“Change starts with having a personal environmental ethic, and that ethic is to do no harm. Take care of what you have.”
Continue reading "Richard Rhodes, former Associate Dean, Research, College of the Environment and Life Sciences featured in URI ‘Blue Minds’ Series"Assistant Professor Elizabeth Mendenhall joined three alumni of the Marine Affairs Masters program on an educational oceanographic cruise through the Rhode Island Teachers-at-Sea program.
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Representatives of Rhode Island emergency management agencies, along with government and public health departments met with University of Rhode Island researchers for training exercises this summer.
Continue reading "URI partners continue work with Rhode Island emergency managers"Professor Diamond joins the Marine Affairs faculty in a joint appointment with the Department of Communication Studies. Her research investigates how communication strategies influence public opinion on the environment.
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MAF MAMA graduate Mike Rinaldi ’16 was named Employee of the Quarter by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission for the second quarter of 2019.
Continue reading "MAMA Grad Awarded the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Employee of the Quarter"This article discusses the technique of observing lunar distance – that is, angular distance between the moon and another celestial body – to establish universal time and longitude, from a practitioner’s point of view. The article presents a brief overview of the principles underlying the lunar distance observation and its use in celestial navigation. A […]
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Graduate students in Prof. Dalton’s MAF 526 (Management of Marine Protected Areas) class presented their final posters on April 30. Students worked in groups of three to critically analyze a topic related to the human dimensions of marine protected area design, planning, and management. Poster topics included compliance, community-based resource management, social resilience, user-wildlife conflicts, […]
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Professors Frazier and Moore received their award for their project Public Memory, Place, and Belonging: Unearthing the Hidden History of the Native and African American Presence on Block Island.
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My name is Samuel Filiaggi. I am a graduating senior Marine Affairs major and Oceanography minor at the University of Rhode Island (URI) from Batavia, Illinois. This semester, I am participating in the Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program at Mystic Seaport Museum. This national program is the result of a forty-two year partnership between Williams College […]
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