Eric Romelczyk’s (MMA 2016) turned his major paper into a journal article with Prof. Austin Becker and was nominated for Best Manuscript 2016 in Maritime Policy and Management. Known by his classmates as “Tugboat Eric,” his major paper research leveraged his experience as a merchant mariner and as a tall ship sailor to explore how […]
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Dr. Dalton and research team featured in Block Island Times about current wind farm research
CELS Professor Explores Links Between Gender, Justice and the Environment
Driven by her passion for social justice, Jessica Frazier is in a unique position to affect change at the University of Rhode Island. She collaborates across colleges and disciplines, stimulating critical conversations around gender, justice, and the environment. Frazier first joined URI in 2013 as a visiting assistant professor in the College of Arts and […]
Continue reading "CELS Professor Explores Links Between Gender, Justice and the Environment"Kyle Alvanas (MAF BS ’18) is Sailing to Remote Islands in the Pacific Ocean to Study Climate Change Effects on Coral Reefs
SSV Robert C. Seamans. Photo courtesy of Sea Education Association. Kyle Alvanas, who will graduate next year with a BS degree in Marine Affairs, is making a voyage to the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) with Sea Education Association, or SEA Semester, an internationally recognized program that combines classroom learning on shore at Woods Hole, […]
Continue reading "Kyle Alvanas (MAF BS ’18) is Sailing to Remote Islands in the Pacific Ocean to Study Climate Change Effects on Coral Reefs"New article by Emily Patrolia (MAMA ’16) examines weather impacts on recreational uses in RI
Emily Patrolia (MAMA ’16) and her colleagues recently published an article in the Marine Policy journal titled, The influence of weather on the recreational uses of coastal lagoons in Rhode Island, USA. Through direct observations of human activities on RI’s coastal lagoons, the study assesses the sensitivity of coastal recreational uses to changes in weather […]
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URI Team Assists with RIEMA Hurricane Training
As tropical depression Cindy made land fall in Louisiana last week, Rhode Island emergency managers (EM’s) ran a training exercise using a powerful, fictitious storm called “Hurricane Rhody”. The storm was created by Isaac Ginis, Chris Kincaid, and David Ullman of URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography and was based on historical data from Hurricane Carol […]
Continue reading "URI Team Assists with RIEMA Hurricane Training"Leland Smith (JD/MMA 2017) publishes in Marine Policy
Leland Smith has published his paper, To accede or not to accede: An analysis of the current US position related to the United Nations law of the sea, in Marine Policy. Congratulations, Leland! Read it here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X1730283X
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