New equipment at three Rhode Island coastal sites now enables the public to use smartphones to take photos that could help government collect data on climate change impacts such as flooding and erosion, and ultimately inform practical planning…
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Mother Jones correspondent to speak on agriculture in crisis at URI Nov. 29
Tom Philpott, a food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones, will present at the 2022 University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium, Tuesday, Nov. 29, on “Perilous Bounty: Emerging Crises in Industrial Agriculture.” Philpott is the author of the book Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming…
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Rhode Island voters strongly said they want the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus to continue being a global center of excellence in ocean science by approving a $100 million bond referendum on Tuesday. With 412 of 414 polling places reporting as of late Tuesday night, 57.5 percent…
Continue reading "Rhode Islanders strongly answer ‘yes’ on Question 1 for improvements to URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus"College of the Environment and Life Sciences New Faculty 2022
The University of Rhode Island College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS) welcomes seven new faculty members this fall. With expertise and interests ranging from hydrology to STEM education, and phytoplankton to environmental law, these new faculty members…
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Each year, the University of Rhode Island honors graduating seniors for their superior academic achievement. Their selection is based on grade point average, as well as other criteria determined by their individual…
Continue reading "Commencement 2022: URI wildlife, conservation biology graduate ready for his career to take flight"“Urban Farming, Community Organizing, and Family: A Black Chef’s Journey” at URI on Nov. 15
Black chef, community organizer and urban farmer Denzel Mitchell, Jr., of the Farm Alliance of Baltimore, will present at the 2022 University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium, Tuesday, Nov. 15, on “Urban Farming, Community Organizing and Family: A Black Chef’s Journey.” Mitchell is the co-executive director of education…
Continue reading "“Urban Farming, Community Organizing, and Family: A Black Chef’s Journey” at URI on Nov. 15"‘Labor and the Food System’ at URI Oct. 25
Attorney and activist Saru Jayaraman, co-founder and president of One Fair Wage, will present at the 2022 University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium Tuesday, Oct. 25, on “Labor and the Food System.” Jayaraman is director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on…
Continue reading "‘Labor and the Food System’ at URI Oct. 25"Coastal Institute 2 Green Office Boosts its Certification to 4 Stars!
The folks at Coastal Institute 2 achieved full points during their certification process last school year, earning 3-star certification. They also earned additional bonus points for the Recycling category, and all the required points in the Transportation category, as well as bonus points…
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In 2018, the Louisiana Coast Guard determined that an oil platform toppled by Hurricane Ivan 14 years earlier was still leaking large amounts of oil. In 2019, Timmy Couvillion, owner of the New Orleans-based Couvillion Group, led the development and deployment of a sophisticated containment system to capture the flowing oil. Pieced together deep underwater, the 40-by-40-foot structure has captured more…
Continue reading "Stopping the Biggest Oil Spill You’ve Never Heard Of"Amanda Missimer and Vanessa Venturini want you to stop wasting food
First, some hard truths about food waste: In America, about 108 billion pounds of food, more than one-third of all available food, is thrown away annually. That’s 130 billion meals wasted and $408 billion squandered…
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