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Hands-on research in action: CELS to host Research and Extension Fellowship Symposium Dec. 10

Students like Agriculture and Food Systems Fellow Vannida Khuon look forward to sharing about their experiences with the URI community.

Annual symposium to showcase work of URI Fellows in energy, agriculture and food systems, summer research and outreach, on topics from brain health to veggie trials

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Rhody grown: Real trees support local farmers

Person chopping down holiday tree

Tips and trends when picking out this year’s Christmas tree

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Colonial gardens around us

Local gardens spotlight local history, at Smith’s Castle and other sites around the state tended by URI Master Gardeners.

URI Master Gardeners nurture history and offer plant-based lessons still applicable today

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Growing Together: URI Master Gardeners’ Partnership with Mount Hope Farm

URI Master Gardeners at Mount Hope Farm in Bristol, RI

Over the past decade, the URI Master Gardener Program has played a critical role in helping transform the community garden at Mount Hope Farm into an accessible, productive, educational, and sustainable community asset. The farm will now transition into being a part of the Master Gardeners’s alumni network.

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Energy topics and voices at URI’s 2025 ‘Plugged Into Energy’ lecture series

Plugged into Energy Research Lecture Series audience from 2024

Learn more about ways to save money on energy bills, improve health and comfort through energy efficiency

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Spooky suggestion: Get your garlic in the ground for Halloween!

Kate Hardesty holding garlic scapes

URI gardeners say plant garlic this month for June harvest

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Applications due Oct. 24 for new Environmental Management Fellowship Program

Applications now open for first 2026 class of Environmental Management Fellows; paid internship open to URI and CCRI students from any major

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Why URI’s Land-Grant Mission Still Matters

Summer farm crew members at the Greene H. Gardner Crops Research Center on URI’s Kingston Campus. From left, Grace Connolly ’26, wildlife and conservation biology major; Aislin Aylward ’26, environmental science and management major and a Cooperative Extension agriculture and food systems fellow; Tricia Lourenco Boucher ’23, program facilitator for URI’s Boots to Bushels program, with her dog, Rosie; and Grace Chasanoff ’25, animal science major.

The University of Rhode Island embodies the three-pronged land-grant mission of education, research, and outreach—all with a focus on practical service to the state

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URI’s Plant Diagnostic Laboratory Earns Prestigious Accreditation

The University of Rhode Island Plant Diagnostic Laboratory recently achieved Core Accreditation

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Enrollment now open for Salt Pond Smart

a new program to protect Rhode Island’s coastal waters

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