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URI launches ‘Plastics: Land to Sea’ web platform

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A new University of Rhode Island web platform, “Plastics: Land to Sea,” has been launched to provide the science community with a burgeoning array of data resources and tools designed to inform and support dialogue concerning research-focused efforts to start addressing plastics pollution.

URI Master Gardeners launch initiative to connect Rhode Islanders to local food system

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University of Rhode Island Master Gardeners have launched an initiative to encourage Rhode Islanders to develop a stronger connection to the local food system…[Read more]

University of Rhode Island among The Princeton Review’s greenest colleges

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The University of Rhode Island’s commitment to sustainability is once again in the spotlight as The Princeton Review has named URI among the nation’s “greenest” colleges for the eighth year in a row. The Princeton Review’s Guide to 375 Green Colleges: 2017 Edition profiles colleges with exceptional commitments to sustainability based on their academic offerings and career preparation […]

CELS Geologist Helps Conduct Alaskan Earthquake Research

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The coastal geology of Simeonof Island, the southeastern-most island in the Shumagin archipelago of the Aleutian Islands, suggests the region has not experienced a great megathrust earthquake…
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CELS grad student wins award for top research paper from Royal Entomological Society

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University of Rhode Island doctoral student Jamie Rafter has set the bar quite high for herself. The first research paper she ever wrote has won an award from the Royal Entomological Society as the best research paper…
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URI alumnus discusses economic tradeoffs in New England coastal management

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Media Contact: Meredith Haas, 401 874-6019 Economic expert says patterns in economic values and tradeoffs sometimes contradict common assumptions in management KINGSTON, R.I. – February 6, 2014 — Dr. Robert Johnston will discuss the economic impacts of climate change to kickoff the first of the Coastal State Discussion series on Tuesday, February 25 from 4 […]

Students Experience Indonesia through CELS J-Term Trip

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Media Contact: Todd McLeish, 401-874-7892 Two-week course examined water, public health in growing country KINGSTON, R.I. – February 5, 2014 – A dozen University of Rhode Island students traveled to Indonesia during J-Term last month to study problems related to water and public health and examine sustainable technologies that may enable people in developing countries […]

Two URI biologists solve mystery of a strange ancient shark

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Thanks to some high-tech imagery, two URI biologists and other colleagues have unraveled part of the mystery that has long surrounded one of the oddest looking ancient sharks…[Learn more]

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