Megan Wallitsch

University graduate student sheds light on research for Jonah crabs in Rhode Island fisheries

Lindsay Agvent, a teaching assistant and graduate student at the University of Rhode Island, has been researching Jonah crabs, a species that scientists don’t know a lot about the biology and history of. Jonah crabs have become an important fishery in Rhode Island because of the decreasing lobster population, Agvent said. Inshore and offshore Jonah…

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Love Letter to: day trips

If you were to walk into my room, the first things you would notice are the travel posters that frame my wall, a stack of Condè Nast Traveler magazines and dozens of travel books that I have collected. Similarly, if you were to sort through my Google Drive and Pinterest accounts, you would find numerous…

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Coffee with a professor: Cynthia Taylor

Honors program professor Cynthia Taylor has been a member of the University of Rhode Island community for most of her life. After growing up around South Kingstown with her mother working at URI, then completing her bachelor’s and doctorate in anthropology at URI in 2003, to now teaching here since 2008, Taylor has made herself…

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ISE-UP program launches student competitions promoting sustainability, innovation

The Resilient, Innovative, Sustainable, Economies via University Partnerships, RISE-UP, program is inviting University of Rhode Island students to take part in their Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenges going until April 22. Each college at URI is sponsoring a real-world challenge that students can choose from to submit a pitch for. Each challenge is centered around a…

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