Science Saturday 2024 Exhibits on the Quad

A day of fun activities and fascination for ocean science begins here, on the quad. More than two dozen exhibitors will present the work, research and discovery that happens on the Bay Campus year round. 

Exhibit Titles 

  • Rhode Island Sea Grant: Sea Crafts 
  • URI Women’s Center: Women in Science
  • GSO Academic Affairs        
  • Coastal Resources Center: Fish Printing 
  • URI Foundation & Alumni Engagement       
  • Jeremy Collie Lab:  Fishing for Science – Species and Methods of Fisheries Oceanography
  • URI Marine Affairs Department 
  • EPA Research and Development – Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division: Explore Science with EPA!
  • Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity at GSO
  • Beinart Lab: Sulfur-powered snails and other weird creatures from the deep
  • URI Small Boats Program: Facilitating Coastal Research
  • MGSL-Rock and Core: Samples from the seafloor 
  • Davies Lab: A journey to the deep, the story of cold-water corals
  • Dynamics Lab: Beeps from the Deep 
  • STEEP Superfund Research Program: What are PFAS and how can you limit your exposure?
  • Hurricane Research Lab: Ready for Stormy Weather? Modeling and forecasting the impact of hurricanes and nor’easters in New England.
  • GEMS-Net: Seaside Sleuthing
  • Marine Ops: A Journey Through the Exciting World of Ship Operations
  • Wei Lab: Tremors and Eruptions: Adventures in Earth Science
  • Quantitative Microbiology: Simple Interactive computer model of marine microbes
  • Menden-Deuer Lab: Plankton, small bugs with big impact
  • Ocean Ecogeochemistry: Animal movement and diet
  • Ocean Circulation and Biogeochemistry Lab: Carbon from the Gulf Stream to the Golf Course
  • Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute: Tools of Ocean Exploration 
  • Putnam Lab: Corals in Climate Change
  • Rynearson Lab: World of Plankton
  • Omand Lab: MINION Floats
  • MERL: Monitoring of Narragansett Bay
  • Lewis Lab: Lewis Lab of Transdisciplinary Oceanography
  • DOSITS & OCE OPERA Lab: Discover Underwater Sound
  • Ocean Carbon Lab: The Achilles’ Heel of Calcifying Organisms
  • Coastal Institute: Climate Response Demonstration Sites
  • Smart Ocean Systems Laboratory: Marine Robotics
  • URI SWMS Chapter: Society for Women in Marine Sciences (SWMS)