Last year’s intense summer affected water quality in ponds, lakes, rivers and streams throughout Rhode Island – for the better in some places, for the worse in others.
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Recent Indonesia visit affirms a half-century of connection
Several URI community members traveled to Indonesia to advance existing partnerships, including President Marc Parlange and students in a J Term study abroad program, examining biodiversity, environmental issues, and geologic hazards in the region.
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Nicole Richard is developing new food safety education and outreach materials to help bring Rhode Island into compliance with current federal food safety standards, which were adopted a decade ago.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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