Statewide Gardening Information and Soil Testing ScheduleFrom March through October, our URI Master Gardener volunteers offer free soil pH testing to Rhode Island residents, helping you understand your soil's health and providing recommendations for improvement. Bring a soil sample to the event and our experts will determine its pH levels and texture, offering guidance on achieving optimal soil conditions for your gardening needs.Additionally, explore our Gardening Information and Soil Testing (GIST) booth, where you can ask gardening questions and access a wealth of resources to support your horticultural goals.Learn how to take a soil sample and access the statewide schedule by visiting: uri.edu/coopext/services/gist

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Writing Across URI (now housed in ATL) invites all writers to join our Fall Writing Retreats. Keep the momentum going on your academic article, grant proposal, or creative project! There’s no formal program: just bring your laptop and other materials, plus your own lunch/snacks. We will provide coffee and tea! The retreats will be on Friday, September 19 and Friday, October 17 from 9 AM – 3 PM. Come to one or both and join for an hour or stay all day!The retreats will be held in the Large Conference Room of the Coastal Institute overlooking Narragansett Bay (for directions and a map to the Bay Campus). The Coastal Institute is Building #6 on the map (you can park in the lot shaded in blue directly in front of the building).All are welcome! You will simply be asked, in confidence, to check in with a brief statement of your writing goal and to check out with a brief statement of what you accomplished. Check out this webpage for more information about Writing Across URI.Dates: September 19 & October 17 Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm Location: In-Person, Large Conference Room of the Coastal Institute (Bay Campus) Registration & More Information

As the public’s trust in science decline, efforts to establish and enhance research and its impact on society are needed. The Rhode Island Network for Excellence in Science & Technology (RI-NEST), funded through the U.S. National Science Foundation, offers a critical platform for building the state’s research ecosystem and connecting all those in academia, industry, and community to develop use-inspired, transdisciplinary research that serves all Rhode Islanders.On Friday, October 17 at Rhode Island College, RI-NEST will convene leaders from institutions of higher education to discuss how best to conceptualize and enact a coordinated, statewide strategy that supports increased investment in science from public and private sources. Such a strategy will also buoy robust integration of workforce development initiatives to ensure student achievement in STEAM fields, as well as deeper civic engagement with public audiences among all those participating in scientific endeavors through creative science communication and knowledge exchange. Visit meeting homepage to view agenda and register!

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We are selling a variety of refreshing matcha lattes to support the Neuroscience Club! Stop by to grab a drink, learn more about our club, and fuel your brain with some delicious matcha. Every purchase helps fund our events, research activities, and community outreach.Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

As a result of his decades-long work as a filmmaker and activist, Byron is widely recognized as a leading voice in the fields of independent filmmaking and gender violence prevention. He serves as an adjunct professor at Columbia University, and was a filmmaker-in-residence at American University.Byron’s gender violence prevention lectures focus on how hyper-masculinity in popular culture normalizes male violence; how commonalities between race, class, and gender link oppression; how homophobia and transphobia make LGBT communities vulnerable to male violence; how positive male leadership and bystander intervention can end gender-based violence; and how to use cis male privilege to ally with women and girls to redefine masculinity and promote healthy relationships.Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

Please see below for the next talk in the fall seminar series organized by the Institute for AI & Computational Research on AI/ML techniques and applications across various scientific domains. You can find a table of upcoming talks here: https://web.uri.edu/iacr/seminars/. Note the special time and date for this seminar.Speaker: Ritambhara Singh (Brown) Date/Time/Location: Fri, Oct. 17, noon, Memorial Union room 308. Title: The promise and pitfalls of integrative AI in healthAbstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being integrated into health and medicine, with the promise of revolutionizing how we diagnose disease, discover new therapies, and personalize care. Integrative AI methods—approaches that combine data from multiple sources, such as graphs, medical images, electronic health records, and genomic profiles—offer a unique opportunity to capture the complexity of human health in ways that no single data type can achieve. For example, we have shown that AI methods that merge domain-specific knowledge graphs with generalized reasoning approaches can support out-of-the-box drug-based predictions. Similarly, integrating diverse types of medical data—such as genomic information, clinical records, and imaging—can enable more accurate and personalized predictions than any single data source alone.Yet the path forward is far from straightforward. Not every integration is beneficial, and in some cases, combining information can add noise or introduce hidden biases. Our recent experience with vision–language models (VLMs), which integrate text and images, highlights these concerns regarding correctness, consistency, and trustworthiness. These challenges remind us that integrative AI is not simply about adding more data, but about ensuring that the integration is meaningful and reliable.In this talk, I will explore both the promise and pitfalls of integrative AI in health. We will examine how integration can accelerate discovery, while also exploring the questions that arise for AI methods being applied in medicine. By weighing both opportunities and limitations, this talk invites us to think critically about how to advance integrative AI responsibly in the health domain.

URI Department of Art and Art History presentsREVELATIONS! Education: Behind The Curtain – In Words and Images Exhibition September 15- December 11Join us for a reception and art conversations on September 17 4:30-7 in Lippitt Hall 401What is it like being in the classroom? What challenges do educator’s face? What restrictions are there preventing education from occurring? Are the requirements, expectations and limitations changing the way Educators function? What are the successes - giving students the opportunity to find their expressive voice?This exhibit will include the artwork and voices of a group of area educators from public, private and independent educational settings on all levels. The artist/educators will share their creative voices in various forms of expression as they also reflect on the challenges and celebrations they experience in and out of the classroom.Among the more than twenty artists are: Mary Jane Andreozzi, Deanna Camputaro, Ruth Clegg, Raff Diaz, Raphael Diaz, Tamara Diaz, Melanie Ducharme, Adam Ferbert, Susan Garland, Melissa Guillet, Catherine Davis-Hayes, Chris Kelley, Susan Kolenda, Jason Robert LaClair, Don Mays, Kerry Murphy, Sam Peck, Lisa Marie Ricci-Russo, Monique Rolle-Johnson, Jade Sisti, Janice Lee Strain, John Tedeschi, Katie Walck.On exhibit in URI Lippitt Hall (3rd & 4th floor), Green Hall and The Higgins Welcome CenterOpen To Monday – Friday 7:30-4:30, closed weekends and holidaysFor information: (401)286-4620/ spennell@uri.eduVisit URInvolved for complete event details.

