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Nicole Marone
  • Class of 2016
  • Howell, NJ

Nicole Marone of Howell, N.J. awarded prestigious international scholarship

2013 Jun 17

For more than a decade, University of Rhode Island students have won some of the most prestigious scholarships available to undergraduates studying in the United States, and 2013 is no different.

Eight URI undergraduate students and recent graduates are among this year's winners of five coveted international scholarships including the Truman Scholarship, the Boren Scholarship, three Fulbright Scholarships, a Whitaker Scholarship, and three NOAA/Hollings Scholarships.

Nicole Marone of Howell,N.J., received the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship from NOAA . She majors in marine biology.

Marone awarded the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the most prestigious scholarships for those studying the marine sciences. Since 2009, URI students have been awarded a total of 16 Hollings Scholarships, the most of any institution in New England and most among public universities in the United States. The award provides the student with $16,000 toward tuition in their junior and seniors years at URI plus a paid summer internship at a NOAA lab anywhere in the country during the summer after their junior year. The scholarship program is designed to increase interest in oceanic and atmospheric science, increase support for environmental stewardship, and recruit students to public service careers at NOAA and other governmental science agencies.