Events
News
- URI Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Emi Uchida named Pew Fellow March 21, 2024 - Professor Uchida is one 6 recipients recognized this year by Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation.
- River Stories March 21, 2024 - Professor Heather Johnson’s students examine rivers through history, culture, literature, and ecology. They gain firsthand knowledge of rivers by going straight to the source.
- What Does Social Justice Have to Do with Evolution? Everything. March 21, 2024 - Award-winning Central Falls High School biology teacher David Upegui, Ph.D. ’21, teamed up with URI paleontologist David Fastovsky to write a book aimed at helping teachers incorporate social justice into the biology curriculum.
- University’s first hazard mitigation plan approved by FEMA, state March 14, 2024 - URI is the first university in R.I. to have plan endorsed by federal and state agencies.
- Adventurous URI: Outing Club gets students off campus, outdoors February 26, 2024 - One of the oldest clubs on campus has provided mental and physical health benefits through the pandemic, and beyond.
- URI researchers develop plan for Global Center focused on Blue Climate Solutions February 26, 2024 - URI Professor Emi Uchida, Ph.D., is leading a new NSF grant to bridge international expertise and communities around mangrove/seagrass ecosystems.
- ‘Food is part of the solution’ when it comes to climate change February 5, 2024 - The 8th Annual Rhode Island Food System Summit considers innovative practices that power environmental stewardship ‘From Seed to Shore.’
- Serving the Country and the Environment: David Bourbeau’s Application of RI CHAMP to the U.S. Coast Guard January 29, 2024 - David Bourbeau, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, explored uses for RI-CHAMP for coastal resiliency planning while completing his master's degree in marine affairs.