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URI Coastal Institute announces 2024 Emerging Coastal Leaders - Awards recognize two graduate leaders from the Graduate School of Oceanography.
Celebrating the Fall 2024 GSO graduates - Congratulations to the Fall Class of 2024! Commencement is Saturday, Dec. 14, at 10 a.m.
URI inducts GSO’s Jane Miner into Lifetime Service Society - 11 retired faculty and staff members were honored for 40 years or more of service to the University.
Fewer than 7% of global hotspots for whale-ship collisions have protection measures in place - GSO's Bob Kenney contributed to the study, "Ship collision risk threatens whales across the world’s oceans.”

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.