URI Names Locals 2013 Coastal Fellows

The University of Rhode Island has announced its Coastal Fellows for 2013. The Coastal Fellows program is a competitive environmental fellowship initiative designed to involve URI undergraduate students in addressing current environmental problems.

Now in its 19th year, the program teams students with faculty, research staff and graduate students to conduct hands-on research that will the help students gain skills that will ensure their future success. The fellows will study such topics as invasive species, salt marsh ecology, evolutionary genetics, wildlife habitat, natural pesticides, shark behavior and water quality.

The following local students were named fellows:

Evan Hoffman of Greenville, R.I.

Keri Dyer of Smithfield, R.I.

The University of Rhode Island's pioneering research extends the University's influence well beyond its coastal borders, while its unique interdisciplinary courses provide its 16,680 undergraduate and graduate students with global opportunities in an intimate environment.