Geology underfoot: Public invited to join field trips focused on Rhode Island landscape - URI is hosting the 117th annual New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, Oct. 2-4, offering attendees the chance to get outside and experience geology in the field. 
Designing With Communities - This summer, URI landscape architecture students worked with Rhode Island communities to imagine new possibilities for parks, public spaces, and places to gather.
URI water expert from Nepal shares insight into recent flood in South Asian nation - For URI hydrologist Dr. Soni Pradhanang, the recent avalanche and flooding in Nepal is both a scientific event and a deeply personal one. Raised in Kathmandu, Pradhanang studies flooding, water resources and mountain hazards. Alongside Ph.D. student Pratik Singh Thakuri, also from Nepal, she is examining the Aug. 26 event using satellite imagery and hydrologic expertise.
Tracking nutrient pollution: Q&A with Carissa Sherman - Carissa Sherman is bringing GIS and environmental data to bear on one of Narragansett Bay's most persistent water-quality challenges.
Bridging Earth Science and Community: Q&A with Carolina Michel - Dr. Carolina Michel is excited to explore how Indigenous knowledge and Western science can inform each other, how arts-integrated and place-based learning shape students' sense of belonging in the geosciences, and what it means to build a department where interdisciplinary work is the starting point, not an afterthought.
CELS Summer Research Fellows examine flooding, pollution, and stormwater in Rhode Island - Carissa Sherman and Jaired Flanagan '26 used GIS, hydrologic modeling, and environmental data to investigate how water moves through Rhode Island communities — and how better stormwater management can protect local waterways and Narragansett Bay.
Designing for People, Plants, and Place: Q&A with Nadine Soubotin - Nadine Soubotin brings a background spanning landscape architecture, urban design, and architecture to her work at the University of Rhode Island. 
Designing parks with Rhode Island communities: Q&A with Anthony Cordova - This summer, Anthony Cordova worked with communities in North Providence, Scituate, and Richmond to develop park designs shaped by community feedback, site history, culture, and ecology.
Shaping the Places Where We Live: Q&A with Joseph Huennekens - Meet Joseph Huennekens, a new URI planning professor exploring how policy, housing, and land use shape communities.
Soil and Groundwater Contamination and Remediation Field School - The Soil and Groundwater Contamination and Remediation Field School is designed to provide students with hands-on experience in well drilling, soil and groundwater sampling and other environmental field activities.
