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Latest Stories
- Department of Energy Awards URI Team Funding for Carbon Capture Analysis - Professors Reza Hashemi and Brice Loose will conduct an in-depth analysis to determine the best locations for installation of an electrochemical CO2 removal system
- GSO Professor Roxanne Beinart awarded international research grant to investigate symbiotic relationships among microorganisms - Her study will focus on examining the molecular nature of symbiotic relationships in eukaryotic (plants, animals, fungi) microorganisms, shedding light on the physical interactions and exchange of nutrients between cells.
- GSO Ph.D. student Katherine Thompson Awarded TNC Grant for Water Quality Research - URI Graduate School of Oceanography student Katherine Thompson has been selected as the recipient of The Nature Conservancy's Global Marine Initiative URI student research program grant for 2024.
- Evolution in action? New study finds possibility of nitrogen-fixing organelles - A new study led by researchers at GSO and the Institut de Ciències del Mar in Barcelona finds that UCYN-A, a species of cyanobacteria, may be evolving organelle-like characteristics.
Media Coverage
- Shellfishermen, DEM officials at odds over increasing nitrogen discharges in bay to feed quahogs - April 2, 2024 - RI Current
- CRMC Goes Fishing for Coastal Data - April 1, 2024 - ecoRI News
- Activists are spreading misinformation about whale deaths to obstruct clean energy policies, researchers find - March 25, 2024 - Boston Globe
- State leaders express support for ‘Rhode Island’s university’ during URI Day at State House - March 22, 2024 - Rhody Today
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.
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