GSO Profile of Kathleen Beck who is retiring as the GSO Dean’s Executive Assistant. She has worked at GSO for 23 years.
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GSO alum Olivia Ahern’s (Ph.D. ’21) new paper on the diverse microbiome of diatoms is the culmination of over a decade’s worth of oceanographic research.
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New GSO research concludes that different types of phytoplankton will react differently to increasing ocean temperatures resulting from the changing climate.
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GSO professor Roxanne Beinart is one of the leaders of the Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project, which seeks to understand how aquatic species thrive together.
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Rashid Sumaila, a leading Canadian bioeconomics and marine ecosystem researcher, will speak at the University of Rhode Island’s Honors Colloquium, “Sustaining Our Shores,” Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m.
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Eight Rhode Island educators boarded R/V Endeavor, the University of Rhode Island’s 185-foot research ship, as part of the Rhode Island Teachers at Sea (RITAS) program, to get experience as oceanographers.
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GSO professor Isaac Ginis is leading a four-year, $1.5 million grant through NOAA to study the effects of sea level rise and how it may exacerbate the impact of extreme weather.
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GSO Profile of Sam Katz who graduated in May 2021 with a M.S. and is continuing towards his Ph.D.
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All are invited to a family-friendly day at the URI Bay Campus, home to the Graduate School of Oceanography and a world-renowned community of coastal and ocean scientists, engineers, policy experts, educators, and communicators.
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The air we breathe in our homes, schools and workplaces can be polluted with harmful PFAS chemicals, according to a new study by GSO scientists.
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