastic decline in the king crab species caused the industry to unexpectedly collapse…Read more

When Alex Covino came to the University of Rhode Island, he arrived with an open mind and a desire to explore. An alumnus of URI’s College of the Environment and Life Sciences, Covino earned his bachelor of science in environmental horticulture and turf management in 2008…Read more

Sandhill cranes that migrate 8,000 miles a year; weasels in the wet jungles of Madagascar; toads that live in snow: Brian Gerber works with these astonishing animals…Read more