Save the Bay, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and improving Narragansett Bay, has awarded Prof. Candace Oviatt, (PhD 1967), professor of oceanography at URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography, with a lifetime achievement award. Nominated by Judith Swift, Director of the Coastal Institute, and Tom Borden of the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, Prof. Oviatt “is […]
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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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In June, the University of Rhode Island inducted seven individuals into its Lifetime Service Society for devoting 40 or more years of service to URI. The ceremonies were held at the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons on the Kingston Campus.
“Those we honor here today have brought their skills, commitment and sacrifice to the University for not just years but decades. And we are better for it,” said President David M. Dooley, adding, “Thanks to you for imparting the values of dedicated and cheerful service to our community.”
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At the University of Rhode Island 2014 Excellence Awards Ceremony, Sara Hickox, Director of the Office of Marine Programs at the Graduate School of Oceanography, was awarded the URI Foundation Administrative Excellence Award by URI President David Dooley.
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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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Kerry Whittaker is one of three graduate students at the University of Rhode Island, and one of 49 nationwide, to be named a John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, which will enable her to spend a year working on marine policy issues in Washington, D.C.
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Scott Nixon was posthumously awarded the 2013 Citation for Scientific Excellence at the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) 2013 Aquatic Sciences Meeting in New Orleans. His daughter, Beth Nixon, accepted the award on his behalf.
The full citation is available at this link.
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URI GSO Associate Professor of Oceanography Rebecca Robinson has been named a Consortium for Ocean Leadership Distinguished Lecturer for 2012-2013.
Continue reading "Robinson Named Distinguished Lecturer"Costa-Pierce Elected AAAS Fellow
The Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced on November 10, 2011, that Professor Barry A. Costa-Pierce, director of Rhode Island Sea Grant and professor of fisheries & aquaculture at the University of Rhode Island, has been elected as an AAAS Fellow.
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