Hands-on research in action: CELS to host Research and Extension Fellowship Symposium Dec. 10
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
December 4, 2025
Growing Together: URI Master Gardeners’ Partnership with Mount Hope Farm
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.
November 20, 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
From Scraps to Systems Change
How URI Students Launched a Successful Food Waste Diversion Initiative
April 9, 2026
From oysters to silvopasture, Rhode Island’s role in advancing sustainable agriculture is anything but small
July 29, 2026
Fourth of July Tomato is URI Cooperative Extension’s Plant of the Year, producing delicious vine-ripened tomatoes as early as Independence Day
URI Cooperative Extension recommends fast-growing variety for a slice of summer
June 3, 2026
Enrollment now open for Salt Pond Smart
a new program to protect Rhode Island’s coastal waters
August 27, 2025
Energy topics and voices at URI’s 2025 ‘Plugged Into Energy’ lecture series
Learn more about ways to save money on energy bills, improve health and comfort through energy efficiency
November 3, 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
Course applications now open for fall Food Recovery for Rhode Island program at URI
Six-week Cooperative Extension program aims to feed the local community and fight food waste
June 4, 2026
Cool, crisp, clear … safe to drink?
URI and R.I. Department of Health offer free workshop for well owners to learn how to protect and test private well water
June 30, 2026
Colonial gardens around us
URI Master Gardeners nurture history and offer plant-based lessons still applicable today
November 24, 2025
Bug bonanza: URI entomology and garden experts to present at first Rhode Island Plant Insect Community Network conference
Insect-focused conference will take place March 7, open to the public
February 12, 2026
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
October 6, 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
“Doing to Learn”: Fellowship Connects Students with Food System Work
RI Agriculture and Food System Fellows Program recruiting students and mentors
July 9, 2025