May 8, 2020

Tick researchers seek to learn if you’re spending more time outdoors because of COVID-19 restrictions

Chandu / News Article / health, professor /

In this time of pandemic, maybe you’re working from home, managing the kids and their school work, and you need a break. Off you go to the park, the trails or the woods for a respite…[Read more]

August 14, 2019

For This CELS Professor, it’s about Shark Conservation

Chandu / News Article / professor /

When the National Marine Fisheries Service began encouraging fishermen to target sharks as an “underutilized resource” in the 1980s, little was known about the animals’ biology and ecology…[Read more]

October 29, 2018

CELS Welcomes New Faculty

Chandu / News Article / CMB, Faculty, professor /

The University of Rhode Island College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS) is pleased to welcome eight new faculty members this fall…[Read more]

September 6, 2018

CELS professor leading U.S., Israeli probe into adaptability of coral reefs

Chandu / News Article / coral, leading, professor, reefs /

University of Rhode Island researcher Hollie Putnam is leading a collaborative $1.1 million, three-year investigation…[Read more]

May 23, 2018

CELS researcher’s TickSpotters program provides timely risk assessment

Chandu / News Article / professor, Research, Tick /

Oh No! You’ve been bitten by a tick or find one on your clothes or pet. Your anxiety quickly builds as you wonder, “Is this a deer tick? Will I get Lyme disease?”…[Read more]

May 2, 2018

CELS professor awarded Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research in Argentina, Czech Republic, South Africa

Chandu / News Article / Award, Fellowship, professor /

Laura Meyerson, a professor of invasion and restoration ecology at the University of Rhode Island, has been awarded a Fulbright Global Scholar Fellowship to spend a year conducting research on invasive plants in Argentina…[Read more]

April 13, 2018

The changing face of fieldwork

Chandu / News Article / fieldwork, oceanography, professor /

Women are still underrepresented in the kinds of extreme research that bring scientists to mountainous, polar and deep-sea environments..[Read more]

March 22, 2018

Sand whisperer brings home another victory

Chandu / News Article / competition, professor, sand, soil /

Professor Mark Stolt trains winners. One of the secrets he shares with his students: listen to the sand for clues…[Read more]

January 23, 2018

NRS professor finds that genome size affects whether plants become invasive

Chandu / News Article / Faculty, genome, invasive, NRS, plant, professor /

A University of Rhode Island scientist who studies the invasive plant Phragmites was part of an international research team that found that the most significant factor in determining whether a plant will become invasive is the size of its genome…[Read more]