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- New Graduate Certificate in Econometrics and Data Analysis July 3, 2024 - An increasing range of career trajectories depend on mastering advanced techniques with complex data analysis, and URI’s College of Environment and Life Sciences has launched a program designed to boost job market competitiveness by developing these skills in a flexible environment. The new graduate certificate in Econometrics and Data Analysis offers students and professionals the […]
- URI invasive species expert co-leads two global studies published in two Nature journals June 5, 2024 - Dr. Laura Meyerson, URI professor of invasion science and habitat restoration ecology and editor-in-chief of the journal Biological Invasions, is a contributing lead author on the IPBES assessment and a lead author on the paper – one of two papers Meyerson has recently published in Nature journals.
- Science journalist Erica Gies to deliver Metcalf’s Leeson Lecture on ‘Listening to Water’ May 28, 2024 - Headlining Metcalf’s Annual Public Lecture Series will be science journalist Erica Gies, who will present the 2024 Leeson Lecture on Thursday, June 6, at 3:30 p.m.
- Boots to Bushels new farmer training for New England: veterans invited to join May 28, 2024 - The University of Rhode Island’s Cooperative Extension is offering a new program this year, connecting New England military veterans and beginning farmers with opportunities in agriculture.
- Commencement 2024: For biological sciences graduate, problem solving is a core skill May 28, 2024 - CELS graduate Alberto Paz’s research group develops open-source software and models for simulation of biological systems to achieve mechanistic understandings at molecular, organismal, and ecosystems scales.
- Blind date with a plant: URI Master Gardeners handing out seedlings to community growers from across the state May 13, 2024 - Nearly 100 nonprofits are coming to URI May 13-15 to collect baby plants grown in URI campus incubator program.
- URI Cooperative Extension selected to help build region’s agriculture workforce of the future May 13, 2024 - Kate Venturini Hardesty is one of 13 selected nationwide for workforce development network at a land-grant university.
- URI’s Sunshine Menezes named Rhode Island Clean Water Action Award winner May 13, 2024 - Dr. Menezes is being ecognized for lifetime commitment to the environment.