Five University of Rhode Island students have been recognized by the National Science Foundation as Graduate Research Fellows, a distinction that includes funding to cover three years of their graduate education plus an annual $34,000 stipend…[Read more]
Five URI students awarded prestigious Fulbright grants
Two scientists at the University of Rhode Island have been awarded a five-year, $1.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to encourage historically under-represented…[Read more]
CELS Scientist Awarded $1.7 Million Grant to Study How Corals Grow and Function
University of Rhode Island coral biologist Hollie Putnam is teaming with experts in computer science, nanotoxicology, structural engineering and systems biology to study the intricacies of how corals grow…[Read more]
CELS Scientist Awarded $2.2 Million Grant to Investigate Mouth Bacteria
Matthew Ramsey studies bacteria in the human mouth, but he sounds like a wildlife biologist. He compares important bacteria to oak trees around which the forest is organized…[Read more]
CELS Researchers Awarded Multiple Grants to Study Oyster Genetics, Breeding, Diseases in Support of Aquaculture Industry
Several scientists at the University of Rhode Island have been awarded grants to study oyster genetics, breeding and diseases as part of a region-wide…[Read more]
CELS Professor Emeritus Receives EPA’s Environmental Merit Award
Peter August, professor emeritus of natural resources science at the University of Rhode Island, was presented with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental…[Read more]
The University of Rhode Island College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS) couldn’t be prouder of the CELS community. Eleven faculty, staff, and students in CELS were honored with a variety of prestigious awards in the areas of research…[Read more]