Boothroyd speaks on coastal hazards at D.C. caucus

Dr. Jon Boothroyd, CELS geosciences professor and state geologist, spoke at the Congressional Hazards Caucus Nov. 18 in Washington as part of a program entitled "Eroding Coastlines: Geological and Societal Impacts of Extreme Storms, Wetland Loss and Sea Level Rise."

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Students invited to apply for Navy summer program

Undergraduate juniors and seniors and graduate students are invited to apply for a 10-week summer research program at the Naval Undersea Warfare center (NUWC) in Newport.

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Bozzi cited for continuing education efforts

Edward Bozzi, assistant clinical professor and coordinator of the URI’s Biotechnology Manufacturing Program, was presented with the 2009 Continuing Education Faculty Award at the annual conference of the New England Chapter...

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Master Gardeners elect new board, extend honors

Sharyn Iannuccilli, a former member of the East Greenwich Town Council, has been elected president of the URI Master Gardeners Association (MGA).

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Two CELS undergraduates land national scholarships

Two CELS students, Megan Anne O’Brien and Joanna Panosky, have landed prestigious national scholarships.

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GSO Dean to give Wildlife Photography Talk

Dr. David Farmer, dean of the URI Graduate School of Oceanography, will give a talk entitled “Connecting with Nature through Wildlife Photography”...

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Freshmen give Hero Pack program a boost

The Operation Military Kids program operated by the 4-H Clubs Program got a big helping hand recently when students in the URI 101 Class from the Department of Kinesiology put together 100 Hero Packs.

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CELS to honor two with distinguished achievement awards

To be cited by CELS Interim Dean Dr. Nancy Fey-Yensan are Wayne K. Durfee, Class of '50, a professor emeritus of the Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, and Peggy B. Sharpe, one of the state’s foremost ...

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4-H Foundation given legislative grant

The Rhode Island 4-H Clubs Foundation has received a $2,000 legislative grant to continue a number of programs.

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Foundation to honor four for excellence

The four winners of the 2009 URI Foundation Excellence Awards will be honored at a reception at the URI Foundation building Thursday Oct. 1 at 4:30.

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Dennis Nixon leaves CELS to join GSO as interim associate dean

Dr. Dennis W. Nixon, associate dean of academic affairs at the College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS) for the last eight years, has been named interim associate dean for research and administration of the URI Graduate ...

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Dr. Brian K. Maynard honored with a Gold Medal this fall by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society

Dr. Brian K. Maynard, chair of the CELS Plant Sciences Department, will be honored with a Gold Medal this fall by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

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Workshops planned on Pawcatuck Watershed study

The Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association, in partnership with the Rhode Island Resource Conservation and Development Council, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U. S. Geological Survey, and...

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South County Garden Club joins American chestnut research project

The South County Garden Club (SCGC) has made a grant of $2,000 in support of the American chestnut tree restoration project that is currently under way as collaboration among The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF)...

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CELS garners $22.2 million in grants in fiscal year 2009

The URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences garnered $22.2 million in grants during fiscal year 2009.

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URI Foundation honors Golet with teaching award

Dr. Frank Golet, professor of wetlands ecology and director of graduate studies in the CELS Department of Natural Resources Science, has been awarded the 2009 Teaching Excellence Award by the URI Foundation.

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Metcalf Institute Awards $75,000 Grantham Prize to USA Today Reporters

Blake Morrison and Brad Heath of USA Today are the 2009 winners of the Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment. Morrison and Heath will receive the $75,000 prize ...

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URI?s Metcalf Institute announces four finalists for The Grantham Prize

Four entries including a book, a TV series and two newspaper series have been chosen as the finalists for the fourth annual Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment ...

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Operation Military Kids Camp to open July 17 - 19

The Operation Military Kids Family Camp will be held at URI July 17-19, sponsored in part by the 4-H program under the College of the Environment and Life Sciences.

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Three URI Master Gardeners honored for their dedication

Three URI Master Gardeners were honored recently for their extensive volunteer efforts on behalf of the URI Master Gardener Association.

