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URI researchers uncover molecular mechanisms behind speciation in corals December 29, 2025 - Matías Gómez-Corrales, a recent biological sciences Ph.D. graduate, and his advisor, Associate Professor Carlos Prada, have published a paper in Nature Communications, revealing key mechanisms in speciation in corals and proposing a new hypothesis on the origin of species in the ocean.
Register by Jan. 1 for URI Home Horticulture Certificate program December 22, 2025 - URI’s Cooperative Extension is offering its convenient Home Horticulture Certificate course, starting in January 2026, with applications for the course due by Thursday, Jan. 1
Natural resources faculty offer screen-free suggestions for an active new year December 22, 2025 - Faculty offer suggestions for holiday gifts and family activities that get children—and adults—off devices and outdoors, helping to build science literacy and the next generation of active and curious future scientists.
URI Coastal Institute announces 2025 Emerging Coastal Leaders December 12, 2025 - Among this year’s 10 recipients of the Emerging Coastal Leaders Awards, are members of the CELS community: Ben Charo (Ecology and Ecosystem Science), Megan Delatte-Guidry (Evolution and Marine Biology), Geubrina Fajria (Biological and Environmental Sciences), Aida Pauls (Fisheries Economics), and Oliver Tiliouine (Marine Affairs).
Hands-on research in action: CELS to host Research and Extension Fellowship Symposium Dec. 10 December 4, 2025 - The annual symposium showcases the work of URI Fellows in energy, agriculture and food systems, summer research and outreach, on topics from brain health to veggie trials.
URI receives grants from The Champlin Foundation for hands-on learning technologies December 4, 2025 - The Champlin Foundation has awarded URI $500,000 to purchase equipment and technology that will benefit more than 850 students annually. Funds will support three interdisciplinary proposals submitted by faculty from URI’s Colleges of the Environment and Life Sciences, Engineering, and Pharmacy.
URI faculty receive funding from National Science Foundation December 4, 2025 - Laura Meyerson in Natural Resources Science and Simona Trandafir (pictured) in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics are among the URI faculty receiving grants.
From Plant Science to Entrepreneurial Success December 4, 2025 - Drawing on the hands-on experience and mentorship he got while at URI, Joseph V Andreozzi IV ‘14, founder of Sherlock Hemp, LLC, has turned his passion for plant science into a thriving business.