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.

Through her work with students, she emphasizes the unique opportunities, through the Block Island Wind Farm, to contribute to learning and how we think about energy issues in terms of the economics.

Professor Uchida’s research in Asia, Africa, and the U.S. builds a more sustainable world, while simultaneously protecting standards of living and mitigating poverty in developing nations.