Cooperative Extension’s Watershed Watch is seeking volunteers to assess the impacts of droughts and wet weather, stormwater runoff, bacteria and algal blooms on surface water quality and contribute to better understanding how climate change is affecting our nearby waters.

Abigail Hasenfus ’20, M.S. ’21, chief of renewable energy program development for the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, was recently honored with a 10 Under 10 Award from URI.

Owen Fleischer, a double major in aquaculture and fisheries science and biology, has taken advantage of many opportunities at URI–including a trip to Mossel Bay, South Africa, to study the morphology of the area’s catshark species.

URI’s laboratory is part of the National Plant Diagnostic Network found at most land-grant institutions. It serves commercial growers, nurseries, landscape professionals and the general public. A modest $20 fee covers the cost of testing, diagnosis and recommendations, and helps support the lab.

A URI-led team has gathered photographic data on daily mammalian activity, studying 445 total species around the world with surprising results.