URI is hosting the 117th annual New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, Oct. 2-4, offering attendees the chance to get outside and experience geology in the field.
Continue reading "Geology underfoot: Public invited to join field trips focused on Rhode Island landscape"
This summer, URI landscape architecture students worked with Rhode Island communities to imagine new possibilities for parks, public spaces, and places to gather.
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Through the CELS Summer Fellowship Program, Delia Fuller, a senior studying marine affairs at the University of Rhode Island, has been exploring what ocean equity means and how it can be incorporated into the URI community. Under the mentorship of Dr. Yoshitaka Ota, professor of marine affairs, she has been researching ocean equity, reviewing academic literature and documentaries, and laying the groundwork for an Ocean Equity Club at URI.
Continue reading "Building Ocean Equity at URI: Q&A with Delia Fuller"
By tracking tick populations across Rhode Island, two URI students are helping researchers map where different species occur and provide the public with information to reduce the risk of tick-borne disease.
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Local industries and organizations can gain extra help on projects by hosting a URI student fellow, while students gain valuable skills and get to make an impact. There are a variety of ways that companies and organizations can partner with the University, to help welcome and work with top undergraduate and graduate students from URI, selected in a competitive process.
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For URI water scientist Dr. Soni Pradhanang, the recent avalanche and flooding in Nepal is both a scientific event and a deeply personal one. Raised in Kathmandu, Pradhanang studies flooding, water resources and mountain hazards. Alongside Ph.D. student Pratik Singh Thakuri, also from Nepal, she is examining the Aug. 26 event using satellite imagery and hydrologic expertise.
Continue reading "URI water expert from Nepal shares insight into recent flood in South Asian nation"
Visitors also learn medicinal uses of therapeutic plants during immersive experience in the tranquil space.
Continue reading "New audio tour highlights indigenous cultural significance of plants in URI’s Youngken Medicinal Garden"
Marine biology junior Joshua Carr spent his summer investigating a rare behavior in wildlife research: gray wolves hunting and consuming sea otters.
Continue reading "Getting To Know Gray Wolves: Q&A With Joshua Carr"
Carissa Sherman is bringing GIS and environmental data to bear on one of Narragansett Bay’s most persistent water-quality challenges.
Continue reading "Tracking nutrient pollution: Q&A with Carissa Sherman"
Dr. Ying Zhang, professor of cell and molecular biology, recently received a $4 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to co-lead a collaboration with Louisiana State University to improve coastal wetland management in both states.
Continue reading "Bay to bayou: URI biologist to lead $4 million NSF grant to advance wetland restoration in Rhode Island and Louisiana"