The innovative program introduces high school students to marine sciences and college life.
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Celebrating 25 years of the Metcalf Institute
For the past quarter century, URI’s Metcalf Institute has been a global leader in training journalists and scientists in environmental reporting and inclusive science communication.
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Schools and nonprofits from across the state gathered at URI’s East Farm in Kingston to collect their URI-grown seedlings.
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There’s no shortage of evidence that environmental factors influence species evolution, but a new study demonstrates a two-way street in which evolutionary changes feed back into the environment.
Continue reading "The Other Side of the Story: How Evolution Impacts the Environment"Recent CELS Graduate Awarded National Science Foundation Research Fellowship
2020 graduate in marine biology, Alyssa Lopez will head to Oregon State University in September to do her master’s degree in wildlife science, studying killer whale acoustics off the coast of Washington.
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Landscape architecture alumnus Graham Gardner ‘06 has just published his first book, Tiny +Wild: Build a Small-Scale Meadow Anywhere.
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URI’s Student Success Team recently celebrated CELS staff members for their work to support equity in retention.
Continue reading "Student Success is a team effort"CELS students awarded NASA R.I. Space Grants
Two geology majors and a master’s student in biological and environmental sciences are among nine URI recipients of the prestigious award.
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Nearly 100 nonprofits come to URI to collect their URI-raised baby plants
Continue reading "URI Master Gardener seedling incubator program attracts community growers statewide"National Science Foundation director, Sen. Jack Reed visit URI to discuss NSF research priorities
NSF director, Sethuraman Panchanathan met with CELS student researchers from the Jenkins Lab.
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