Chemistry professor Matt Kiesewetter and entomology professor Steve Alm are putting their heads together to develop better ways to protect honeybees from varroa mites.

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.

URI’s four water outreach programs—all headed by dedicated URI alumni—work together to keep the state’s waterways and watersheds clean and healthy. Together, they comprise a quiet but mighty force that helps Rhode Island care for what is arguably its most precious resource: water.

The annual University of Rhode Island’s Free Farmers Market for students opens for its third year this fall, kicking off another season of fresh, free produce giveaways on Thursday, Sept. 7.

The University of Rhode Island College of the Environment and Life Sciences is launching a fully online, accelerated master’s program in environmental management.

The University of Rhode Island’s Watershed Watch Program recently received the 2023 National Water Quality Monitoring Council’s Vision Award.

The innovative program introduces high school students to marine sciences and college life.

For the past quarter century, URI’s Metcalf Institute has been a global leader in training journalists and scientists in environmental reporting and inclusive science communication.

Schools and nonprofits from across the state gathered at URI’s East Farm in Kingston to collect their URI-grown seedlings.