Stories – Page 2 – Graduate School of Oceanography

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

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

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

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

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

Margaret Bernish will earn her Ph.D. in oceanography from GSO after studying the physiology of phytoplankton.

Award will help the University recruit six doctoral fellows to develop future Blue Economy workforce

GSO doctoral graduate Asta Habtemichael will speak to his fellow graduates on May 17.

Advancing scientists’ understanding of the ocean’s role in climate, weather, marine ecosystems, and carbon storage

A guest post from URI GSO alum Diana Fontaine, Ph.D. ’24, who recently finished her year as a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow.

Representing GSO, members of J.P. Walsh’s COAST Lab shared research on microplastics and long-term beach monitoring.