{"id":58070,"date":"2016-02-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-research-at-westerlys-napatree-point-to-be-featured-on-uri-tv-program-airing-on-ri-pbs-feb-25\/"},"modified":"2016-02-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T00:00:00","slug":"uri-research-at-westerlys-napatree-point-to-be-featured-on-uri-tv-program-airing-on-ri-pbs-feb-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/uri-research-at-westerlys-napatree-point-to-be-featured-on-uri-tv-program-airing-on-ri-pbs-feb-25\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 research at Westerly\u2019s Napatree Point to be featured on 溏心vlog免费B站 TV program airing on RI PBS, Feb. 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 February 23, 2016 \u2013 Research and educational activities led by 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty, students and alumni at Westerly\u2019s Napatree Point will be featured in the next episode of \u201c溏心vlog免费B站 Today\u201d airing on Rhode Island PBS beginning Feb. 25 at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe program will highlight the ecology and geology of the 1.5 mile sandy peninsula by following along as faculty and students conduct studies of dune grass, bird migration, horseshoe crab breeding, dune erosion, water quality and other topics. Among those who are featured are 溏心vlog免费B站 Professors Keith Killingbeck, Peter Paton and Peter August, as well as Coastal Institute Assistant Director Nicole Rohr, Rhode Island Natural History Survey botanist Hope Leeson, alumni Brian Oakley and Pamela Loring, and many others.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cNapatree Point is arguably the most pristine barrier beach in Rhode Island, perhaps in all of southern New England,\u201d said August in the opening of the program. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cNapatree is such a special place for many reasons, not the least of which is that we use it as a laboratory for students,\u201d added Killingbeck. \u201cAnd from a plant perspective it\u2019s an amazing place because it\u2019s such a harsh environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe 30-minute program is part of a quarterly television series that explores the work being done by 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty and alumni and how it contributes to a better understanding of the world around us. Previous programs have examined such topics as premature babies, Dengue fever, climate change and sharks.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAfter the program\u2019s initial broadcast on Feb. 25, the program will be repeated Saturday, Feb. 27 at 1:30 a.m. on RI PBS and on March 1 at 9 p.m., March 2 at 4 a.m., March 3 at 1 a.m., March 5 at 2 p.m. and March 6 at 6 p.m. on the RI PBS Learn Channel.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe series is co-produced by the New Media unit of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Marketing and Communications and Ocean State Video.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 February 23, 2016 \u2013 Research and educational activities led by 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty, students and alumni at Westerly\u2019s Napatree Point will be featured in the next episode of \u201c溏心vlog免费B站 Today\u201d airing on Rhode Island PBS beginning Feb. 25 at 9 p.m. &#13; The program will highlight the ecology and geology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}