URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography hosts NASA-led exploration of deep sea

Scientists with a NASA-led expedition are operating from the Inner Space Center at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography as colleagues explore the deep Pacific Ocean to prepare to search for life in deep space.

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Four URI scientists among 100 researchers on NASA-led expedition to North Pacific

GSO professors Susanne Menden-Deuer, Melissa Omand, and Tatiana Rynearson are among 100 researchers from 30 institutions who embarked on a month-long expedition to study microscopic organisms that live deep in the ocean and play a critical role in removing carbon dioxide from Earth’s atmosphere.

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A New Ship Coming to GSO’s Backyard

GSO, along with partners WHOI and UNH, won the competition for a new research ship. The (B)log explains why this is important for Rhode Island, why a coastal oceanographer is excited about this, and why the Rhode Island public should be very excited about the future of ocean research in our state.

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Senator Jack Reed and Admiral Timothy Gallaudet visit GSO

On Friday May 18th, Senator Reed brought Admiral Tim Gallaudet, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting Secretary, for a visit to GSO to discuss our future prospects with the NBC Master Plan, Ocean Exploration and our growing partnerships with NOAA. Admiral Dick West, GSO Advisory Council member, joined the meeting that […]

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Roots, Holdfasts, and Anchors

Welcome to the Bay Campus (B)log. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a blog is “a regular feature appearing as part of an online publication that typically relates to a particular topic and consists of articles and personal commentary by one or more authors”. But why (B)log? Also according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a log is […]

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Ballard among speakers with big ideas worth spreading at TEDxURI event

Posted on January 22, 2018 KINGSTON, R.I. – Jan. 22, 2018 — The University of Rhode Island, the state’s flagship university, is devoted to big ideas, while TED, a nonprofit organization, is devoted to ideas worth spreading. Thus, it makes perfect sense that on Feb. 10, URI will host its own TEDx event, where 14 […]

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Scientist, Graduate Students to Explore Limits of Life Deep Beneath Seafloor off Japan

How deep is Earth’s habitable region? Scientists from the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography will try to answer that question during an international research expedition off the coast of Japan. Arthur Spivack, a professor of oceanography, and graduate students Justine Sauvage, of Belgium, and Kira Homola of Washington State, are among the […]

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