Thomas Boving, a professor of geosciences and engineering at the University of Rhode Island, is the recipient of a prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award…
Fifth annual University of Rhode Island Research and Scholarship Photo Contest winners announced
Thomas Boving, a professor of geosciences and engineering at the University of Rhode Island, is the recipient of a prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award…
‘The crisis revealed the crisis,’ 2021 Rhode Island Food System Summit focuses on food insecurity during COVID-19 pandemic
During the past year, food insecurity in the United States has reached record levels. According to a report issued by the Rhode Island Community Food Bank last fall…[Read more]
CELS scientists investigate distribution of muskrats, beavers, otters in Rhode Island
A University of Rhode Island graduate student will be scouring lakes, ponds and wetlands throughout Rhode Island over the next three years to search for signs of three semi-aquatic mammals to document their distribution in the state…[Read more]
CELS scientist to lead effort to boost sea urchin farming in New England
A team of researchers, aquaculture production specialists and educators, led by a University of Rhode Island scientist, has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center…[Read more]
CELS Communications Fellowship Provides MESM Students with Funding and Job Readiness Skills
“Participating in the Communications Fellowship program was one of the most worthwhile experiences of my life,” says Morgan Devlin, a staff scientist at Langan Engineering & Environmental Science…[Read more]
CELS student surveys bumblebees to identify flowers preferred by each species
A survey of bumblebees in the Ocean State by students at the University of Rhode Island found just six species in the summer of 2019 and 2020, down from the 11 species historically recorded in the state…[Read more]
CELS scientists seek better understanding of growing fisher population
Scientists at the University of Rhode Island have begun a three-year effort to capture and track fishers throughout western Rhode Island to better understand their population numbers and movement as…[Read more]