Students from across New England interested in the environment and economics can now attend the University of Rhode Island for a program that focuses on a sustainable and affordable future at regional tuition rates.

Recipient Abigail Hasenfus ’20, M.S. ’21 who now works as the chief of renewable energy program development for the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, was recently recognized with a 10 Under 10 Award.

Emi Uchida, professor of environmental and natural resource economics, led the United States team of faculty, early career researchers and graduate students to Southwest Papua, Indonesia, to organize a “Knowledge Convergence Workshop” and begin fieldwork in four coastal communities.

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.

A multidisciplinary team of scientists are working with stakeholders in Warren to address worsening climate hazards that are affecting coastal communities, including flooding and salinization, as part of a three-state collaboration backed by the National Science Foundation.

Professors Soni Pradhanang, Madison Jones, Jason Parent and Emi Uchida part of $6 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation for collaborative study of climate change and resilience.

Uchida is one of six recipients recognized this year by Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation.

URI Professor Emi Uchida, Ph.D., leads a new NSF grant to bridge international expertise and communities around mangrove/seagrass ecosystems.

Experiments in economics? Come learn how we can use experimental economics to design better policy! New course for Fall 2022: EEC 450 Experimental Economics (MWF 9-9:50 am, Tyler Hall 106).

University of Rhode Island natural resource economist, Thomas Sproul has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to create a new way of documenting where commercial fishing is conducted in southern New England waters.