URI Graduate School of Oceanography student Katherine Thompson has been selected as the recipient of The Nature Conservancy’s Global Marine Initiative URI student research program grant for 2024.
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A new study led by researchers at GSO and the Institut de Ciències del Mar in Barcelona finds that UCYN-A, a species of cyanobacteria, may be evolving organelle-like characteristics.
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One of the world’s foremost oil spill scientists, Reddy will speak at the URI Bay Campus and sign copies of his book on Thursday, March 28th, 3:30-4:45pm
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Last week, GSO participated in a showcase of the work and impact of the state’s flagship research institution during URI Day at the State House.
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GSO’s Kenna Rubin Kenna Rubin was part of an international research team that succeeded in obtaining a rare, high-resolution continuous record of environmental data from shallow-water corals off the coast of Hawaii by coring fossil coral reefs.
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From late March through April, the science team will board the RV Roger Revelle for a research cruise to these islands, where they will study the seafloor and measure properties of the ocean crust.
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GSO professor J.P. Walsh co-PI a new NSF grant to bridge international expertise and communities around mangrove/seagrass ecosystems.
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The URI GSO community will present its research at the 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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URI students are invited to join the University’s inaugural Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge sponsored by 401 Tech Bridge.
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Professor Kendall Moore and GSO’s Inner Space Center selected to deliver opening presentation Feb. 15, 2024 The world’s premier gathering of oceanographers will begin next week in Louisiana with a little bit of a different opening, thanks to the University of Rhode Island. The throng of scientists will quickly get to the science but first, […]
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