Propeller Ventures announced four new partnerships with leading ocean science institutions, Oregon State University, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, University of California San Diego and University of Rhode Island.
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J.P. Walsh, director of URI’s Coastal Resources Center and professor at GSO, recently traveled to Mauritius as part of the Fulbright Specialist Program.
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Helen Czerski will share stories of history, culture and animals to illustrate the mechanisms behind the Earth’s ocean.
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Charlie Enright, skipper of The Ocean Race-winning 11th Hour Race Team, will present a lecture on his “Six Months Across the Ocean,” for the Charles & Marie Fish Lecture.
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Since 2020, nearly $1.4 million in projects have been completed on the Bay Campus, reducing annual campus electrical consumption.
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GSO participated in the URI Sea Symposium, which connected high school & college students with maritime careers supporting research, military and the Blue Economy.
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Professor Emeritus & former associate dean of GSO, Dennis Nixon, will speak at URI’s long-running Forensic Science Seminar Series.
Continue reading "“Ships Don’t Leave Skid Marks” — URI’s Dennis Nixon to deliver lecture on forensics in maritime law"Vevers is the founder and CEO of the ocean conservation nonprofit the Ocean Agency.
Continue reading "Underwater street view pioneer, GSO adjunct professor, to lead forum at URI fall Honors Colloquium Oct. 3"
GSO receives $900,000 gift from Hoffman Estate
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Two GSO researchers estimate that the top 5 centimeters (2 inches) of the floor of Narragansett Bay now contain more than 1,000 tons of microplastics.
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