Press Releases 2005

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URI Master Gardener Association honors three CELS research associates

Three CELS research associates were among five persons who were named Lifetime Honorary Master Gardeners at the annual meeting of the URI Master Gardener Association recently. [ click on event title for full event info ]

URI CELS Research team launches community-wide tick control effort in Narragansett

Thirty tick-killing bait stations were deployed last month throughout the town of Narragansett by a team of University of Rhode Island researchers in what is likely the largest tick control project in the nation. [ click on event title for full event info ]

Coastal institute Director, Prof. Peter August Delivers Welcoming Remarks to USDA Under Secretary Mark Rey at the Opening of the 2007 Farm Bill Forum in Rhode Island

On October 14th, a specialty Farm Bill Forum was hosted by the College of the Environment and Life Sciences and the Coastal Institute. Professor Peter August, Coastal Center Director, provided opening remarks to the Department of Agriculture's Under Secretary, Mark Rey, who was on hand to listen to the needs and concerns of Rhode Island stakeholders. [ click on event title for full event info ]

URI Master Gardeners Getting the Harvest to Hurricane Evacuees

At URI's East Farm, Master Gardener Dick Perrault and his team of volunteers picked 87 pounds of butternut squash for the evacuee food bank in Middletown. [ click on event title for full event info ]

URI, Resource Recovery to launch Master Composter/Recycler training program

The University of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp. will launch a training program for local residents interested in becoming experts at composting and recycling. [ click on event title for full event info ]

URI gets $3M grant to help protect coastal areas

In what University of Rhode Island leaders describe as a major coup, the school is getting more than $3 million from the National Science Foundation to put that concept to the test, enlisting 25 doctoral students to tackle some of the biggest threats to the state’s coastal environment. [ click on event title for full event info ]