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US Navy names future ship for URI alumnus, professor Robert Ballard - The U.S. Navy has announced that a future Pathfinder-class oceanography survey ship will be named in honor of URIGSO Professor Robert Ballard.
URI researcher-led study opens oceans of possibilities - Newly developed macromolecular model of phytoplankton from University of Rhode Island professor Keisuke Inomura could have implications for climate research.
Massive shark tooth discovered in samples from Pacific Ocean floor - In a shipment of rocks from about 10,000 feet deep in the Pacific Ocean, University of Rhode Island’s Marine Geological Samples Laboratory discovered a fossil of a shark tooth, which has since been identified as belonging to an ancient megalodon.
GSO, Central Falls students find a little boat can go a long way - The miniboat Inspiration, a joint project of GSO and students in Central Falls, R.I., navigated its way for 9,300 miles across the Atlantic and was recovered on the coast of southern England.
Media Coverage
This explorer must go down to the sea again - Read about GSO professor Robert Ballard's new memoir and personal revelations in this Boston Globe interview.
GSO alum featured on “Shark Week” - GSO alum Lauren Romeiro (M.O. 2017) and her husband Joe Romeiro were recently featured on a Shark Week show called “Return to Shark Vortex.”
Recorded Events
URI Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient Lecture with GSO Alum Catalina Martinez - Watch a recording of the talk, 'Navigating a Sea of Options, Opportunities, and Obstacles: My Circuitous Journey to a Career in Ocean Science' from GSO alum Catalina Martinez.
Student-Alum Networking Seminar – Truesdale, McManus, McNamee – “Three Trajectories to Fisheries Science and Management Careers in Rhode Island” - Three GSO alums shared their career paths and advice.
Student-Alum Networking Seminar – Natasha Pinckard Dickenson “A Non-Traditional Path Along the Seafloor” - A GSO alum, Natasha Pinckard Dickerson, talks to students about her career path.
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