{"id":17128,"date":"2023-02-10T14:45:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T19:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels-draft\/?page_id=17128"},"modified":"2023-12-15T14:37:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T19:37:20","slug":"news-and-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news-and-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Events<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"display-posts-listing\"><div class=\"listing-item\"><div class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"localist-widget-46365766\" class=\"localist-widget\"><\/div><script defer=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/events.uri.edu\/widget\/view?schools=uri&amp;groups=college_of_the_environment_and_life_sciences%2Cmarine_affairs_department%2Cplant_science%2Cbiological_sciences_department%2Clandscape_architecture_department%2Cfisheries_animal_and_veterinary_science%2Cenvironmental_and_natural_resource_economics_department%2Cnatural_resources_science_department%2Cgeosciences_department%2Ccell_and_molecular_biology_department%2Cextension%2Cmaster_gardener&amp;days=180&amp;num=5&amp;match=any&amp;container=localist-widget-46365766&amp;template=card\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/digging-deeper\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/IMG_6745-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/IMG_6745-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/IMG_6745-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/digging-deeper\/\">Digging deeper: URI workshop explores how soil protects water, public health<\/a> <span class=\"date\">June 19, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A hands-on workshop at URI brought together professionals from across New England to learn how evaluating soil helps ensure septic systems protect groundwater, ecosystems, and public health. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/teaching-excellence-spotlight-madison-jones\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Madison-Jones_Photo-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Madison-Jones_Photo-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Madison-Jones_Photo-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/teaching-excellence-spotlight-madison-jones\/\">Teaching Excellence Spotlight: Madison Jones<\/a> <span class=\"date\">June 16, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Associate Professor of Natural Resources Science Madison Jones, who also holds a joint appointment in Professional &amp; Public Writing, is using rhetoric, fieldwork, and creative thinking to train the next generation of science communicators.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/the-professor-behind-the-plan\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/FarhadAtash-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/FarhadAtash-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/FarhadAtash-copy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/the-professor-behind-the-plan\/\">The Professor Behind the Plan: Farhad Atash Shaped Communities and Generations of Students<\/a> <span class=\"date\">June 10, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">After more than four decades at the University of Rhode Island, planning professor Farhad Atash's legacy can be seen in Rhode Island communities, the students he guided, and the profession he helped strengthen.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/uri-corpse-flower-countdown\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/IMG_6555-copy-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/IMG_6555-copy-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/IMG_6555-copy-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/IMG_6555-copy-364x364.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/IMG_6555-copy.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/uri-corpse-flower-countdown\/\">URI corpse flower countdown<\/a> <span class=\"date\">June 8, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A rare Titan Arum (better known as the corpse flower) is preparing to bloom at the University of Rhode Island's Horridge Conservatory. This remarkable plant flowers only once every 5-7 years, stays open for just 24-8 hours, and produces its infamous rotting-flesh scent to attract pollinators.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/worlds-longest-running-bioblitz-event-comes-to-uri-june-5-and-6\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/marine-team-in-marsh-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/marine-team-in-marsh-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/marine-team-in-marsh-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/worlds-longest-running-bioblitz-event-comes-to-uri-june-5-and-6\/\">World\u2019s longest-running bioblitz event comes to URI June 5 and 6<\/a> <span class=\"date\">June 4, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Starting at 2pm June 5, some 300 volunteers will have just 24 hours to find as\nmany species of life as possible at two sites in Kingston in the 27th annual Rhode\nIsland BioBlitz, organized by the Rhode Island Natural History Survey.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X53d7YBtjoM&#038;t=3s\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/download-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X53d7YBtjoM&#038;t=3s\">URI professor Tom Mather talks ticks with Daily Show host Michael Kosta<\/a> <span class=\"date\">June 3, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">University of Rhode Island professor Thomas Mather recently visited The Daily Show to talk all things ticks with host Michael Kosta. Also known as \u201cThe Tick Guy,\u201d Mather is a renowned researcher and expert in public health entomology.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/kaylyn-wood-pls\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Kaylyn-Wood-1-copy-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Kaylyn-Wood-1-copy-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/Kaylyn-Wood-1-copy-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news\/kaylyn-wood-pls\/\">Finding Her Roots: URI Plant Sciences Helped Kaylyn Wood Grow Her Passion<\/a> <span class=\"date\">June 2, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Through hands-on classes, greenhouse work, and research opportunities, Kaylyn Wood found a career path rooted in plants, wellness, and entrepreneurship. She's now double majoring in plant sciences and psychology with minors in entrepreneurship and cannabis studies.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/the-hidden-ecological-role-of-rhode-islands-historic-stone-walls\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/IMG_8615-copy-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/IMG_8615-copy-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/IMG_8615-copy-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/IMG_8615-copy-364x364.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/IMG_8615-copy.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/the-hidden-ecological-role-of-rhode-islands-historic-stone-walls\/\">The hidden ecological role of Rhode Island\u2019s historic stone walls<\/a> <span class=\"date\">June 1, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Supported by the Rhode Island Natural History Survey, URI graduate student Madalyn Stoltz is investigating how stone walls contribute to biodiversity and ecosystem resilience in Rhode Island.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/news-and-events\/news\/\" title=\"\">More News<\/a>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Events News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-17128","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17128"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19524,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17128\/revisions\/19524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}