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Watershed Watch


November 3, 2022

URI tick expert shares tips for a tick-free summer


Thomas Mather shares tips to avoid summer tick exposure

May 27, 2025

URI names Jean VanderGheynst dean of the College of the Environment and Life Sciences


A respected higher education leader and researcher, VanderGheynst joins URI following appointments at the Universities of Massachusetts and California

May 14, 2025

URI Cooperative Extension program aims to rescue and recycle food by changing the way Rhode Islanders interact with it


KINGSTON, R.I. – June 11, 2025 – Applications are open for Food Recovery for Rhode Island at the University of Rhode Island (FRRI), a community education program for Rhode Islanders offered through URI Cooperative Extension. The six-week course includes online coursework and field experiences that can be completed at participants’ convenience.

Basket of Apples

June 11, 2025

URI Cooperative Extension hopes to grow sponsor network for R.I. Agriculture and Food Systems Fellows Program


Farm-to-table program for URI, CCRI students invites community partners

April 30, 2025

URI Cooperative Extension aiming to connect all Rhode Islanders to increased home energy efficiency


‘Community of Practice’ listening sessions to launch this April, part of URI Energy Literacy Initiative

homes in ProvidenceRI

May 7, 2025

Tree talk: URI forester says forests are part of the solution to climate change


Rhode Island woodlands offer test sites for researchers and foresters looking to future

Rhode Island in bloom: URI Master Gardeners open their gardens to visitors for statewide garden tour this July 19-20


Cooperative Extension’s two-day garden tour offers green inspiration and education

June 5, 2025

Putting URI’s Botanical Collections on the map: University of Rhode Island launches Botanical Collections geo-database


New database to offer extensive look at the 1,200-plus plants in URI botanical collections, available for public access and long-term University use

May 7, 2025

Gardening with the Masters Tour


A biennial, two-day event that allows ticket holders to visit the beautiful gardens of (and tended by) certified URI Master Gardener volunteers. Tour participants have the opportunity to go behind the gates at gardens that showcase environmentally-friendly gardening practices across Rhode Island.

May 7, 2025

Don’t guess, test: URI Cooperative Extension’s revamped Plant Diagnostic Laboratory a community resource


Longtime University resource offers consultations for URI and beyond

May 7, 2025

A Valuable and Noble Profession With Purpose


A VFW member from Rhode Island spearheaded a gardening program to assist veterans interested in farming

May 7, 2025

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