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URI researcher discusses parasitic fungus at the heart of HBO sci-fi series

Close up of a Cordyceps, the parasitic fungus that infects an insect, growing inside of it until it bursts out.

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?

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Extreme weather affected local water quality in 2022

Westerly's Grant G. Simmons III takes a sample at Napatree Point. Photo courtesy of the Henry L. Ferguson Museum.

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

URI President Marc Parlange (dressed in a traditional Indonesian patterned attire) met with several leaders across Indonesia on his recent visit there.

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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Focus on food safety: URI nets $205,000 for food safety education and outreach

URI food science researchers Liz Kass, Lori Pivarnik and Nicole Richard (left-right). (Photos courtesy Nicole Richard)

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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Rhode Island Coastal: Hazards, Analysis, Modeling and Prediction (RI-CHAMP)

The hurricane barrier in Providence Rhode Island

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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A History of URI’s East Farm

Blossoming fruit trees at URI's East Farm on a misty morning.

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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URI researcher gets up-close lesson in hydrology

URI water researcher Kyle Young, a Ph.D. candidate in hydrogeology at the University of Rhode Island outdoors in front water, surrounded by rocky terrain.

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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URI geosciences faculty discuss earthquake in Turkey, Syria

Members of the UK's International Search & Rescue team at work during the night in Hatay, Turkey (Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

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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Two URI faculty members named AAAS fellows

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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Nature writer Gavin Van Horn opens spring lectures Feb. 8 on ‘Re-Envisioning Nature’

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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