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GSO graduate students launch free talks about ocean science topics

Important research is going on at GSO, and students there are ready to explain it to you and answer your questions during free monthly talks. “The Bay Informed Discussion Series” kicked off last month with a talk about climate change in the ocean and its influence on Narragansett Bay and will continue July 20 to […]

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MO student Hailey Simpson sails to remote Pacific islands to study effects of climate change on coral reefs

Hailey Simpson, a GSO master’s of oceanography (MO) student, is one of two URI students sailing to remote islands in the Pacific Ocean to study any damage to coral reefs from climate change. Simpson and Kyle Alvanas, who will graduate next year with a degree in marine affairs, are among 24 students from American colleges conducting research in […]

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GSO MO student Sean Duffey wins NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship

Sean Duffey, URI master’s of oceanography (MO) candidate, has been awarded a 2017 NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship. Duffey was one of only five students selected nationally for the fellowship, out of 44 applicants from around the country. Duffey, a Watervliet, N.Y., native, will spend two years working in the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management on a […]

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