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Danielle Mercure
  • Class of 2014
  • Pawcatuck, CT

Pawcatuck resident named a University of Rhode Island Coastal Fellow

2013 Jun 13

Danielle Mercure of Pawcatuck, Conn., has been selected to be a Coastal Fellow for the summer of 2013 at the University of Rhode Island. 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.