Students in URI’s Master of Environmental Science and Management are spending their summers putting coursework into action. “The internship has been valuable in teaching me the hands-on skills I need to achieve a career in ecological restoration, which is my goal,” says Julie O’Hara.

Given annually since 2013, the Nelson Award recognizes a member of ASIH for “an outstanding body of work in any area of ichthyology, including, but not limited to: ecology, behavior, life history, genetics, conservation, and systematics.”

RI-CHAMP, STORMTOOLS, and MyCoast, critical weather-related programs developed at URI, have received state funding that will enable the University and Rhode Island to continue leading in coastal safety analysis, early warning systems, and resilience.

Professor of Marine Affairs Yoshitaka Ota has been working with colleagues to closely examine potential challenges and unintended consequences of in Artificial Intelligence use within marine policy.

Michael A. Rice, professor and chair of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, returned to the Philippines this summer to work with key academic partners and provide professional development training to local fisheries officers.

Professor Patrick Baur’s research focuses on equitably and sustainably balancing human livelihoods and ecosystems through improving how food is produced, distributed, and eaten. He works at the intersection of environmental science and public policy and co-authored a recent paper in the journal Nature Food.

Sheriff Aliu, a Ph.D. candidate in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems working in URI’s Baur Food Systems Lab, researches sustainability and equity assessment for commercial Controlled Environment Agriculture operations.

As part of a CELS Summer Research Fellowship, marine affairs and political science double major Carli Romano is working with Professors Melva Treviño Peña and Jesse Reiblich on coastal access policy research in Rhode Island.

Nick O’Connor, a marine biology and aquaculture and fisheries science double major, is participating in the NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates program this summer at Rutgers University’s Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory. He is conducting research using camera-mounted fish traps to study fish distributions around artificial reefs off the Jersey shore.