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Rosalind Bailey of Barnet, Vermont. (Photo courtesy of Rosalind Bailey)
KINGSTON, R.I. – April 23, 2021 – Four University of Rhode Island sophomores have been awarded the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the most prestigious scholarship awarded to undergraduates studying the marine sciences. Since 2005, URI students have won 33 Hollings Scholarships, at least one every year since 2009 and one of the highest totals of any institution in New England.
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Barnet, Vermont; Emily Drappeau, a marine biology and marine affairs major from
Dresden, Maine; Sebastian Murray-Brown, a marine affairs and natural resource economics major from
Gloucester, Massachusetts; and Elizabeth Taylor, an ocean engineering major and business minor from
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