Owen Fleischer, a double major in aquaculture and fisheries science and biology, has taken advantage of many opportunities at URI–including a trip to Mossel Bay, South Africa, to study the morphology of the area’s catshark species.
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A new undergraduate track will prepare students to address pressing environmental concerns in a wide range of industries.
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URI’s laboratory is part of the National Plant Diagnostic Network found at most land-grant institutions. It serves commercial growers, nurseries, landscape professionals and the general public. A modest $20 fee covers the cost of testing, diagnosis and recommendations, and helps support the lab.
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A URI-led team has gathered photographic data on daily mammalian activity, studying 445 total species around the world with surprising results.
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Longtime leader of University’s College of the Environment and Life Sciences embarks on his own URI break this March, leaving a legacy of international impact at URI and beyond
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El Fernekees, a senior double majoring in gender and women’s studies and marine biology, combines their two majors to approach science from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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Maria Peterson, assistant professor of fisheries, animal, and veterinary science, introduces students to their first semester in the pre-vet and animal science programs, noting that she enjoys watching them grow and learning to work with animals in a clinical setting.
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An international team was established to prepare the Global Center for Blue Climate Solutions for research to support informed and equitable decisions for mangrove and seagrass conservation and restoration.
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Katherine Hlywa and Emma Zorner will spend the spring semester researching how gene mutations introduced to moss influence cell wall growth thanks to an undergraduate research grant from URI’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Innovation.
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Johanna Harvey, a noted wildlife disease ecologist and assistant professor in the the Department of Natural Resources Science, offers expert perspective on the advent of cases of avian flu in southern New England.
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