Explore these resources for Rhode Islanders interested in learning about or implementing climate-smart and carbon-enhancing forestry practices in woodlands they own or care for.
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Christina Monk, a plant sciences major, works as the harvest manager for URI’s award-winning Free Farmers Market, assists with the Vegetable Program team at Agronomy Farm, researches husk cherries, and more.
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A Ph.D. candidate in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Sonia Refulio-Coronado explores surface and drinking water quality issues across the United States with a focus on equity.
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The panel discussion will be held on Wednesday, October 17th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm in Room 105 of the Beaupre Center. RSVP is required for attendance.
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Caroline McCullough completed a Coastal and Environmental Fellowship this summer under the mentorship of Professor of Agroecology John Taylor, assisting in his research on food sovereignty and alternative food networks among immigrant communities.
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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.
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As part of a Coastal and Environmental Fellowship, Abigail Gill assisted with a variety of projects led by The URI Bee Lab, which focuses on the biology and behavior of native and managed bees in Rhode Island.
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Mary Brantley has been assisting with research led by Professor Bradley Wetherbee, an assistant professor of biology. For the past two semesters, she’s helped him study data on the movements of tiger sharks at French Frigate Shoals, a small atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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URI research is focus of Rhode Island PBS forum on how plastic pollution affects us
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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.
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