4H Clubs Awarded

Four 4-H Clubs in Rhode Island have been granted $1,400 Cumberland Farm awards for community service projects during 2007.

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Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Short Course

A short course on Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) will be held Feb. 5-6 at the Whispering Pines Conf. Center on the W. Alton Jones Campus in W. Greenwich

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Roger LeBrun receives the 2006 Northeast Regional Award for excellence in college teaching

LeBrun, a CELS entomologist, accepted the award at the Nov. 12 ceremony sponsored by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges in Houston, TX.

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The Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting has announced a job opening

The Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting has announced a job opening for the Executive Director for Metcalf Institute at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography.

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keynote speaker at the National Convention of the Society of American Foresters

Dr. Laura Meyerson was the keynote speaker at the National Convention of the Society of American Foresters.

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Student job opening

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s Atlantic Ecology Division in Narragansett has a part-time or full-time opening for a student contractor

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The URI Senior Landscape Architecture Studio has been selected to receive an Award

The URI Senior Landscape Architecture Studio has been selected to receive the 2006 Undergraduate Student Project Award by the RI Chapter of the American Planning Association.

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CELS research associate, Lisa Tewksbury, speaks at Southern RI Conservation District event

Tewksbury gave a presentation on her project exploring a biological control on the invasive plant, purple loosestrife.

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Director of the Coastal Institute Appointment

Dr. Peter V. August has been appointed to a third three-year term as director of the Coastal Institute by Dr. M. Beverly Swan, URI Provost.

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THE URI CELS Geospatial Extension Program has received a national honor for excellence in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) field

The award credits URI for its extension program for the last two years. The program has a mission to facilitate access to data, create educational opportunities and provide demonstrations of GIS technology.

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Dr. David Fastovsky receives GSA Distinguished Service Award

CELS Professor David Fastovsky receives the GSA Distinguished Service Award by the National Geological Society of America.

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Sustainability Workshop Series Underway at CELS

Ken Payne, director of the Senate Policy Office, kicks off the CELS Sustainability Workshop Series with a discussion on the Comprehensive Energy Conservation, Efficiency and Affordability Act of 2006.

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URI ENRE professor, Dr. Cathy Roheim, elected co-chair of the Stakeholder's Advisory Council of the Marine Stewardship Council

MSC is an independent, global, non-profit organization based in London whose role is to recognize, via a certification program, well-managed fisheries and to harness consumer preference for seafood products bearing the MSC label of approval.

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CELS entomologist, Richard A. Casagrande's work with beetles profiled in green industry magazine

Dr. Richard A. Casagrande, a CELS entomologist who has done extensive research on biocontrols, has been featured extensively in a column that appeared in the early summer edition of People, Places & Plants magazine.

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USDA Grant to fund Livestock on Small Acreages: Protecting Water Resources and Health program

A $180,000 three-year grant from USDA has been awarded to the URI Cooperative Extension Water Quality and 4-H programs to create an education program that will address small acreage livestock pollution issues.

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Seeds are planted for donations to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank this fall

The URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences officially kicked off a collaboration which will result in thousands of pounds of corn and winter squash for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank next fall.

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Metcalf lecture series open to the public

Five free public lectures have been scheduled for the week of June 12-16 at the '06 Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting.

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URI entomologist quoted in article on Lyme disease

Dr. Thomas N. Mather, a CELS entomologist and director of the Center for Vector-Borne Disease, was quoted recently in an article in ScienceNOW Daily News.

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US EPA presents Alyson McCann with Environmental Merit Award

Alyson McCann, coordinator of the Water Quality Program in the Department of Natural Resources Science, has been given the prestigious Environmental Merit Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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CELS recognizes outstanding faculty and staff for 2006

Five members of the faculty or staff of the College of the Environment and Life Sciences have been recognized for their professional performances and service.

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