Jenkins, professor of cell and molecular biology and oceanography became interim vice president for research and economic development, effective April 8.

The van Beuren Charitable Foundation has generously awarded the University of Rhode Island a $3 million grant to support the development of a new Ocean Engineering Complex on the URI Narragansett Bay Campus that will propel the development of the region’s blue economy.

If you’re a fan of HBO’s post-apocalyptic series “The Last of Us” – or the video game that inspired it – you’ve probably heard the term Cordyceps. In the show, the parasitic fungus has mutated, graduating from infecting insects to humans, but what’s the real story?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kyle Young, a Ph.D. candidate in hydrogeology living in Martinez, California had his own home impacted by recent flooding and severe storms.

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.