Two Graduate School of Oceanography alumni were honored at the URI Distinguished Achievement Awards ceremony on October 17. The awards honor alumni and friends of URI who have brought distinction to themselves and the University through their professional achievements, outstanding leadership and/or community service. The Graduate School of Oceanography’s Dean’s List Award was presented to […]
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Kingsley inducted into Lifetime Service Society
The University of Rhode Island recently inducted 10 retirees with at least 40 years of service into its Lifetime Service Society during ceremonies outside the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons. The Lifetime Service Society was established three years ago to honor to those who have given much of their lives to the University. […]
Continue reading "Kingsley inducted into Lifetime Service Society"Brounce Wins Research Award
GSO’s Maryjo Brounce has won the University of Rhode Island Graduate School 2015 Excellence in Doctoral Research Award. This award recognizes excellence in dissertation research and is based on a letter, or letters of nomination for doctoral students who graduated in the previous year from the University of Rhode Island. Along with the nomination(s), the […]
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GSO congratulates its newest graduates – the class of 2015! The name of the major professor is listed in parentheses. Sarah Blackstock, MS (Jeremy Collie) Maryjo Brounce, PhD (Katherine Kelley) Michael Bueti, PhD (Isaac Ginis & Lew Rothstein) Kelly Canesi, MS (Tatiana Rynearson) Alison Cleary, PhD (Edward Durbin) Katie […]
Continue reading "21 to Graduate in the GSO Class of 2015"GSO Hockey Team Victorious
The URI GSO hockey team, the Bay Blades, faced their annual adversary, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution High Stickers, in a two game series dubbed the Niskin Cup. Game one was contested at URI’s Boss Ice Arena. GSO led 2-0 after first period goals by Conor McManus and Mike St. Laurent. However, WHOI responded in […]
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After enrolling at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography in 1964, Donald Gordon towed his wooden sloop from Woods Hole, Mass., to the URI Bay Campus in hopes of sailing it in his free time. When it arrived, the boat was beyond repair, so he offered to burn it as part of […]
Continue reading "50th Boat Burning"Head of Taiwan’s EPA Visits GSO
GSO alumnus Dr. Kuo-Yen Wei (PhD 1987), Minister of Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration, visited GSO during a trip to visit to Environmental Protection Agency labs in the U.S. Dr. Wei was a student of Professor James Kennett, as was GSO Dean Bruce Corliss, and studied Late Neogene foraminifera for his dissertation research. Photo of Dr. […]
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Congratulations to the GSO Class of 2014! Christelle Balt, PhD (Major Professor: Christopher Kincaid) Subestuarine Circulation and Dispersion in Narragansett Bay Matthew Baumann, PhD (Bradley Moran) Seasonal Particle and Carbon Dynamics in the Eastern Bering Sea Samantha DeCuollo, MS (Susanne Menden-Deuer) The Effect of Temperature on the Magnitude of […]
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Join renowned ocean explorer Bob Ballard, GSO Professor of Oceanography and Director of the Center for Ocean Exploration, and a team of scientists on a daring deep-sea expedition to explore the hidden geologic dangers of the Caribbean, and the bizarre life that inhabits these extreme ocean depths.
Continue reading "GSO on National Geographic This Sunday"Ballard Elected to American Academy
Dr. Robert D. Ballard, GSO Professor of Oceanography and Director of the Center for Ocean Exploration, has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Members of the Academy come from academia, business, the arts and sciences, and educational and philanthropic organizations.
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