By Janine Weisman No need to sugarcoat the reason why Tom Rossby no longer goes to sea. “It’s not responsible at my age to do that sort of stuff,” says the University of Rhode Island emeritus professor of oceanography. “I’m in good health and all that jazz but first of all, you don’t want to […]

By Veronica M. Berounsky March 13 would be the last normal day of 2020 on the University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Campus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When Graduate School of Oceanography faculty, students and staff left campus at the end of the day, they knew face-to-face classes were cancelled and online classes would […]

Aboard GSO, Fall 2020 My time as a student at GSO was formative for me both as a scientist and as a person, and I am thrilled to return to the Bay Campus. I am excited about what lies ahead for GSO, but first I would like to thank Bruce Corliss for his years of […]

One of the highest priorities of the Narragansett Bay Campus Master Plan, the Ocean Technology Building will be dedicated to groundbreaking innovations. The future of ocean exploration, research and enterprise lies in rapid development and deployment of sophisticated systems. With this in mind, GSO is finalizing plans for a building in which technologically driven research […]

Construction continues on the Regional Class Research Vessel (RCRV-2). The ship is one of three NSF-funded vessels designed with advanced capabilities for interdisciplinary oceanographic operations in areas from coastal bays and estuaries to the deep ocean beyond continental margins. Significant recent progress includes the melding of the RCRV-2’s first two “modules.” The RCRV hulls under […]

  The one-time doctoral student returns to the Narragansett Bay Campus. By Ellen Liberman According to family lore, Paula Bontempi was five when she announced that she was going to study the ocean. Her father was pleased; it seemed a fitting tribute to the generations of Bontempi men who fished the Adriatic Sea off the […]

Captain Everett “Rhett” McMunn has served as R/V Endeavor’s master for more than 30 years. He is retiring as the long­est serving captain of any vessel in the nation’s academic fleet. Director of Marine Operations Tom Glennon observed: “Having worked closely with Captain McMunn for the past two decades, I am continuously impressed with his […]