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URI climate scientist contributes to research illustrating future impacts of Antarctic ice sheet melting November 5, 2025 - Geosciences professor Ambarish Karmalkar is part of team using interactive modeling to predict impact of ice sheet meltwater discharge on climate and sea level.
Gobble report: Assessing wild turkeys in Rhode Island November 3, 2025 - New URI project launching this fall will study the state’s wild turkeys to better understand and maintain local population
Energy topics and voices at URI’s 2025 ‘Plugged Into Energy’ lecture series November 3, 2025 - The University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension Energy Literacy Initiative is hosting its annual Plugged Into Energy Research lecture series this fall. The goal is to increase literacy around energy topics of concern in Rhode Island. All are welcome.
CELS Chief Business Officer, Monica York, named among top 50 Women Leaders in Rhode Island October 31, 2025
Yoshitaka Ota awarded inaugural Taiwan Peace Fellowship October 29, 2025 - Marine Affairs Professor and Director of Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Yoshitaka Ota was recently awarded the Taiwan Peace Fellowship, a fellowship that brings together leaders and scholars from around the world in Taiwan to gain a deeper understanding of the country’s historical and cultural context through dialogue and peacebuilding.
URI offers new online certificate in community planning October 29, 2025 - A flexible new program from URI’s Department of Landscape Architecture will prepare students and working professionals to be community planners equipped to address complex environmental, social, and economic problems. The Community Planning Graduate Certificate gives students the opportunity to pursue professional training in sustainable community planning, now through a fully online option. 
URI Sea Shanty Social Club: Singing for a Cause October 28, 2025 - They sing for the love of the sea—and for a good cause. The URI Sea Shanty Social Club has turned maritime music into a force for community building and giving back.
Growing Together: URI Master Gardeners’ Partnership with Mount Hope Farm October 27, 2025 - Over the past decade, the URI Master Gardener Program has played a critical role in helping transform the community garden at Mount Hope Farm into an accessible, productive, educational, and sustainable community asset. The farm will now transition into being a part of the Master Gardeners’s alumni network.