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\nGSO professor Jeremy Collie<\/strong> collaborated on a new cookbook published by the University of Rhode Island: Simmering the Sea: Diversifying Cookery to Sustain Our Fisheries. The book introduced 40 underappreciated fish and shellfish that populate the Northwest Atlantic and offers recipes for their preparation.<\/p>\nArtist and URI alumnus Eric Lutes<\/strong> memorialized R\/V Endeavor through the contribution of his painting of the research vessel to GSO, with additional support from the Coastal Institute. Lutes crafted his detailed work over months interspersed with examination of photos and exploration of the research vessel herself.<\/p>\nDennis Nixon<\/strong>, director of the Rhode Island Sea Grant Program and URI professor of Marine Affairs, received a \u201cService Recognition Award\u201d from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse during the ninth annual Rhode Island Energy, Environment, and Oceans Leaders Day. The Coastal Resources Center (CRC) provided support to the annual event, with Director of U.S. Coastal Programs Jennifer McCann serving as emcee and Associate Coastal Manager Pam Rubinoff facilitating a session regarding the economic impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Aug-e1569438589831.png\")
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\nR\/V Endeavor<\/em> hosted students participating in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Student Experiences Aboard Ships (STEMSEAS<\/strong>), a program to enhance diversity in geoscience and oceanography.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Sep-e1569438769838.png\")
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\nGSO hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the donation of the Greenfins Aquaculture Facility<\/strong> to the Narragansett Bay Campus. The 4,200 square foot facility was completed in 2017 as a public-private partnership between URI and alumnus Peter Mottur, co-founder and president of Greenfins Global LLC, a Rhode Island company focused on tuna aquaculture. URI President David Dooley joined Mottur, GSO Dean Bruce Corliss, College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS) Dean John Kirby, Provost Donald DeHayes and other officials for the ceremony.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Oct-e1569438751360.png\")
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\nSen. Jack Reed<\/strong> visited to celebrate the East Coast Oceanographic Consortium\u2019s (ECOC) successful bid to the National Science Foundation to operate a Regional Class Research Vessel (RCRV). Senator Reed has been a strong supporter of GSO and, in particular, the bid for the RCRV.<\/p>\nThe Bay Campus community welcomed the public to the GSO Open House<\/strong> to discover the ocean science taking place along the shore of Narragansett Bay. More than 175 volunteers from GSO, URI\u2019s Ocean Engineering Department, CELS, and R\/V Endeavor crew staffed 30 exhibits and tours.<\/p>\nRep. James Langevin<\/strong> led the Coastal Resiliency Symposium to examine extreme weather problems including storm surge and flooding as they affect the Rhode Island coastline. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Jon White of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership also joined URI faculty who shared their expertise in modeling, mapping, and visualizing threats and their impacts; response and resiliency; and engineered hard structures and organic efforts to prevent and control flooding.<\/p>\nThe Inner Space Center conducted the three-day Arctic Researchers and Informal Science Education (ARISE<\/strong>) Workshop for 47 Arctic scientists and education professionals from across the U.S. The workshop provided opportunities for broadening the impacts of Arctic research funded by NSF and introduced scientists to leaders in polar education.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Nov-e1569438736582.png\")
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\nOn election day, Rhode Island voters approved Question 2 for Higher Education<\/strong> that included $45 million for the Narragansett Bay Campus to fund an upgraded and enlarged dock for the new RCRV, a marine operations building, and an Ocean Technology Building. The strong support from Rhode Island voters is based on a 50-year history of excellence thanks to the dedication and hard work of faculty, marine research scientists, staff and students at GSO, Ocean Engineering and CELS.<\/p>\nCRC hosted the annual meeting of the R.I. Marine Trades Association (RIMTA<\/strong>) for a workshop on \u201cScience-based Planning for the Bay\u201d and building the Blue Economy in R.I. Speakers included CRC\u2019s Jen McCann, RI Sea Grant Director Dennis Nixon, Coastal Resources Management Council Director Grover Fugate, alumna Monique LaFrance Bartley and RIMTA Director Wendy Mackie.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Dec-e1569438604677.png\")
