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GTKGSO: NBFSMN - With 14 monitoring stations spread across Narragansett Bay, the Fixed Site Monitoring Network keeps a constant eye on water quality, offering insight into long-term trends and whether management actions are making a difference. Maintained by a coalition of agencies and scientists, including GSO’s Marine Ecosystems Research Lab (MERL), the network gathers key environmental data every […]
Celebrating the Spring 2025 graduates - University of Rhode Island Commencement Weekend to be held May 16–18, 2025 on the Kingston Campus
GSO researchers reimagine how we visualize science at RISD’s Vis-a-thon 2025 - The unique collaborative program was hosted by RISD’s Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab & supported through RII-NEST.
Commencement 2025: Student speakers named for college graduation ceremonies - Puja (Diya) Banerjee, who is graduating with a Ph.D. in oceanography, will deliver an address at GSO graduation.
Media Coverage
- It doesn’t take much for microplastics to leach into food, researchers warn - April 3, 2025 - NBC News
- Meet the Bert - March 31, 2025 - URI Magazine
- Researchers with URI Ties Co-Author Report Emphasizing Investment Needs in Ocean Research - March 24, 2024 - ecoRI News
- A deep Earth layer may have primed the planet for plate tectonics - March 12, 2025 - Science
Recorded Events
Alum Chris Reddy (Ph.D. ’98): Communicating Science in a Crisis - One of the world's foremost oil spill scientists, GSO alum Chris Reddy (Ph.D. ‘98) visited the URI Bay Campus to discuss communicating science in a crisis. His recent book, Science Communication in a Crisis: An Insider’s Guide, was created from Reddy’s commitment to make the science behind his work accessible and meaningful to the public. 
2023 Charles and Marie Fish Lecture: Six Months Across the Ocean - This year's Fish Lecture on November 2nd was a fascinating look into Charlie Enright’s racing experience & observations on the health of our ocean planet, with help from GSO scientists. 
URI Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient Lecture with GSO Alum Lynne Zeitlin Hale - URI Distinguished Achievement Award winner and GSO alum Lynne Zeitlin Hale, M.S. '76, spoke about coastal and ocean conservation in a special lecture on the Bay Campus.