Eric Kretsch, Austin Becker, Duncan McIntosh (left to right) Prof. Austin Becker and graduate students Duncan McIntosh (PhD student) and Eric Kretsch (Masters student) all presented their work at the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on the Marine Transportation System conference at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. A link to the conference […]
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2015 MAMA alumna Anna S. Antonova recently published an article in Marine Policy based on research conducted for her Masters’ thesis at URI
2015 MAMA alumna Anna S. Antonova recently published an article in Marine Policy based on research conducted for her Masters’ thesis at URI. The article, which you can read here http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1Sz1W,714MRPEr, entitled ‘The rhetoric of ‘responsible fishing’: Notions of human rights and sustainability in the European Union’s bilateral fishing agreements with developing states’, explores the […]
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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 […]
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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
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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 […]
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