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Leading by example: URI recognized for state’s only college solar carport and more at state Clean Energy Awards

Efficiency projects at the Narragansett Bay Campus were also recognized.

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URI Graduate School of Oceanography’s Melissa Omand to receive funding for Ocean Margins Initiative in Ghana

The project, funded by Schmidt Sciences, is expected to receive $3.46M in funding over five years.

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GSO student awarded research fellowship from National Science Foundation

M.S. Malachy McCaffrey will start his master’s in oceanography at URI this fall under Kris Lewis.

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URI Coastal Resources Center Receives $13 Million for Marine Conservation in Madagascar through USAID Initiative

Led by CRC, the USAID Ocean Riake project focuses on marine conservation, spatial planning, and sustainable livelihoods of coastal communities.

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GSO’s Victoria Fulfer awarded the University of Rhode Island Graduate School Outstanding Doctoral Research Award

GSO is pleased to announce the recognition of two outstanding graduate students for their significant achievements as they graduate with doctoral degrees.

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Long-term ocean sampling in Narragansett Bay reveals plummeting plankton levels: impact uncertain for local food web

URI researchers estimate that in Narragansett Bay, the level of tiny plantlike creatures called phytoplankton has dropped by half in the last half century.

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Seafloor life devastated near explosive volcanic eruption in Pacific, URI research shows

Research led by GSO’s Roxanne Beinart and supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has unveiled catastrophic effects on seafloor life from the 2022 Hunga volcanic eruption in Tonga.

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Celebrating the Spring 2024 GSO graduates

Join us in celebrating the Spring 2024 GSO graduates on Friday, May 17 and Sunday, May 19.

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Commencement 2024: GSO doctoral candidate Mansur Ali Jisan explores hurricanes and R.I.’s lighthouses

Meet Mansur Ali Jisan, who graduates from URI this month with a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Oceanography.

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Meet the 2024 SURFOs

We’re excited here on the URI Narragansett Bay Campus to welcome this year’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography (SURFO) students!

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