{"id":911,"date":"2023-03-23T13:38:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs-draft\/?page_id=911"},"modified":"2024-08-16T12:34:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T16:34:46","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/brianna-pizzano-research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/IMG_2276-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/IMG_2276-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/IMG_2276-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/brianna-pizzano-research\/\">A Whale of a Time: Brianna Pizzano on Beluga Whale Research<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Since stepping foot on campus, Brianna Pizzano has been making waves in her study of beluga whale behavior. Now in her senior year as a double major in animal science and marine biology, she has worked closely with Professor Justin Richard in his lab. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/uri-students-train-chickens-for-animal-behavioral-research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Brandon-Ferro-with-chicken-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Brandon-Ferro-with-chicken-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Brandon-Ferro-with-chicken-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/uri-students-train-chickens-for-animal-behavioral-research\/\">URI Students Train Chickens for Animal Behavioral Research<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Understanding how animals behave and what influences their behavior are crucial components of conservation efforts. At URI\u2019s Peckham Farm, Brandon Ferro and Lilly Brooks, animal science and technology (AVS) majors, learned modern animal training techniques as part of a course on animal behavioral research with Assistant Professor Justin Richard this semester.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/kylie-mastropolos-bpz\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/IMG_2474-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/IMG_2474-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/IMG_2474-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/kylie-mastropolos-bpz\/\">Animal Science Major Kylie Mastropolo on Interning with Buttonwood Park Zoo<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Prepping harbor seal diets, brushing the seals\u2019 pool, cleaning filtration in the Rainforest tank, and observing animals such as a coyote and Canada lynx. This was all in a day\u2019s work for Kylie Mastropolo, an animal science and technology major from Rockaway, NJ. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/bunnies-for-biodiversity\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/preferred-Alex-Rebelo1-1280x960-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/preferred-Alex-Rebelo1-1280x960-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/preferred-Alex-Rebelo1-1280x960-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/bunnies-for-biodiversity\/\">Bunnies for biodiversity<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI animal science majors are working on conservation efforts for the imperiled New England cottontail rabbit<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/novel-research-reveals-how-beluga-whales-socially-interact-via-facial-displays\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Screenshot-2024-07-28-at-9.11.10\u202fAM-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"whale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Screenshot-2024-07-28-at-9.11.10\u202fAM-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Screenshot-2024-07-28-at-9.11.10\u202fAM-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/novel-research-reveals-how-beluga-whales-socially-interact-via-facial-displays\/\">Novel Research Reveals how Beluga Whales Socially Interact via Facial Displays<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">New research from Justin Richard, assistant professor of animal science, published in Animal Cognition suggests there may be more to those squishy, distinctive heads than previously thought.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/connecting-people-with-animals\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/megan-rossilli-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/megan-rossilli-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/megan-rossilli-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/megan-rossilli-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/megan-rossilli.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/connecting-people-with-animals\/\">Connecting people with animals<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Megan Rossilli \u201923, worked extensively with chickens while studying animal science and technology at URI, and now she trains sea lions at Mystic Aquarium. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/uri-sophomore-in-marine-biology-aquaculture-and-fisheries-science-awarded-hollings-scholarship-from-noaa\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Owen-Fleischer-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Owen-Fleischer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Owen-Fleischer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Owen-Fleischer-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Owen-Fleischer.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/uri-sophomore-in-marine-biology-aquaculture-and-fisheries-science-awarded-hollings-scholarship-from-noaa\/\">FAVS\/marine biology major awarded NOAA Hollings Scholarship<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI sophomore Owen Fleischer has been awarded the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the most prestigious scholarship awarded to undergraduates in marine sciences.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/the-green-city-uri-team-wins-970000-grant-to-map-alternative-urban-food-networks\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Taylor-thumb-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Taylor-thumb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Taylor-thumb-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Taylor-thumb-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Taylor-thumb.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/the-green-city-uri-team-wins-970000-grant-to-map-alternative-urban-food-networks\/\">URI team wins $970,000 grant to map alternative urban food networks<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The project will bring together an array of work taking place at URI, including FAVS faculty Melva Trevi\u00f1o Pe\u00f1a\u2019s work with immigrant fishers, and Patrick Baur\u2019s work on food safety and urban agriculture.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/new-uri-led-initiative-will-provide-rapid-response-funds-to-support-rhode-island-seafood-industry\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/seafood-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/seafood-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/seafood.