Marine Affairs Professor Emeritus Dennis Nixon will step to the podium to present for the first time at URI’s long-running Forensic Science Seminar Series, marking its 25th year this year.
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Learn about septic systems during annual SepticSmart week
URI and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management celebrate 2023 SepticSmart week with workshops for homeowners.
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The inaugural seed grant program will fund six collaborative projects to ‘address plastic pollution on a global scale.’
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On September 29, the Sea Services Symposium will open to URI, CCRI and high school students.
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The global assessment team includes URI Professor Laura Meyerson.
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The results will improve engineering strategies for producing bio-based chemicals and fuels.
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Entries in URI’s sixth annual Research and Scholarship Photo Contest included underwater photographs, images of muscle tissue taken through microscopes, and macro shots of insects. They showcased the breadth of work that URI community members are immersed in.
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A $6 million NSF grant brings together 6 academic and research institutions to establish a health and research hub for the New England coast.
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Chemistry professor Matt Kiesewetter and entomology professor Steve Alm are putting their heads together to develop better ways to protect honeybees from varroa mites.
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When Marc Parlange began his tenure as president of URI in the summer of 2021, his wife, Mary, knew they were in for an adventure. But she couldn’t have imagined that a year later she’d be swimming in the dark blue waters off the coast of Isla Mujeres, Mexico, eye to eye with a whale shark.
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