URI oceanographers awarded grant from National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study Gulf of Mexico Loop Current

Researchers from the URI Graduate School of Oceanography were awarded a $2 million grant as part of a long-term research campaign to help improve understanding and prediction of the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current.

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Innovations in nursing: URI study helping repair asthma patients’ lungs

A number of patients who suffer from asthma are bringing their condition under control, increasing their lung function and decreasing the frequency of asthma attacks — all without going to the doctor’s office. The patients involved in a URI College of Nursing professor’s study are benefitting from an emerging trend among nurses to increase patient […]

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URI student joins SEA Semester to study coral reef ecology on tall ship ocean research voyage

The Sea Education Association has announced that University of Rhode Island senior marine biology major Sharil Deleon is on an ocean research voyage this fall to study human impact on Caribbean coral reef ecosystems. Through SEA Semester: Caribbean Reef Expedition, which is offered by Sea Education Association, the Central Fallsnative, together with other students with a variety of academic […]

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