In this edition of 5 Ways To Stay Involved, we invite you to explore our events and science-based resources that will help you navigate your way through fall 2022. If you don’t already, please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube to stay connected there, as well.

Colloquium: Just Good Food

Mark your calendar for the 2022 URI Honors Colloquium—"Just Good Food: Creating Equitable, Sustainable, and Resilient Food Systems"—beginning on Sept. 13 and offered most Tuesdays at 7 p.m. through Dec. 13 in Edwards Auditorium and online. Learn more.

PIER Lecture Series Returns

A free, annual educational offering curated by URI Cooperative Extension’s Energy Literacy Initiative, the Plugged into Energy Research (PIER) lecture series returns this fall. Learn more and register.

Get 'SepticSmart'

Join us Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to celebrate 10 years of SepticSmart Week at the New England Onsite Wastewater Training Center at URI’s Peckham Farm with guided tours, soil-testing, and more. Learn more.

Gardening Courses Offered

Improve your home gardening skills and/or help other Rhode Islanders to grow with two course options for learning—a Master Gardener Core Training course and a Home Horticulture Certificate course, both starting in January. Learn more.

Check Out Our Events Page!

There are so many that we can’t possibly highlight them all here, so please visit our events page and check back often for updates. Do you follow us on Facebook? Event listings are also listed there.

Timely Resources

Garden to Table: Five Steps to Food Safe Fruit and Vegetable Home Gardening 

R.I. Planting Calendar 

URI Master Gardeners Gardening and Environmental Hotline 

Beech Tree Disease Information 

The University of Rhode Island strives to provide inclusive access to events. If you need a reasonable accommodation or have a question about accessing this event, please call 401.874.2900 at least five business days in advance. For TTY assistance, please call the R.I. Relay Service at 711.

The University of Rhode Island is committed to the health and safety of our campus community. The URI COVID-19 Task Force continuously reviews and updates guidelines for in-person campus events as pandemic conditions evolve.