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URI Watershed Watch seeks volunteers to monitor ponds, streams, and coasts March 6, 2026 - URI Cooperative Extension’s Watershed Watch, which has collected water quality data throughout southern New England for more than 35 years, is seeking volunteers; training starts in April. Watershed Watch is also a national leader, connecting and training volunteer program leaders across the country.
High interest in URI’s statewide bobcat project March 6, 2026 - Public sightings pass 1,000 in statewide project that links citizen scientists with University research. URI’s researchers just passed the 1,000-sighting mark this winter, a good sign for the cat species and public interest in the animal. 
URI researcher investigates zinc mobilization in brain development March 4, 2026 - Backed by a prestigious NIH award, Assistant Professor Caitlin Murdoch’s lab is researching how zinc movement inside cells shapes brain development and behavior
Teaching Excellence Spotlight: Chris Floyd February 27, 2026 - 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.
Next-gen environmental leaders February 24, 2026 - 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
URI alum Samuel Filiaggi awarded 2026 Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship February 20, 2026 - 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.
URI Ph.D. candidate selected for prestigious NOAA fellowship February 11, 2026 - 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
Microbes under the snow: The hidden (and vulnerable) world that fuels spring February 11, 2026 - New research by CELS soil microbiologist Patrick Sorensen reveals vulnerable process as snowpacks shrink, challenging long-held assumptions about how microbes build biomass