Natural resources science teaching professor Chris Floyd is among the adventurous, devoted, and innovative faculty here at URI who provide immersive experiences to their students both inside and outside the classroom.

URI Cooperative Extension in partnership with Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is pleased to announce the launch of the 2026 Environmental Management Fellows Program and to congratulate eleven exceptional students selected for the inaugural cohort

A 2025 graduate of the University of Rhode Island and Roger Williams University School of Law joint-degree program and a member of URI’s undergraduate class of 2019, Samual Filiaggi is bringing an interdisciplinary approach to the national stage as a recipient of a 2026 Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship.

Research focused on ethical and sustainable seafood markets earns Aida Pauls a spot in the competitive NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship

New research by CELS soil microbiologist Patrick Sorensen reveals vulnerable process as snowpacks shrink, challenging long-held assumptions about how microbes build biomass

The Rhode Island Plant Insect Community Network will host a one-day conference Saturday, March 7, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the Quonset ‘O’ Club in North Kingstown. It is open to the public.

A new study led by Ph.D. student Christopher Hickling shows that artificial light at night alters the movement and foraging behavior of caracals on South Africa’s Cape Peninsula, revealing how urban lighting impacts wildlife behavior. Hickling also studies bobcats, the caracals’ wild cat equivalent in Rhode Island, for the University’s Rhode Island Bobcat Project.

Ocean pollution’s damage goes beyond the environment. A new study highlights how contamination of culturally significant marine species disrupts food sovereignty, identity, and justice in coastal communities.

As rising seas and stronger storms reshape Rhode Island’s coastline, URI students transformed a vulnerable stretch of Jamestown into an award-winning vision for coastal resilience.

URI’s Tracey Dalton is analyzing the economic impact of sargassum inundation in the Caribbean. The study, which included URI alumni Di Jin and Ken Hamel, shows that sargassum events are expected to cause multimillion dollar economic losses each year.