Twelve Rhode Island educators recently boarded R/V Endeavor for the R.I. Teachers at Sea program, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become part of a scientific team conducting ocean research at sea.
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U.S. Senator Jack Reed announced $250,000 in new federal funding to initiate a shoreline protection project at the University of Rhode Island’s Bay Campus.
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Joyce Downey, Coordinator for Library Services at Pell Marine Library. has been there for 21 years and she knows that library very well.
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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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Since its founding in 1961, GSO has been a leader in the study and exploration of the world’s oceans and has garnered significant national and international recognition of Rhode Island as a leader in oceanography and marine science. GSO has also focused on coastal environments that are so important to Rhode Island and the nation. […]
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A group of eight schoolteachers travel hundreds of miles aboard the R/V Endeavor on a three-day expedition designed to establish partnerships between ocean scientists, researchers and teachers who live and teach in Rhode Island.
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The National Science Foundation has selected the East Coast Oceanographic Consortium, led by the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, to operate a new oceanographic research ship, one of only three such vessels in the nation.
Continue reading "URI-led consortium selected to operate new research ship to replace R/V Endeavor"GSO’s Inner Space Center won high praise from federal investigators today for its help finding the data recorder of the doomed El Faro cargo ship. The National Transportation Safety Board released a transcript of audio recordings from the data recorder, which the center helped locate in 15,000 feet of water off the Bahamas in the Caribbean last […]
Continue reading "GSO’s Inner Space Center credited for role in discovery of data recorder for El Faro wreck"Congressman Langevin blogged about his visit to R/V Endeavor during the Endeavor 40th anniversary open house. “For 40 years, the research vessel Endeavor has been providing hands-on learning experiences for scientists and would-be scientists. The National Science Foundation owns the ship, but it’s the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island that […]
Continue reading "Congressman Langevin visits R/V Endeavor"From the Chronicle of Higher Education: For months after the world’s largest accidental marine oil spill killed 11 workers and spawned illnesses and economic stress around the Gulf of Mexico, scientists couldn’t answer basic questions about the disaster. How much oil was pouring from the Deepwater Horizon rig? Where was it going? How long would […]
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