All are invited to the URI Narragansett Bay Campus to learn the latest in ocean exploration, discovery, science and conservation.
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Rainer Lohmann named a Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholar
On the Faroe Islands, GSO professor Rainer Lohmann, recipient of a prestigious Fulbright Arctic Initiative Award, has set out to better understand the full exposure of the local population to PFAS contaminants.
Continue reading "Rainer Lohmann named a Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholar"GSO student Asta Habtemichael named a Switzer Environmental Fellow
Asta Habtemichael, a Ph.D. candidate at GSO, was recently chosen as one of 20 environmental scholars to receive a Switzer Environmental Fellowship.
Continue reading "GSO student Asta Habtemichael named a Switzer Environmental Fellow"Susanne Menden-Deuer elected next ASLO president
GSO professor Susanne Menden-Deuer has been elected as the next president of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography.
Continue reading "Susanne Menden-Deuer elected next ASLO president"URI Coastal Resources Center lands $15 million to help countries, communities tackle unsustainable fishing practices in Pacific Islands region
The Coastal Resources Center and its partners have been awarded a $15 million grant to address the social and ecological drivers of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Pacific Islands region.
Continue reading "URI Coastal Resources Center lands $15 million to help countries, communities tackle unsustainable fishing practices in Pacific Islands region"Meet the 2022 SURFOs
The URI Narragansett Bay Campus community is excited to welcome this year’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography (SURFO) students!
Continue reading "Meet the 2022 SURFOs"Celebrating the 2022 graduates
The GSO community is gearing up to celebrate 27 new degree recipients, first at the Annual GSO Shirting Ceremony then at the Graduate School Commencement Ceremony.
Continue reading "Celebrating the 2022 graduates"GSO student Victoria Fulfer awarded Fulbright grant
Victoria Fulfer, a Ph.D. student at the URI Graduate school of Oceanography, has been awarded a 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Student Program Research Award to fund her work in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
Continue reading "GSO student Victoria Fulfer awarded Fulbright grant"Ocean explorer Robert Ballard will deliver URI commencement address
Ocean explorer and GSO professor Robert Ballard will deliver the keynote address for URI’s 136th Undergraduate Commencement from aboard his ship, the E/V Nautilus.
Continue reading "Ocean explorer Robert Ballard will deliver URI commencement address"Life under pressure: URI faculty, students research microbes in Puerto Rico Trench
How does life exist far beneath the ocean floor in one of the deepest places on Earth? A group of scientists and students are in waters off Puerto Rico to shed more light on that question.
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