Eleni Mouyos, a double major in ocean engineering and marine biology, completed a summer internship at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. It was funded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship program.
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Three Rhode Island high school students spent the summer gaining hands-on experience with URI Cooperative Extension
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URI Natural Resources Science professor offers advice to avoid rash from unwelcome weed
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Yadira Silva Rios’ non-linear journey to URI now includes recognition by the Switzer Foundation for her environmental leadership. The first in her family to pursue a doctoral degree, she plans to use her award to fund fieldwork next summer, part of her larger study in how sustainable food futures are defined.
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As part of a CELS Summer Research Fellowship, Ashley Sauer studied how blue crab predator cues affect the feeding behavior of juvenile Eastern oysters.
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As a CELS Summer Research Fellow in Dr. Jonathan Purtiz’s lab, Tiahnna Dalpezzo investigated how different algae diets affect nutrient uptake and growth in juvenile Eastern oysters. Her work was part of a larger research effort examining how coastal stressors such as ocean acidification and low oxygen affect marine populations.
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Faye Santaniello, a marine biology and wildlife and conservation biology double major, used computational tools to investigate where horseshoe crabs fit on the evolutionary tree of arachnids.
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Century-old museum specimens will help answer longstanding questions about Antarctica’s top predator and its future in a changing climate
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As spotted lanternfly threatens forests, farms, and vineyards across the Northeast, plant sciences major Alyssa Clark is helping URI researchers investigate whether some of the region’s own native insects could become part of the solution.
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Jennifer Link’s research focuses on making life better for cats in shelters—from reducing stress and length of stay to understanding how cats can peacefully live together in shared spaces.
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