GSO is one of the premier oceanographic institutions in the United States with a broad range of research, education, and outreach efforts. The cutting-edge research carried out at GSO ranges from basic research on how the ocean works to studying a broad set of topics related to environmental change. Climate change and global warming, rising sea level, ocean acidification, and possible species extinctions are but a few of the ocean topics that are of critical importance today, and ones that our faculty and graduate students are addressing and to which they are making important contributions. GSO has a very strong regional program focused on Narragansett Bay and surrounding waters.
Over the years, GSO has received critical support from individuals and foundations to fund important activities of the faculty, marine research scientists, graduate students, and staff. These contributors to GSO have been recognized as Friends of Oceanography and their support has had a major impact on our program.
The GSO Friends of Oceanography continues this tradition by recognizing all donors to GSO. Friends receive a number of benefits which include:
• Invitations to seminars throughout the year
• Special Friends of Oceanography lectures
• Invitations to special events at the Narragansett Bay Campus
• Mailings of our newsletter, Aboard GSO, twice a year
• A quarterly email about events of interest at the Narragansett Bay Campus
• GSO open houses and tours of R/V Endeavor and the Inner Space Center
Contributions from Friends make a significant impact on GSO and help achieve our outstanding oceanographic research, outreach, and education mission. All donors to GSO will be recognized as a Friend.
To make a secure gift online and become a member of the Friends of Oceanography, please visit visit www.urifoundation.org/giveonline, and select Fund for URI: GSO.
All gifts will be recognized in an issue of Aboard GSO, as well as GSO’s annual report. In addition, we recognize donors who contribute annual gifts of $1,000 as members of the Trident Society, named after GSO’s first oceanographic research vessel.