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GSO to host the 2026 Physical Oceanography Early Career Researcher Symposium

Join the New England PO community for presentations from students and postdocs, connecting with other researchers, and science discussions about a wide range of physical oceanography topics.

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NSF Seafood Engine in New England wins $15M U.S. National Science Foundation award to strengthen fisheries and aquaculture

Collaboration includes the Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island (CFCRI), the Ocean Tech Hub, Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, Rhode Island Sea Grant, and the University of Rhode Island.

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Underwater ribbon cutting ushers in new URI Ocean Robotics Laboratory

ROV Lil Rhody in the pool, with rubber ducks.

The University of Rhode Island celebrated a major milestone in the $300 million, multi-phase revitalization of the Narragansett Bay Campus with a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Ocean Robotics Laboratory on June 25.

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GSO hosts Air-Sea Interaction: A Symposium in Honor of Isaac Ginis and Tetsu Hara

Headshots of Ginis (l) and Hara (r)

The symposium brought together colleagues, collaborators, students, and alumni to highlight advances in air-sea interaction research and recognize the lasting impact of Ginis and Hara’s work in oceanography and atmospheric science.

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URI Coastal Institute receives U.S. State Department support to advance sustainable fisheries work in Philippines

URI’s Sarah Gaines (right) and other members of the Fish Right team work with small-scale industrial fishers.

New phase of Fish Right Program expands research, student opportunities, and international partnerships

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URI honors 2026 Asian Cultural Ambassadors

One of this year’s URI Asian Cultural Ambassadors, Alyssa Tsukada (center), shown with Qing (Ken) Yang and Vice President Markeisha Miner

University’s Asian and Pacific Islander communities join for annual celebration to build understanding and interest and celebrate Asian/Pacific cultures at URI

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URI researchers collaborate on effort to map biodiversity on Indonesia’s unexplored seamounts

Drajad Seto operates a PlanktoScope to capture high-resolution images of plankton samples. (Photo courtesy of OceanX)

Data will help support conservation and sustainable management of deep-sea ecosystems.

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Scientists are reading Block Island’s past to protect its future

Two new URI studies will decode over a century of coastal change on one of New England’s most treasured islands

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Marine life finds new home at base of wind turbines

URI Ph.D. student Emmanuel Oyewole conducting field work on the deck of a vessel at the South Fork Wind farm turbines.

URI graduate student, Emmanuel Oyewole, studies how wind farm structures affect Jonah crabs

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Celebrating GSO’s Spring 2026 graduates

Group of new grads in blue shirts.

University of Rhode Island Commencement Weekend will be held May 15–17, 2026 on the Kingston Campus.

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