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Charting a course: URI professor draws Atlantic data from shipping vessels - URI professor emeritus and oceanographer Tom Rossby used the data the Oleander gathered, with colleagues in URI’s GSO, to produce a report on circulation in the Atlantic Ocean.
Recent Indonesia visit affirms a half-century of connection - Several URI community members traveled to Indonesia to celebrate a half century of partnership and knowledge exchange in a number of fields, including oceanography.
URI Blue MBA student combines fascination with sharks, passion for ocean exploration - University of Rhode Island Blue MBA student Christine de Silva will appear in her third Shark Week episode in 2023.
URI experts discuss the price of convenience: plastics and forever chemicals - University of Rhode Island Professors J.P. Walsh and Rainer Lohmann discussed the wide-ranging impacts of ocean plastics and PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in a recent public lecture at the URI Narragansett Bay Campus.
Media Coverage
- Charting a course: URI professor draws Atlantic data from shipping vessels - March 9, 2023 - Rhody Today
- Bringing ‘Relevant Science’ to the Discussion of Offshore Wind - March 3, 2023 - ecoRI News
- Senses Connect In An Artist’s Retrospective - March 7, 2023 - Arts Council of Greater New Haven
- ‘It is crucial that a strong and effective PFAS restriction enter into force as soon as possible’ - February 25, 2023 - Le Monde
Recorded Events
GSO Public Lecture Series: Women in Ocean Science - To kick off Women’s History Month, GSO explored the diverse experiences of women in ocean science with Katy Croff Bell (Ph.D.’11) and GSO professors Fenix Garcia Tigreros & Rebecca Robinson.
GSO Public Lecture Series: Oceans Tell Stories Through People - In an evening of art, music, imagery and storytelling, speakers presented an interconnected series of narratives that recenter identity & emotion in our understanding of the world’s ocean.
GSO Public Lecture Series: Confronting Ocean Polluion - Watch the first of GSO's Public Lecture Series, featuring Coastal Resources Center director and GSO professor J.P. Walsh and GSO professor Rainer Lohmann. They discussed the dangers posed by marine pollution and "forever chemicals" called PFAS, and what we need to do to address them.
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