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URI to host Invasive Plant Management Certification Program, July 7 & 8

Landscape professionals who work within coastal buffer zones are invited to enroll in the Invasive Plant Management Certification Program at the URI?s Narragansett Bay Campus on July 7 and 8.

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Five public lectures scheduled by the Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting

Five public lectures have been scheduled from June 9-12 by the Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting.

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Fourteen CELS graduates given excellence awards

Fourteen recent graduates of the College of the Environment and Life Sciences have been given the President?s Award for Student Excellence.

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Gala set to help support tick disease research

A fund-raising event to help support tick-borne disease research at URI, will be held June 5 at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center.

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Workshop on teaching large classes planned

Dr. Frank Heppner, URI Honors Professor of Biological Sciences, will give a two-part workshop on teaching large classes in September.

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URI Bookstore helps Operation Military Kids program

The URI Bookstore has solved a problem for the Operation Military Kids program that is being conducted by the CELS-based 4-H program.

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4-H coordinator given surprise award

Kristina Horan, State 4-H Volunteer Coordinator, was surprised recently at the CELS Faculty Meeting when she received the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal from the Rhode Island National Guard.

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Survey?s conference addresses off-shore wind project issues

Off-shore wind power generation was the theme of the day as 215 persons interested in the various issues regarding alternative energy generation attended the Rhode Island Natural History Survey?s 13th annual conference held in the Quonset ?O? Club.

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Two CELS marine biology majors won prestigious awards in national competition.

Megan O?Brien, a sophomore, has won both a Goldwater Scholarship and a Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship. Connor Capizzano, another sophomore, also won a Hollings Scholarship.

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7th Annual East Farm Spring Festival set May 9

One of the biggest Master Gardener events of the year is the annual East Farm Spring Festival which seems to be growing in significance every year.

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4-Hers competing in a championship robotics competition.

A group of 4-Hers including members from Aquidneck Island will be competing April 15-17 in Atlanta, GA, in a championship robotics competition.

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PhD student wins fellowship, scholarship

Kimberly Lellis-Dibble, a PhD student working for Dr. Laura Meyerson of the Natural Resources Science Department, has been awarded a National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR) fellowship.

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Nixon quoted in article on Exxon Valdez oil spill

Dr. Dennis Nixon, associate dean of the College of the Environment and Life Sciences, has been quoted in a website news article on the occasion of the 20th year anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

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URI Nutrition Club aids heart association

Members of the URI Nutrition Club sponsored a booth recently to help raise awareness of heart disease in women and in the process aided the American Heart Association.

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Assoc. Dean Nixon given service award by underwater sciences group

Dennis W. Nixon, Associate Dean of the College of the Environment and Life Sciences, was given the 2009 Service Award at the recent annual meeting of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) held in Atlanta, GA.

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Two undergraduate students win appointments to the Harvard Forest Summer Research Program

Two undergraduate students working in Dr. Evan Preisser?s laboratory have won appointments to the Harvard Forest Summer Research Program this year.

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Full day of workshops on gardening on April 4 in the Roger Williams Park Botanical center.

A full day of workshops on gardening will be held April 4 in the Roger Williams Park Botanical center.

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Meyerson named Leopold Leadership Fellow

Dr. Laura Meyerson, assistant professor in Natural Resources Science, is one of 19 researchers nationally who has been selected as a 2009 Leopold Leadership Fellow.

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Josh Atwood received a $1,450 grant from the Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative

Josh Atwood, a doctoral candidate working with Dr. Laura Meyerson of the Department of Natural Resources Science, has received a $1,450 grant...

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Two students awarded Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR)

Laura Ingwell and Virginia Lai, students in the CELS Department of Biological Sciences, have been awarded Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR)...

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Dr. Art Gold named a senior advisor to the United Nations Research Coordination Project

Dr. Art Gold, a professor of watershed hydrology in the CELS Department of Natural Resources Science, has been named a senior advisor to the United Nations...

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