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• URI Coastal Institute announces 2025 Emerging Coastal Leaders - Four GSO students & one staff member were recognized for their research that advances understanding of coastal and marine systems and supports evidence-based decision-making in Rhode Island, the region, and beyond.
• Celebrating the Fall 2025 GSO graduates - Congratulations to the Fall Class of 2025! The University of Rhode Island will celebrate the accomplishments of more than 550 undergraduate and graduate students at the 2025 Fall Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 10 a.m. at the Ryan Center on the Kingston Campus. Fall 2025 GSO graduates  & their major advisors:  Doctor of Philosophy […]
• Study reveals opportunity to improve blue carbon measurements in coastal wetlands - URI professor co-leads research to re-examine how stored carbon is measured
• Free screening of new documentary spotlights Belizean women leading the fight to save a World Heritage reef - ‘Wealth Untold’ follows multigenerational network of women scientists, artists, and community leaders working to protect the Western Hemisphere's longest barrier reef.

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• Rhode Island Sea Grant’s Aquaculture Business Course Covers Industry from ‘Soup to Nuts’ - December 4, 2025 - ecoRI News
• North Allegheny graduate travels to Hawaii as part of effort to better predict severity, timing of volcanic eruptions - December 4, 2025 - TribLive
• URI taps geothermal energy for climate control for new Bay Campus labs - December 4, 2025 - The Providence Journal
• URI Researchers Find Smaller Amounts of Microplastics in Southern Narragansett Bay - November 24, 2025 - ecoRI News
• EPA Proposing New Pesticide on Crops Raises Alarm - November 14, 2025 - Newsweek

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