Tuesday evenings at 7
Edwards Auditorium and online
PLEASE NOTE:
***Due to the COVID crisis: ALL attendees will be REQUIRED to show either a vaccination card OR a university ID. Also, everyone attending will be required to be masked while inside the building. Virtual viewing is open to all.***
To celebrate the dawn of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, the University of Rhode Island will focus its 58th annual Honors Colloquium on “Sustaining Our Shores” in fall of 2021.
Coordinators: J.P. Walsh, Andrew J. Davies
Speakers
Coasts in Crisis: Our Relationship with Rising Seas - Kelsey Leonard Watch Video
September 21, 2021
Coasts in Crisis: Rising Together in Response to the Climate Change - Elizabeth Rush Watch Video
September 28, 2021
Coasts in Crisis, Panel: Risk and Resilience in New England - Panelists: Pam Rubinoff, associate coastal manager for URI Coastal Resources Center; Elder González Trejo, director of community programs with the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council; Julie Wormser, deputy director of the Mystic River Watershed Association, and the moderator will be Megan Hall, host for The Public’s Radio podcast Possibly. Watch Video
October 5, 2021
Infinity Fish: Economics and the Future of Fish and Fisheries - Rashid Sumaila Watch Video
October 19, 2021
The Future of Seafood: How Marine Food Systems Can Support Healthy Oceans and Communities - Barton Seaver Watch Video
November 2, 2021
The Future of Seafood, Panel: Sustainability through Local and Global Action - Panelists: Monica Jain, executive director with Fish 2.0; Sarah Schumann, author and commercial fisherwoman; Russell Smith, consultant with Flen Consulting, and the moderator will be Azure Cygler, marine research associate with the URI Coastal Resources Center. Watch Video
November 9, 2021
The Story of Plastic Pollution: From Scientific Evidence to Policy - Chelsea Rochman Watch Video
November 16, 2021
Plastic and Marine Pollution, Panel: Science and Solutions - Panelists: Eva Touhey the program manager at Clean Ocean Access, an environmental nonprofit located in Middletown, RI.; Anna Robuck, researcher at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with a Ph.D. from the URI Graduate School of Oceanography; Michaela Cashman, researcher at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and PhD candidate at URI; Kara Lavender Law, research professor of oceanography at the Sea Education Association; and Evan Ridley, director of environmental programs at the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association Watch Video
November 30, 2021
An Ocean State of Mind: In Crisis, Opportunity - Wallace J Nichols
December 7, 2021: Watch Video
Special Video Events
To further the community discussion around the topics of the 2021 Fall Honors Colloquium, the Organizers are hosting several topical documentary screenings on selected Thursday evenings at 7pm (doors open at 6.45) in the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, Kingston Campus (Room: CBLS 100). The initial screening list is tentatively as follows: Sept 30, Tidewater; Oct 21, Chasing Coral and Dec 9, The Story of Plastics. Pre-registration (linked below) is required, along with a valid URI ID or vaccination card and the URI indoor masking policy must be followed.
Learn more about the URI Honors Program.