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Welcome to the Department of Plant Sciences!
Research and Outreach. Our research and outreach programs will focus in three areas:
- Increasing sustainability of managed landscapes by developing
plants with reduced maintenance requirements and by promoting environmentally-sensitive
management methods including pest controls.
- Management of arthropod-vectored diseases of humans, concentrating on those vectored by ticks and mosquitoes.
- Management of invasive plants, insects, and pathogens.
Teaching. Our undergraduate teaching program prepares students for careers in ornamental horticulture and turfgrass management, and provide support courses in our academic disciplines for other undergraduate majors, including those preparing for advanced degrees. Our graduate teaching program provides traditional academic training in entomology, horticulture, plant pathology, and plant science, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches and contemporary research techniques for the degrees of M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences.
In the News
Sullivan New Head of Department of Environmental Management
Wm. Michael Sullivan, Professor of Plant Sciences, has been named Director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. Dr. Sullivan was a former state Senator from Richmond, and he is current president of the Town Council. (more (Chariho Times, April 14))
Congratulations Graduates!
Adam Lambert, Neeta Pardanani, and Mari Butler led the parade of Plant Science graduates as they recieved their PhD's at the May 21 Graduate School graduation ceremonies.
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