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Rhode Island 2026 food summit aims to meet the moment January 7, 2026 - On Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, starting at 9 a.m., the free event will bring state government, academic, business, and community partners together in person for URI’s ninth Rhode Island Food System Summit to discuss ways to build the state’s food future.
URI and local colleagues solicit hunter-harvested ducks to study microplastic ingestion by waterfowl January 5, 2026 - Four Rhode Island institutions partner in GI/ingestion study to assess microplastic levels in Narragansett Bay waterfowl
Dr. Becky Sartini Completes APLU’s Food Systems Leadership Institute January 2, 2026 - Associate Dean Becky Sartini recently completed the Food Systems Leadership Institute, a two-year program that equips leaders across the country to a
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.