On Thursday, Oct. 3, the URI community will gather to celebrate the progress of the sweeping transformation of the Narragansett Bay Campus.
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Rhode Island voters strongly said they want the URI Narragansett Bay Campus to continue being a global center of excellence in ocean science by approving a $100 million bond referendum.
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Passage of Question 1 will provide $100 million in bonds for much needed improvements to the University’s globally known Narragansett Bay Campus, the leader of Rhode Island’s ocean economy.
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Ocean explorer and GSO professor Robert Ballard will deliver the keynote address for URI’s 136th Undergraduate Commencement from aboard his ship, the E/V Nautilus.
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URI has appointed NASA scientist Paula S. Bontempi as dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography. Bontempi is an alumna of GSO and a biological oceanographer for more than 25 years.
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In the year after Rhode Island voters approved a 2018 bond referendum, GSO has secured a number of private gifts to build on public funding and further revitalize its facilities.
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Stephen M. Greenlee M.S. ’82 and Donna Church Greenlee made a $1 million gift to establish the Greenlee Family GSO Campus Redevelopment Fund. The fund supports construction on the Narragansett Bay Campus to expand research and teaching capacity.
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