Join URI students on R/V Endeavor oceanographic research expedition, Earth Day April 22

Students from the University of Rhode Island Honors Program will embark on a six-day expedition aboard the URI Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) Research Vessel (R/V) Endeavor to conduct ocean research – and on Earth Day, April 22, you can join them!

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Not your typical undergraduate class: #EndeavorLive

When 8 URI undergraduate Honors students took the course CSI:Oceans, they learned about whales, microscopic plankton, and how to explain their research to the world through telepresence while they were on a research cruise off Rhode Island.

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A vision for GSO (or why we must have a ship, why we can’t forget about coastal waters, and why we should celebrate April 27)

When URI President Francis H. Horn hired John A. Knauss as the founding dean of the newly established Graduate School of Oceanography, they definitely believed in “Think Big, We Do”, transforming the Narragansett Marine Lab by bringing in an ocean-going ship in addition to expanding the coastal programs. And it started on April 27, 1961.

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URI creates consortium with two major institutions to operate Endeavor and submit proposal for new research vessel

Posted on April 16, 2018 at URI Today NARRAGANSETT, R.I., April 16, 2018—The University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography has created a consortium with two major institutions to operate the research vessel Endeavor for its final years and to jointly submit a proposal to operate a new ship, which would also be based […]

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Inner Space Center to broadcast ENDEAVOR LIVE!, an oceanographic research expedition off Rhode Island

Posted on March 28, 2018 at URI Today KINGSTON, R.I., March 28, 2018—Students from the University of Rhode Island Honors Program will depart Tuesday, April 3 on a six-day oceanographic research expedition, and you are invited to come along. Learn about their exciting research and directly ask the students and scientists questions during three live […]

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Omand Featured in Science News’ 10 Scientists to Watch

GSO professor and oceanographer Melissa Omand was featured in Science News‘ 2016 edition of 10 Scientists to Watch. The list includes profiles of early- and mid-career scientists making important advances in their chosen fields. The article highlights Omand’s recent work on the movement of carbon into the seas: “As chief scientist for a voyage of the […]

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URI Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Research Vessel Endeavor with Free Tour Sept. 10

The University of Rhode Island’s research vessel Endeavor has carried scientists, students and teachers throughout the world’s oceans to conduct scientific research since its christening 40 years ago. Now it’s the public’s turn to glimpse the ship. URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography will offer tours of the vessel from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, […]

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