CELS researchers host Seventh graders at GSO^New!
Normally the Bay Campus, home to the URI Graduate School of Oceanography, is a pretty quiet place as researchers pursue the mysteries of the deep but recently the serenity was punctuated with shrieks of glee and fascination plus bubbly conversations as 55 seventh graders ...

Plug-in vehicle shows URI staffers the future^New!
The Mallon Outreach Center had a very quiet visitor roll into its parking lot recently that gave the center's staffers a glimpse of the future.

Energy Fellows program all charged up for the future.^New!
For the last two years, a special group of URI students has been patterned after the highly successful Coastal Fellows program and while the group is small in number, their purpose is to make a big impact on solving today's and tomorrow's energy problems.

Natural History Survey to coordinate project against invasives^New!
Rhode Island's forests are being invaded and thanks to a new grant, RI Natural History Survey (RINHS), which is affiliated with CELS, will be taking steps this spring to do something about it.

CELS Research and Outreach experts comment on challenges for Haiti^New!
The earthquake that hit Haiti Jan. 12 is just the latest-albeit probably the worst-tragedy to hit this island country which has suffered centuries of political, environmental and economic blows. And things are bound to get worse before there is even a glimmer of hope that recovery is near.

URI Master Gardeners' impact was large in 2009^New!
URI Master Gardeners chalked up almost 41,000 hours as volunteers in various projects, community activities and research programs around the state in 2009.

Marine resources grad lands a job in the virtual world
Ted Racine was graduated from the URI Fisheries Program in 2000 and he is now based in that venerable fishing port of Gloucester, MA. But he hardly smells the salt air these days.

Coastal Fellows, Energy Fellows display results of months of research
Science projects in just about every conceivable field from bluegrass weevils, to toxic alga, from endangered eastern hemlocks to energy efficiency at the Naval War College, were on display Dec. 14 at the annual Coastal Fellows Poster Celebration.

Master Gardeners take poinsettia show on the road
URI Master Gardeners have been raising and selling unusual poinsettia plants for years as one way to support their educational programs but this year they have taken their show on the road.

The Cuffee Collaboration: CELS students, faculty reach out to help charter school
Spread over two inner city locations, one a former maintenance garage and the other one rented, the Paul Cuffee School in...

CELS alumna finds her life-long dream in Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming draws thousands of awed visitors every year but few are as fortunate as Rebecca Raymond, a URI alumna ...

URI fisheries researchers spreading their expertise internationally
Researchers in the Department of Fisheries, Animal & Veterinary Science are well-known for their collaborative work with the fishing industry in Rhode Island and New England but now they are spreading their expertise internationally.