Hacking for a Blue Economy

Monica Rao, Erfa Fachroni and Christine de Silva. With Xiaozhuo Wei, the four-member team created “I sea U,” a company that supports effective enforcement actions in Marine Protected Areas and Closed Fisheries Areas. A new, multi-disciplinary course is designed to launch the next generation of entrepreneurs who will take on challenges to ocean health. By […]

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Pull Together.

By Ellen Liberman Ghanaians like their sardines fried with shito (a hot black pepper sauce), or stewed with kenkey (a fermented corn dumpling), or complemented by angwa mo (fried rice). There are probably as many variations on a fish dish as there are cooks in this West African country hugging the northern curve of the […]

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Ocean’s Ambassador

Blue MBA Graduate Anupa Asokan brings a unique perspective and pragmatic approach to marine conservation. By Janine Weisman There was little time to put names to faces before the 24 teenagers chaperoned by Anupa Asokan boarded their flight in Los Angeles. Not that she could see the faces of her young charges anyway. After all, […]

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New Faculty

Using Computational Modeling with Mathematical Theory Keisuke Inomura, Assistant Professor of Oceanography By Janine Weisman Open any microbiology textbook and see illustrations of cells and the nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids inside them. Advancements in research have increased our understanding of how these biomolecules are produced, stored and degraded. But what is the story […]

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GSO at 60 in AGSO-F21

Sixty years ago, the University of Rhode Island established the Graduate School of Oceanography on the shores of Narragansett Bay. Since then, a bounty of oceanographic knowledge has issued forth and more than a thousand advanced degrees have been awarded. For complete coverage, visit: uri.edu/gso/60-years

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