GSO Profiles – GSO Graduate Victoria M. Fulfer

May 15, 2020 Welcome to the third in our new series: GSO Profiles!  Each post will feature a brief interview with a member of the GSO community. Our first several profiles will be of GSO students who either graduated this past December or will this month. These profiles are one way we can celebrate the […]

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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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GSO oceanographers, graduate students recognized by international oceanography magazine

One of the biggest compliments for a scientist is to have his or her research article cited by other scientists in their papers. This kind of recognition is an acknowledgement that the research is important—and, in some cases, groundbreaking. Professors and graduate students at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography received that […]

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URI Graduate Student Studies Feeding, Growth Habits of Microscopic Organisms in Ocean

When people are hungry they look for food, maybe a cheeseburger. But what happens to microorganisms in the ocean when they get hungry? Do they perish, live or grow? Sean Anderson, a 24-year-old student at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, answered those questions researching the feeding habits of heterotrophic protists—microscopic ocean […]

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