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URI’s Plant Diagnostic Laboratory Earns Prestigious Accreditation September 10, 2025 - The designation is a significant achievement for URI, recognizing the lab’s commitment to high-standard plant disease diagnostics and serving as a resource that benefits the University and the wider Rhode Island agricultural community.
Metcalf Institute creates connection between science and journalism with Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy September 10, 2025 - A new journalism fellowship created by the University of Rhode Island’s Metcalf Institute and Ocean Nexus, in collaboration with the The Uproot Project, took place this summer. The innovative program supports journalists exploring the deep connection between ocean issues and social justice. 
Passion into Impact: Jessie Holtham’s ‘06 Grassroots Shell Recycling Movement on Martha’s Vineyard September 5, 2025 - Jessie (Kanozak) Holtham ‘06, an aquaculture and fisheries science graduate, began a grassroots shell recovery effort on Martha's Vineyard. 
College of the Environment and Life Sciences names Christopher Lane as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies September 4, 2025 - Lane has previously served as professor and chair of the Department of Biological Sciences where he led a productive research program. Most recently he served as Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College, bringing valuable experience to the position during the evolving research funding landscape
URI receives first-ever NIH T32 award to launch transdisciplinary biomedical research training program September 4, 2025 -
URI has been awarded its first-ever NIH T32 award for transdisciplinary biomedical research training, reflecting years of cross-campus collaboration and positioning the University as a national leader in this field. The $1.9 million dollar grant will fund pre-doctoral fellowships over five years. Combined with additional investment from URI, the program will support 56 pre-doctoral training positions.
New Faculty Spotlight: Shelby Rinehart September 2, 2025 - Shelby A. Rinehart joins CELS this fall as an assistant professor of watershed ecology in the Department of Natural Resources.
Design with Purpose: Student-Led Landscape Architecture for Community and Place August 29, 2025 - This summer, landscape architecture students Julia Dever and Jose Andre Orozco Ortiz partnered with The Flower District—a nonprofit in Olneyville, Providence that rescues and redistributes over 100,000 flowers a year—to design a multifunctional green space that blends beauty, sustainability, and community.
New Faculty Spotlight: Caitlin Murdoch August 28, 2025 - Caitlin Murdoch joins the College of the Environment and Life Sciences this fall as an assistant professor of cell and molecular biology.