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Alanna Casey awarded URI Center for the Humanities Graduate Research Grant
The URI Center for Humanities awarded Marine Affairs Doctoral Candidate, Alanna Casey, a Graduate Research Grant to support her dissertation research. The award will enable Alanna to conduct research at various archives in California, Florida, and Virginia during the summer and fall of 2016. When informing Alanna of the award, Center for the Humanities Director, […]
Continue reading "Alanna Casey awarded URI Center for the Humanities Graduate Research Grant"Samantha Mackiewicz (MAF Undergraduate Senior) advances ocean conservation by working for The Ocean Project
Samantha Mackiewicz (MAF Undergraduate Senior) advances ocean conservation by working for The Ocean Project This semester, Marine Affairs undergraduate student, Sam Mackiewicz interned with The Ocean Project. The Ocean Project is a non-profit organization that advances ocean conservation in partnership with zoos, aquariums, museums, and other visitor serving organizations around the world. The Ocean Project also coordinates World […]
Continue reading "Samantha Mackiewicz (MAF Undergraduate Senior) advances ocean conservation by working for The Ocean Project"Peter Stempel (MAF PhD Student) featured as “CELS Big Thinker” for his disaster visualization work
Braxton Davis (MAF PhD) appointed North Carolina fisheries and coastal divisions director
URI anthropology, marine affairs professor studies importance of human wellbeing in global efforts to protect planet
Marine Affairs Spring Defenses
MAF Spring Defenses
Continue reading "Marine Affairs Spring Defenses"Marine Affairs has strong showing at Social Coast Forum 2016
Three faculty and five students, as well as recent Alumni Tiffany Smythe, Sarah Smith, and Dawn Kotowicz of the Department of Marine Affairs presented at the Social Coast Forum in Charleston, SC. The Social Coast Forum, hosted by NOAA, is one of the most well-known coastal and marine based social science conferences. It focuses on […]
Continue reading "Marine Affairs has strong showing at Social Coast Forum 2016"Prof. Amelia Moore first American to receive a Fulbright to travel to The Bahamas in over a decade
Dr. Amelia Moore, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Coastal Tourism and Recreation in the Department of Marine Affairs, is currently in The Bahamas for the Spring of 2016. She will be conducting research and teaching at the College of The Bahamas with a Fulbright Scholar Award from the U.S. State Department. Because of a long program […]
Continue reading "Prof. Amelia Moore first American to receive a Fulbright to travel to The Bahamas in over a decade"Kristen Ounanian – 2nd Runner-up in Society for Applied Anthropology Student Paper Competition
URI Marine Affairs PhD Candidate, Kristen Ounanian Awarded 2nd Runner-up in Society for Applied Anthropology Student Paper Competition URI Marine Affairs PhD Candidate, Kristen Ounanian, placed 2nd runner-up in the Tourism and Heritage Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA). Based on an open call for extended abstracts, Kristen was invited […]
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