The director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, Sethuraman Panchanathan, and Senator Jack Reed toured GSO’s Bay Campus and met with top researchers, scientists, and engineers from URI.
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Nursing study to examine commercial fishermen’s health
URI researchers aim to improve quality of life for fishermen, possibly increasing fish landing and impacting the blue economy.
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GSO’s Annabelle Leahy among the four URI students and alumni to receive Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards.
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A new quantum computing initiative, supported with funding from GSO, is aimed to position URI students and the Rhode Island workforce at the forefront of the next great computing revolution.
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URI GSO assistant professor Keisuke Inomura is one of four in the nation to receive a 2022 Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Award.
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The Ocean View Art Exhibition and Competition includes artworks from 25 area professional artists and more than 200 artworks by Rhode Island K-12 students.
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URI Professor James Miller answered several questions recently about whether wind turbines have an effect on whale safety and health.
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URI professor emeritus and oceanographer Tom Rossby used the data the Oleander gathered, with colleagues in URI’s GSO, to produce a report on circulation in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Several URI community members traveled to Indonesia to celebrate a half century of partnership and knowledge exchange in a number of fields, including oceanography.
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University of Rhode Island Blue MBA student Christine de Silva will appear in her third Shark Week episode in 2023.
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