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/new-uri-led-initiative-will-provide-rapid-response-funds-to-support-rhode-island-seafood-industry\/\">URI-led initiative to support RI seafood industry<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A new initiative, spearheaded by URI professor Marta Gomez-Chiarri, will fund research \u2013 industry teams to address challenges faced by the seafood industry in Rhode Island.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/plastics.uri.edu\/dr-coleen-suckling-leads-studies-of-sea-urchin-as-sustainable-hatchery\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/coleen-suckling-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/coleen-suckling-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/coleen-suckling-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/coleen-suckling.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/plastics.uri.edu\/dr-coleen-suckling-leads-studies-of-sea-urchin-as-sustainable-hatchery\/\">URI professor leads studies of sea urchin as sustainable hatchery<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Coleen Suckling is the lead investigator in a two-year collaborative study to understand the implications on ocean and human health and build sustainable ocean-driven economies.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/summer-2019\/fins-flippers-and-finding-a-dream-job\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Beluga-tail-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Beluga-tail-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Beluga-tail.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/summer-2019\/fins-flippers-and-finding-a-dream-job\/\">Fins, Flippers, and Finding a Dream Job<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI\u2019s connection with Mystic Aquarium affords one-of-a-kind opportunities for URI students and alumni. (URI Magazine feature story)<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/uri-students-learn-about-animal-behavior-by-training-chickens-to-perform-tasks\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/training-chickens-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/training-chickens-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/training-chickens.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/uri-students-learn-about-animal-behavior-by-training-chickens-to-perform-tasks\/\">URI students learn about animal behavior by training chickens to perform tasks<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Student in an advanced animal behavior class train chickens using the same psychological principles used in professional animal training contexts.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/uri-researchers-hope-to-reveal-why-rare-cottontails-dont-breed-like-rabbits\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Cottontail-captive-breeding-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Cottontail-captive-breeding-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Cottontail-captive-breeding-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Cottontail-captive-breeding.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/uri-researchers-hope-to-reveal-why-rare-cottontails-dont-breed-like-rabbits\/\">URI researchers hope to reveal why rare cottontails don\u2019t breed like rabbits<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A team of URI students have been studying the behaviors of rabbit pairs for signs that may indicate why the breeding rate is so low.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2019\/06\/uri-researcher-fisheries-outcomes-maximized-through-traditional-practice\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Spearfisher-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Spearfisher-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Spearfisher-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Spearfisher-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Spearfisher.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2019\/06\/uri-researcher-fisheries-outcomes-maximized-through-traditional-practice\/\">URI researcher finds fisheries outcomes maximized through traditional practice<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Doctoral student Paul Carvalho, along with Dr. Austin Humphries and others, found that fishing ground areas that are periodically harvested are better than those with permanent, no-take marine protected areas.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/major-choices-animal-science\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/julie-bosland-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/julie-bosland-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/julie-bosland.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/major-choices-animal-science\/\">Major Choices: Animal Science and Technology<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">This URI profile features animal science and technology major Julie Bosland '19, who drafted comprehensive regulations on homegrown eggs\u2019 processing and handling.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/uri-students-learn-exotic-animal-management-in-semester-long-class-at-roger-williams-park-zoo\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Zoo-class-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Zoo-class-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Zoo-class.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/uri-students-learn-exotic-animal-management-in-semester-long-class-at-roger-williams-park-zoo\/\">URI students learn exotic animal management at Roger Williams Park Zoo<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Zoo Animal Management class is the first to be taught entirely at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/quadangles\/050-big-fish\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/big-fish-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/big-fish-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/big-fish.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/quadangles\/050-big-fish\/\">Big Fish<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">As worldwide demand for sushi-grade tuna grows, a URI professor and an entrepreneur have teamed up to successfully breed yellowfin tuna in captivity. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2016\/05\/uri-undergrads-play-key-role-in-beluga-whale-research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Beluga-Mystic-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Beluga-Mystic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/favs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2111\/Beluga-Mystic.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2016\/05\/uri-undergrads-play-key-role-in-beluga-whale-research\/\">URI undergrads play key role in beluga whale research<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">At Mystic Aquarium, 11 URI undergraduate students in a variety of disciplines played key roles in a study to identify a non-invasive method of determining the reproductive status of beluga 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