URI raises total of recipients to 48 since scholarship program started in 2005.
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Commercial Fisheries Apprenticeship Program seeks applicants for 2024
The Commercial Fisheries Apprenticeship Program run by the Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island, with assistance from the University of Rhode Island, is seeking applicants for the 2024 year.
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The magnitude 4.8 earthquake centered in New Jersey last Friday was felt in Rhode Island.
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Professor Uchida is one 6 recipients recognized this year by Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation.
Continue reading "URI Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Emi Uchida named Pew Fellow"River Stories
Professor Heather Johnson’s students examine rivers through history, culture, literature, and ecology. They gain firsthand knowledge of rivers by going straight to the source.
Continue reading "River Stories"What Does Social Justice Have to Do with Evolution? Everything.
Award-winning Central Falls High School biology teacher David Upegui, Ph.D. ’21, teamed up with URI paleontologist David Fastovsky to write a book aimed at helping teachers incorporate social justice into the biology curriculum.
Continue reading "What Does Social Justice Have to Do with Evolution? Everything."University’s first hazard mitigation plan approved by FEMA, state
URI is the first university in R.I. to have plan endorsed by federal and state agencies.
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One of the oldest clubs on campus has provided mental and physical health benefits through the pandemic, and beyond.
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URI Professor Emi Uchida, Ph.D., is leading a new NSF grant to bridge international expertise and communities around mangrove/seagrass ecosystems.
Continue reading "URI researchers develop plan for Global Center focused on Blue Climate Solutions"‘Food is part of the solution’ when it comes to climate change
The 8th Annual Rhode Island Food System Summit considers innovative practices that power environmental stewardship ‘From Seed to Shore.’
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