GSO oceanographer studies microscopic organisms in world’s oceans

You can’t see them with the naked eye, but they’re all over the ocean: diatoms, single-celled organisms that drift on currents. These microscopic creatures are key to the planet’s health. They sit at the base of the food chain, feeding everything from zooplankton to fish. Through photosynthesis diatoms also regulate the air people breathe, and […]

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URI, GSO Leadership Meet with Alumni in San Francisco

URI President David M. Dooley and GSO Dean Bruce H. Corliss hosted over 50 ​URI alumni and friends at an evening reception aboard the E/V Nautilus while docked at the Embarcadero pier in San Francisco. The event highlighted the important partnership between URI and the Nautilus, which is advancing oceanographic research, exploration and education across […]

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Melanie Will-Cole Receives Honorary Doctorate at Commencement

The University of Rhode Island conferred a Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa upon GSO alumna Melanie Will-Cole. The Honorary Doctorate Degree is the highest honor bestowed by the University and is reserved for recognizing true distinction. Dr. Will-Cole is a renowned researcher, author, inventor, and innovative educator. She served for 27 years as a research […]

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URI and Woods Hole Oceanographers Face Off at Hockey Games, April 9, 16

By day, Conor McManus studies the larvae of Atlantic mackerel. By night, he’s chasing a puck on a sheet of ice. McManus plays right wing on the Bay Blades, the let’s-have-a-blast hockey team at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography. The team will face off against its longtime rival, the High Stickers […]

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Two GSO Alumnae Receive Presidential Early Career Awards

Two alumnae from the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography are receiving presidential awards given to highly accomplished scientists in the early stages of their careers. Colleen B. Mouw and Jennifer Miksis-Olds are two of 105 researchers named by President Barack Obama as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and […]

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