by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 21, 2024 | News, Students
Sea Grant Knauss Fellow Elaine Shen offers tips for future fellows to succeed in fast-paced federal offices Every year, graduate students from around the country bid farewell to university life and plunge into the world of federal ocean policy in Washington, D.C.,...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 16, 2024 | Coastal Communities, News, Research
Datasets from nearly four decades of research on Rhode Island’s marine and estuarine ecosystems from the University of Rhode Island’s Coastal Mapping and Paleomagnetics Laboratory (CMPL) are now available through a new website to support ongoing research and...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 12, 2024 | News, Students
Sea Grant Knauss Fellow Sarah Nickford Connects National Ocean Service with the Blue Economy After years in classrooms and labs, some graduate students realize they want to explore ocean science outside academia. That’s where the National Sea Grant Knauss Marine...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 5, 2024 | News
When I learned that Neil Ross, Rhode Island Sea Grant’s first extension agent, had passed away, I immediately thought of the one time I had met him several years ago. My boss, Rhode Island Sea Grant Director Dennis Nixon, had suggested that I take the historical...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 1, 2024 | Coastal Communities, News
Speakers describe long-term plans for fixing breachway and replanting dunes at public event October 30 A breachway of some kind connecting Ninigret Pond in Charlestown with the Atlantic Ocean has been in place since the mid-19th century. From the beginning, the...
