Master Gardener Foundation lands grant for $31,500 composting facility for URI Botanical Gardens

The Master Gardener Foundation of Rhode Island Inc., a non-profit support arm for the URI Master Gardener Program, has received a $31,500 grant from the Champlin Foundations to construct a composting facility at the URI Botanical Gardens.

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The Stan Cobb Endowment has reached $25,000

An endowment in honor of Dr. Stan Cobb, Professor Emeritus, has now reached a level where monies can be disbursed to support experiential learning in marine biology.

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The Amgen Foundation has awarded a $239,000 grant to middle and high school students in the state.

The Amgen Foundation has awarded a $239,000 grant that will fund a program to introduce fundamentals of biotechnology and molecular biology to middle and high school students in the state.

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GreenShare Field Day held on the grounds of the URI Botanical Garden

GreenShare Field Day is one of two major public events put on by the URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences each year, the other being the East Farm Spring Festival.

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Dr. Evan Preisser, a CELS researcher, has landed a $499,994 federal grant.

Dr. Evan Preisser, a CELS researcher who has been working on the invasion of hemlock wooly adelgids in New England, has landed a $499,994 federal grant to expand his project.

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Leading Climate Scientist, IPCC Contributor, Dr. Ben Santer To Address 2007 Grantham Prize Journalists

Leading climate scientist Dr. Benjamin D. Santer will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Grantham Prize Seminar on Environmental Journalism, “Reporting on Climate Change: Science, Policy and the News,”

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Scholarship for URI senior.

Kelly Jarvis, a URI senior studying environmental horticulture and turf grass management, has been awarded a $2,500 scholarship by the Horticultural Research Institute, the research division of the American Nursery and Landscape Association (ANLA).

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Series of educational programs sponsored by the CELS Outreach Center in partnership with the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center

The fall series of educational programs sponsored by the CELS Outreach Center in partnership with the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center is now available on line.

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The Nature Conservancy and University of Rhode Island Award Grant for Marine Conservation Research

The Nature Conservancy and the University of Rhode Island (URI) today announced that graduate student Ivan Mateo will receive a grant for marine conservation research.

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URI project wins at World Bank Competition of Innovative Health and Poverty Reduction Projects

A clean water project proposed by an environmental hydrogeology professor at the University of Rhode Island became one of 22 grant winners at the World Bank’s 2007 Global Development Marketplace.

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"Best student paper" award goes to Ph.d student in the Department of Natural Resource Science

A Ph.D. student in the Department of Natural Resource Science, has been selected as the winner of the 2007 BAE Systems Award for best student paper.

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Stephanie Koch, the only URI student to be awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

Stephanie Koch is working towards her PhD by doing research on shore birds and these days she is soaring in rarified air because she is the only URI student to be awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

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Small-scale agriculture training program

Students interested in sustainable, small-scale agriculture have an opportunity to apply for an international internship/training program that will start in August.

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URI Providence to dedicate new biotechnology center during regional biotechnology symposium

The symposium begins at 1:30, and the lab dedication ceremony is at 4:15 p.m. Both events will take place at URI’s Feinstein Providence Campus, 80 Washington St., Providence.

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2007 CELS Faculty and Staff Excellence Award Winners

Excellence awards were presented to two faculty and two staff researchers in the College of the Environment and Life sciences recently.

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Summer Gardening School at University of Rhode Island

Registrations are now being taken for the Summer Gardening School at University of Rhode Island which will be held June through August.

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Earth day festival

An all-day Earth Day Festival to raise environmental awareness at URI and in the surrounding communities will be held Friday on the Quadrangle.

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Statewide GIS conference

A statewide GIS conference is being planned for June 1 at URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus, and registrations are now being taken.

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Dr. Fred Meyerson was quoted in the edition of Newsweek

Dr. Fred Meyerson of the CELS Department of Natural Resources Science was quoted in the April 16 edition of Newsweek in an article entitled “Generation Green: Waging a Stylish Battle.”

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Grad student’s research nets international recognition

Mike Phelps is not out to create a super fish but someday, perhaps long after he gets his hoped-for PhD, he wouldn’t mind seeing fish farmers being able to produce bigger yields thanks to his current research.

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Steven D’Ambrosia, won first prize in a poster design competition

Steven D’Ambrosia is a junior in URI’s landscape architecture program who won first prize in a poster design competition run by the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

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Dr. Peter Paton ranked third in analysis of Conservation Biology Journal

Conservation Biology, a publication of the Society for Conservation Biology, recently released an analysis of the 25 most cited papers in that journal and determined that Paton’s 1994 paper was cited 363 times.

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URI AVS students place second in livestock judging competition.

Heavy-duty preparation paid off for a group of URI students majoring in Animal and Veterinary Science (AVS) who traveled to Penn State University recently and walked off with a second prize in the annual North East Student Affiliation agricultural competition.

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Follow up on Jack Algiere

A major feature article on Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Westchester County, N.Y. is featured in this month’s Audubon magazine.

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Free Lunch

URI Energy Metabolism Lab is offering two free lunches plus a modest stipend for women students.

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Water conservation summit

The Rhode Island Land & Water Conservation Summit will be held to give members, volunteers, and staff of community conservation groups the information, skills and connections needed to be effective.

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Merit award for Dr.Brian Maynard

Dr. Brian Maynard, a horticulturalist in the CELS Department of Plant Sciences, has been given an Award of Merit from the RI Nursery and Landscape Association (RINLA).

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Top honors in a Quiz Bowl Competition

A team of students from the CELS Department of Natural Resources Science took top honors in a Quiz Bowl Competition at the Wildlife Conclave in Newton, NY.

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Transfering the farm

The URI Cooperative Extension, in association with the state Division of Agriculture and Marketing, will offer two Transferring the Farm (TTF) workshops to help farmers.

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Public lecture: "Healthy Aging: New Directions for Nutrition"

Dr. Nancy Fey-Yensan, a gerontological nutritionist in the CELS Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, will give a public lecture.

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URI Biological Sciences Colloquium Seminar

A speaker from the University of Massachusetts will be featured at a URI Biological Sciences Colloquium Seminar.

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Presentation on horse hoof care and shoeing

Mike Windsor, a Certified Tradesman Farrier with 25 years of experience, will give a presentation on horse hoof care and shoeing.

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Coastal Society talk

John Pappalardo, chair of the New England fisheries Management Council, will give a talk on “Fisheries Management in New England.

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Scholarships

The Rhode Island Federation of Garden Clubs has an annual $2,500 scholarship available to students

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Summer Internships offered: Mid June through the end of August.

The Newport Restoration Foundation has two summer horticultural internships this year and is taking applications from students with a background in horticulture, landscaping, turf management, historic gardens and landscapes or related fields.

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URI natural resource economics department ranked fourth in nation for scholarly productivity

The CELS Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (ENRE) has been ranked the Number 4 Agricultural Economics research department in the country.

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Rhode Island Sea Grant is sponsoring a mini-grants program

Rhode Island Sea Grant is sponsoring a mini-grants program with an emphasis on collaborative research that investigates changes that have occurred in the fisheries, the fishing communities or the habitat and/or fish themselves

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