R.I. coastal communities better prepared but still vulnerable in hurricanes
Still bearing the physical and emotional scars of such legendary and deadly storms as the Hurricane of 1938, Rhode Island today remains particularly vulnerable to tropical cyclones - like an alley and...
View ArticleNational Women's Division and Men's Division of Albert Einstein College of...
Neil Sedaka to Perform; Bruce Beck, Lead Sports Anchor on WNBC, to Emcee Event Proceeds to Benefit Women's Health and Cancer Initiatives and Research Scholars at Einstein...
View ArticleScholarships awarded for Ocean Leadership Practicum (The University of...
(Source: The University of Hawaii System) Posted: Feb. 15, 2013 Four graduate students with ties to UH Mānoa's Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC) were awarded scholarships to attend the Ocean...
View ArticleManoa: Scholarships awarded for Ocean Leadership Practicum (The University...
(Source: The University of Hawaii System) Posted: Feb. 15, 2013 Four graduate students with ties to UH Mānoa's Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC) were awarded scholarships to attend the Ocean...
View ArticleEPA Awards Research Fellowships to 18 New England Students? (EPA - US...
EPA Awards Research Fellowships to 18 New England Students� Release Date: 11/30/2012 Contact Information: David Deegan, (617) 918-1017 (Boston, Mass. - Nov. 30, 2012) - Eighteen undergraduate and...
View ArticleR.I. News Digest: Animals banned from Scituate Art Festival
SCITUATE Animals banned from art festival Man's best friend is not necessarily the best patron of the arts. So, for the first time in the Scituate Art Festival's 44 years, dogs and other animals are...
View ArticleYour Neighbors
Todd D. Flaherty, of South Kingstown, has been named president and CEO of The College Crusade of Rhode Island, a college-readiness and scholarship program for middle school and high school students in...
View ArticleSenate's RESTORE Act a Big Win for the Gulf and all of America's Coasts
This week, the Senate passed the RESTORE Act as an amendment to the transportation bill so that the work of restoring the Gulf of Mexico can begin. The RESTORE Act will direct 80 percent of Clean...
View ArticleRestoring coastal communities
It seems like there are few issues that can weather the current political storms to bring together a large bipartisan consensus in Congress. Yet, the U.S. Senate - in a vote last month hailed by...
View ArticleUC Irvine Professor Receives OpenCourseWare Leadership Award
Honor is Given by OpenCourseWare Consortium at Annual Global Conference IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dr. Oladele Ogunseitan, professor of public health and founding Chair of the department of...
View ArticleFred Malek to Receive Churchill Centre Leadership Award
Dinner to Benefit National Churchill Library Catherine Reynolds, Jane Harman and Laurence Geller to Co-Chair Chris Matthews MC WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Churchill Centre will present its 2012...
View ArticleSalt Lake Tribune Team Wins World's Richest Journalism Prize
To: ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATIONAL EDITORS $75,000 Grantham Prize Honors Excellence in Environmental Journalism Click here to Watch Video of The Grantham Prize Winner WASHINGTON, June 6, 2012...
View ArticleA Wave of Honor for Peter Benchley Winners
At a time when our public seas and the communities that depend on them are at risk from pollution, overfishing, habitat loss and fossil fuel-fired climate change, eight top ocean leaders, explorers,...
View Article$112.5 Million Awarded to Research Consortia Studying Effects of Deepwater...
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Funds Eight Research Teams, Additional Grant Competition to be Announced Soon , Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Research on the effects of the Deepwater...
View ArticleTeresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation Honor Recipients of Prestigious...
17th Annual Awards Honor Environmental Champions Download image , Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Teresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation celebrated the winners of the 17th annual Heinz Awards with...
View ArticleCRMC approves ocean mapping plan
PROVIDENCE - After two years of work costing more than $8 million, Rhode Island is a critical step closer to protecting its ocean waters with eco-friendly standards and regulations for offshore...
View ArticleTeresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation Announce Recipients of...
17th Annual Awards Honor Environmental Champions , Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Teresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation today announced the winners of the 17th annual Heinz Awards, honoring the...
View ArticleURI coastal ecologist named top researcher by National Park Service...
URI coastal ecologist named top researcher by National Park Service Media Contact: Todd McLeish, 401-874-7892 NARRAGANSETT, R.I. - October 26, 2012 - Mary-Jane James-Pirri, a marine research associate...
View ArticleURI oceanography graduate school gets new dean
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The University of Rhode Island has announced that an ocean scientist in North Carolina will be the new...
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