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- From Film to Food Justice: Caroline McCullough’s Summer Fellowship October 8, 2024 - Caroline McCullough completed a Coastal and Environmental Fellowship this summer under the mentorship of Professor of Agroecology John Taylor, assisting in his research on food sovereignty and alternative food networks among immigrant communities.
- Yoshitaka Ota on advancing social equity in ocean governance worldwide September 11, 2024 - In a field of study as expansive as ocean governance, research questions and issues quickly become interconnected. Department of Marine Affairs professor Yoshitaka Ota is one researcher who understands this trend–and its importance. Trained as a social anthropologist at University College London, his early career focused on working with coastal communities and learning how their […]
- URI’s Free Farmers Market for students opens Sept. 5 September 4, 2024 - The University of Rhode Island’s award-winning Free Farmers Market for students opens on Thursday, Sept. 5, kicking off another season of fresh, free produce giveaways on the URI Quadrangle and at a new, added location this year to serve athletes, commuter students and students on west campus.
- Catching Bees: Abigail Gill’s Summer Fellowship August 29, 2024 - Butterfly nets. Rain boots. Clear vials. Coolers filled with ice. These are a few of the supplies Abigail Gill, a biological sciences and environmental science and management double major from Lincoln, RI, used when investigating the pollination ecology of cultivated and wild cranberry plants in Rhode Island this summer. As part of a Coastal and […]
- Coastal Access Equity: Mallory Lentz’s Path to NOAA’s Coastal Management Fellowship August 28, 2024 - Growing up on the Chesapeake Bay, recent CELS graduate Mallory Lentz ‘24 always knew she wanted to study environmental science. “I’ve always been in tune with coastal issues,” says Lentz. “I was able to see the lasting effects that humans had on the environment.” Admiring the beautiful tidal estuarine landscape of the Severn River in […]
- Shark Fishing for a Summer Fellowship August 20, 2024 - Mary Brantley, a marine biology and marine affairs double major from Charlotte, North Carolina, went fishing for the first time this summer. The first fish she ever caught? A mako shark, known as the fastest shark in the ocean. Brantley has been assisting with research led by Professor Bradley Wetherbee, an assistant professor of biology […]
- From the environment to the human brain, URI to co-host discussion of plastic pollution impact August 20, 2024 - URI research is focus of Rhode Island PBS forum on how plastic pollution affects us
- What’s the buzz? Expert talks about weekend’s dragonfly invasion at area beaches August 20, 2024 - Viral social media videos showed beachgoers ducking under beach towels, gazing in disbelief or quickly deploying their cell phones as thousands of dragonflies descended on local beaches such as Green Hill in South Kingstown and Misquamicut in Westerly. The spontaneous invasion lasted only minutes.