The digital dashboard allows emergency managers to overlay hurricane and nor’easter prediction models onto data points that mark critical infrastructure assets such as generators, transformers, roads, and pump facilities.
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Nearly 100 years of education and outreach, the extraordinary living laboratory of URI’s East Farm continues to provide the community of Rhode Island with training and expertise.
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Kyle Young, a Ph.D. candidate in hydrogeology living in Martinez, California had his own home impacted by recent flooding and severe storms.
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professors Meng “Matt” Wei and Brian Savage talk about how earthquakes are nearly impossible to predict but produce information that can inform future decision-making.
Continue reading "URI geosciences faculty discuss earthquake in Turkey, Syria"The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Clinical Professor Sunshine Menezes and Professor of Oceanography Steven D’Hondt to the rank of AAAS Fellow. The organization recognizes those whose work on…
Continue reading "Two URI faculty members named AAAS fellows"The University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities will open the second half of its “Re-Envisioning Nature: An Environmental Humanities Lecture Series” on Feb. 8 with Gavin Van Horn, executive editor at the Center for Humans and Nature Press…
Continue reading "Nature writer Gavin Van Horn opens spring lectures Feb. 8 on ‘Re-Envisioning Nature’"Single-celled creatures known as Nephromyces come from a long line of parasites—the same line, in fact, as the microorganism that causes malaria. But with a little help from some friends—namely a group of bacteria that help to perform some key metabolic functions—Nephromyces species managed to escape the parasitic lifestyle. With a new grant…
Continue reading "URI biologists aim to find what it takes for species to escape the parasitic lifestyle"Students interested in Marine Affairs at the University of Rhode Island have long been part of an innovative and ground-breaking program that takes a 360-degree approach to understanding issues and solving problems critical to responsible coastal and marine management. Founded in 1970, URI’s Marine Affairs program is the first of its kind…
Continue reading "URI Marine Affairs program, Tall Ships America forge new partnership"In the days following the unexpected death of University of Rhode Island Professor Richard Edward Sheridan, URI community members are remembering him as a dedicated, witty and warm man who loved his family, his job and the beach…
Continue reading "University mourns the loss of Landscape Architecture Professor Richard Sheridan"Nearly 50 years after a federal law banned the sale of hatchling turtles because of public health concerns, online pet dealers in the U.S. continue to get around the regulations, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Rhode Island, working with a colleague…
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