Catalina Martinez (M.S. 1999) and Sheekela Baker-Yeboah (Ph.D. 2008) were honored at the 24th annual Women of Color STEM Conference in October 2019. Martinez, who received the Diversity Leadership in Government award, is a Regional Program Manager at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (NOAA OER). Martinez started the […]
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Cooperative Institutes Arrive
NOAA-funded applied research to deliver foundational knowledge for healthy, sustainable growth of blue economies. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has formed two new institutes for oceanographic exploration, collaborative research and discovery. The Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI) will be hosted by URI/GSO at the Narragansett Bay Campus. GSO will also join the Cooperative […]
Continue reading "Cooperative Institutes Arrive"Exploring a Changing Arctic
By Holly Morin The Arctic is considered a region of extremes with acute shifts in seasonal daylight, intense cold, and high winds. As average air temperatures in this polar region are rising more rapidly than other parts of the world, it is now also a region of extreme climatic warming. The changes happening on land […]
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At sea during the outbreak of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Endeavor returns to Narragansett Bay in April. When University of Rhode Island oceanographers Rainer Lohmann and Rob Pockalny flew to Barbados in February to board the research ship Endeavor for the beginning of a 22-day expedition across the Atlantic, their only health concern was whether […]
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Meet Martha McConnell and Veronique Oldham
Continue reading "GSO’s New Faculty Members"Happenings on the Waterfront
Memorable moments from across the Bay Campus
Continue reading "Happenings on the Waterfront"Interview with Outgoing Dean, Bruce Corliss
By Betty-Jo Cugini and Peter Hanlon In the summer of 2020, GSO Dean Bruce Corliss will take one final look out of his office window across a sweeping view of Narragansett Bay’s West Passage, and place an envelope on the top of his desk. Before he steps down from his position of eight years, […]
Continue reading "Interview with Outgoing Dean, Bruce Corliss"Inner Space Center Collaborates with BBC
GSO’s Inner Space Center collaborates with BBC to bring “Blue Planet” to life. In late March, 2019, the Inner Space Center (ISC) provided telepresence and live video production support for the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) “Blue Planet Live.” The week-long television series that followed up on the award-winning series “Blue Planet II” celebrates marine life […]
Continue reading "Inner Space Center Collaborates with BBC"Dean’s Message
From the Desk of Dean Bruce Corliss Innovation is at the core of what we do in oceanography and science in general. New analytical tools and procedures create opportunities for observations and research that were previously not possible. New questions posed by researchers can propel a particular field in pioneering directions. One of the most […]
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A time-honored tradition at GSO is to present a coveted T-shirt to each degree recipient who can attend the year-end “Shirting Ceremony.” These 11 members of the 2019 graduating class show off their just reward. Degrees Awarded in 2019 Master of Oceanography Berta Borneo (David Smith) Casey Danhauser (David Smith) Kyle Griebel (John King) Andrew […]
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