MAF graduate student Rachel Cohn will study Swahili in Kilifi, Kenya.

Nick’s work in Washington and now in Maine make him one of the pioneers on working waterfronts and the challenges they face.

Masters of Arts in Marine Affairs alum, Kayla Williams, has been recognized for her outstanding efforts in academics through receiving the URI Graduate School Dean’s Diversity Fellowship, Outstanding Achievement for Black Scholars Award, and most recently, the NOAA Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.

Over 30 students and alumni collected plastic and other trash along the Narragansett beach.

URI student Callan Yanoff is a co-author of several publications in Oceanography Magazine’s Special Issue dedicated to the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative’s work.

The article is part of a series on the impacts that climate change and severe weather have on supply chains.

His research will focus on public participation and renewable energy development.

The Marine Affairs Department welcomes Dr. Hilda Lloréns, an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. 

Four University of Rhode Island sophomores, including two Marine Affairs majors, have been awarded the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the most prestigious scholarship awarded to undergraduates studying the marine sciences.