By Michael Blanding Since its founding in 1950, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has played a pivotal role in the development of scientific knowledge, support­ing basic research that often leads to breakthrough discoveries in ways private industry or academic institutions alone often cannot undertake. At URI‘s Graduate School of Oceanography, NSF has been funding ocean […]

By Ellen Liberman Earth awaits discovery.Deep mysteriesTo be revealed in time. In 17 syllables, Margaret Leinen, Ph.D. ’80, stunned the room. In 2002, a consortium of scientists had gathered in Nagasaki to celebrate the launch of the Chikyu, the first Japanese ocean drill ship to join an international research effort to collect sediment samples from […]

Academics 31 faculty, 3 marine research scientists and 9 postdoctoral fellows delivered classroom instruction as well as cruise and laboratory experiences to 99 graduate students, including 19 students enrolled in the online Master of Oceanography program. GSO faculty also taught nearly 1,600 undergraduates. Campus Renewal The revitalization of the URI Narragansett Bay Campus continues thanks […]

By Veronica M. Berounsky, Ph.D. ’90 Amy Bower, Ph.D. ’88, knew she wanted to be an oceanographer ever since she participated in a summer marine science field course in her hometown at the age of 13. Nothing—not pirates nor the loss of her vision—would stop her from achieving that dream. Today, Bower is a senior […]

Aboard GSO, Fall 2024 Early one morning this November, as I walked my dog through the neighborhood, I realized it was 65 degrees and sunny…in November in New England. It struck me that the climate has really shifted, and we are facing a critical moment in human history. More than ever, the world needs an […]

By Ellen Liberman On a warm November morning the oaks are shedding their leaves and acorns along the winding trails of the Grills Preserve. The 544-acre tract lies south of the Pawcatuck River, which curls around the old Bradford Printing and Finishing Plant to the east. From 1790, when the first mill rights were established, […]

By Lauren Thacker Rhode Island incorporates more than 400 miles of coastline and every resident lives within 30 minutes of Narragansett Bay or the Atlantic Ocean. Warming waters and coastal erosion have a highly visible, deeply felt impact. Emily Hall, M.S. ’23, now a coastal geologist with the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council, meets with […]