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  • Giving “Life to the Work”: Christina Monk on Plant Sciences October 28, 2024 - Christina Monk, a plant sciences major, works as the harvest manager for URI's award-winning Free Farmers Market, assists with the Vegetable Program team at Agronomy Farm, researches husk cherries, and more.
  • Sonia Refulio-Coronado on Water Quality Equity October 18, 2024 - A Ph.D. candidate in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Sonia Refulio-Coronado explores surface and drinking water quality issues across the United States with a focus on equity.
  • image of solar panels in a row under a blue and cloudy sky ENRE department to host alumni panel for interested students on Oct. 17 October 15, 2024 - The panel discussion will be held on this Wednesday, October 17th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm in Room 105 of the Beaupre Center. RSVP is required for attendance. Interested in pursuing a career in environment, sustainability, energy, data, policy or economics? The Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (ENRE) will be hosting an alumni panel […]
  • Caroline McCullough in a participant’s backyard, surrounded by various plants growing from an assortment of containers. 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.
  • image of professor Ota wearing a black shirt and glasses, smiling look off camera 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 […]
  • image of 2 students smiling looking at the camera while in line at the farmers market with trees in the background and a line of students gathered in the background 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.
  • image of Abby Gall holding a butterfly net in a wooded area 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 […]
  • image of Mallory Lentz smiling at the camera wearing a white button down shirt. The background of this image is gray 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 […]
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