Public, schools are invited to join live, interactive broadcasts from the Southern Ocean and Antarctic peninsula

The public and classrooms around the country are invited to interact in real time with polar scientists conducting critical research in the region of the Western Antarctic Peninsula, which has warmed four times more than anywhere else on Earth.

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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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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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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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