URI Department of Art and Art History presentsREVELATIONS! Education: Behind The Curtain – In Words and Images Exhibition September 15- December 11Join us for a reception and art conversations on September 17 4:30-7 in Lippitt Hall 401What is it like being in the classroom? What challenges do educator’s face? What restrictions are there preventing education from occurring? Are the requirements, expectations and limitations changing the way Educators function? What are the successes - giving students the opportunity to find their expressive voice?This exhibit will include the artwork and voices of a group of area educators from public, private and independent educational settings on all levels. The artist/educators will share their creative voices in various forms of expression as they also reflect on the challenges and celebrations they experience in and out of the classroom.Among the more than twenty artists are: Mary Jane Andreozzi, Deanna Camputaro, Ruth Clegg, Raff Diaz, Raphael Diaz, Tamara Diaz, Melanie Ducharme, Adam Ferbert, Susan Garland, Melissa Guillet, Catherine Davis-Hayes, Chris Kelley, Susan Kolenda, Jason Robert LaClair, Don Mays, Kerry Murphy, Sam Peck, Lisa Marie Ricci-Russo, Monique Rolle-Johnson, Jade Sisti, Janice Lee Strain, John Tedeschi, Katie Walck.On exhibit in URI Lippitt Hall (3rd & 4th floor), Green Hall and The Higgins Welcome CenterOpen To Monday – Friday 7:30-4:30, closed weekends and holidaysFor information: (401)286-4620/ spennell@uri.eduVisit URInvolved for complete event details.

URI cosponsors with UMass Amherst and other New England graduate schools. Many faculty enjoy rewarding careers at colleges and universities that primarily emphasize teaching, including liberal arts colleges, community colleges, and regional comprehensive universities. This free biannual one-day regional conference brings together graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to discuss what it’s like to work at teaching-intensive institutions and how to apply for these faculty positions. Graduate students and postdocs will engage with faculty and deans from a range of teaching-intensive institutions across the New England region through a series of talks, panel presentations, and networking opportunities. https://www.umass.edu/graduate/professional-development/teaching-teaching-intensive-institutionsREGISTER HERE to recieve the zoom link instructions for the event.

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The BES Colloquium Series is the research seminar series for the College of Environmental Sciences at the University of Rhode Island. BES students nominate speakers from across several disciplines including: Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB), Ecology and Ecosystem Science (EES), Environmental and Earth Sciences (EVES), Evolution and Marine Biology (EMB), and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (SAFS). Invited speakers spend the day at URI visiting with faculty and graduate students.The full and complete schedule can be found here: https://marineevoecolab.github.io/BES-Colloquium/

URI's Forensic Science Partnership lecture series is one of the more unique lecture series in Rhode Island. The Oct. 17 topic is “The role of microscopy in forensics,” with Dr. Otto Gregory, professor of chemical engineering. Dr. Gregory is director of the URI Sensors and Surface Technology Partnership. His research has been funded by NASA, the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force, and many of the jet engine manufacturers, including Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, General, Electric, and Honeywell. All lectures are open to the public at no cost and are held on Fridays at 3:30 p.m. in the Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences (Room 100), 140 Flagg Rd., Kingston. Schedule subject to change; join email list for updates. Those who cannot attend in person may view the lectures live online. Details: https://www.uri.edu/news/2025/09/crime-fridays-return-to-uri/

Hello! Thank you for your interest in the URI Badminton Club.We will be having weekly practices every Tuesday and Friday (with some exceptions). They will be held in the Mackal Field House on courts 1 & 2. It will be a fun time to meet new people and learn more about badminton.Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

Join us October 17th, 18th for a cutting-edge workshop hosted by a former 2014 URI alumni, Brandon Lawrence.

Please fill out this form to register for Pink Shabbat in support of Breast Cancer Awareness and Research on Friday, October 17 at Hillel.Sharsheret Pink Shabbat serves as an opportunity to raise awareness among communities about breast cancer and ovarian cancer while highlighting steps individuals can take to protect their health and share the vital support and resources Sharsheret offers.Services at 5:30 pmDinner at 6:30 pmVisit URInvolved for complete event details.

A Halloween themed talent show hosted by URI's National Association for Music Education student chapter. Sign up here to participate.

Get ready for the most exciting showdown of the year! As the Black Student Union presents our annual Lip Sync Battle, where lip-syncing you have never seen before takes place. Which org do you think will win the cash prize? We hope to see everyone thereA MINIMUM OF 3 MEMBERS1 E-BOARD MEMBER ENCOURAGED IN PARTICIPATIONSONGS MUST BE BETWEEN 2-5 MINUTESSONGS CAN BE ANY GENREOUTFIT COORDINATION, ROUTINES ARE HEAVILY ENCOURGAEDGET CREATIVE, JUDGES WILL BE PRESENTBRING THE SONG TO LIFEPLEASE BE THERE ON TIMEPERFORMERS SHOULD BE IN HALL BY 7:15PM*IF GENERAL MEMBERS ARE REPRESENTING AN ORG THE CASH PRIZE MUST BE GIVEN TO THE REPRESENTATIVE ORG+Visit URInvolved for complete event details.