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\nMany GSO faculty, staff, students and alumni presented their research at the 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting<\/strong> in Washington, DC. GSO hosted a gathering for alumni, which also served as an opportunity to remember Bob Thunell (M.S. 1976, Ph.D. 1978) and his contributions to GSO and paleoceanography.<\/p>\n
\n2019<\/h1>\n
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\nStephen (M.S. 1982) and Donna Greenlee made a $1 million gift to establish The Greenlee Family GSO Campus Redevelopment Fund<\/strong> to support construction of Bay Campus facilities. After earning his M.S. at GSO, Greenlee went on to a distinguished career with Exxon-Mobil focused on various technical and management assignments in research, exploration and production, and currently is president of Exxon-Mobil Exploration Company and vice president at Exxon Mobil Corporation. He is currently the vice chair of the Dean\u2019s Advisory Council, on which he has served since 2016. Greenlee received the GSO Distinguished Achievement Award in 2011.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Feb-e1569438625466.png\")
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\nDean Bruce Corliss announced the new RCRV will be named R\/V Resolution<\/strong>. This choice follows the precedent set by Dean John Knauss when he named R\/V Endeavor. In the 19th century, Captain Cook\u2019s voyages of exploration were undertaken first aboard HMS Endeavour, then aboard HMS Resolution. R\/V Resolution, therefore, continues to honor the historical importance of the Cook expeditions.<\/p>\nGSO continued its tradition of support for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl<\/strong> (NOSB), a competition intended to engage high school students in ocean science. GSO faculty, students, and alumni served as volunteers at NOSB\u2019s regional (R.I.\/Conn.) competition\u2014the 22nd annual Quahog Bowl, which was held on UConn\u2019s Avery Point Campus. The volunteers also attended a lunchtime roundtable discussion with the high school students to share advice on preparing for a career in marine sciences.<\/p>\nGSO professor Jaime Palter helped launch a Saildrone mission in the Atlantic<\/strong> from Newport Shipyard with a suite of approximately 20 instruments to study ocean-carbon exchange in the Gulf Stream from Rhode Island to Cape Hatteras. Saildrones are wind- and solar-powered unmanned surface vehicles.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Mar-e1569438700241.png\")
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\nCarl and Pancha Peterson made a major gift to the GSO Campaign<\/strong>, a gift annuity that will support the Narragansett Bay Master Plan for either the Ocean Technology Building or to replace Horn Laboratory. Peterson serves on the GSO Dean\u2019s Advisory Council.<\/p>\nAt the winter meeting of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS), participants celebrated the residence of UNOLS at GSO for 10 years<\/strong> and thanked those who worked tirelessly over the past decade. While some staff continued with the UNOLS office at the University of Washington, others remain on the Narragansett Bay Campus to anchor the new Ocean Observatories Initiative Facilities Board (OOIFB) Administrative Support Board.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Apr-e1569438530403.png\")
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\nA packed crowd of Narragansett Bay Campus community members were treated to the 40th GSO Harpoon Seminar<\/strong>. The event, held appropriately on April Fools\u2019 Day, is a chance for ocean scientists to show off their science-comedy chops. Walter Berry of the Environmental Protection Agency and Bob Sand of GSO have been organizing the seminar for the last 38 years.<\/p>\nDr. Mary Grace Almandrez and Dr. Joanna Ravello from the Community, Equity and Diversity Office visited the Narragansett Bay Campus to begin a discussion on equity and inclusion<\/strong> at URI and to generate ideas on how the campus might go about addressing the needs of the community.<\/p>\nAt the annual Scott W. Nixon Lecture<\/strong>, Dr. P\u00e1l Weihe, Head, Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health of the Faroe Islands and Professor, University of the Faroe Islands, gave a talk called \u201cPFASs Around the Globe: Effects on human health of oceanic pollution.\u201d Dr. Weihe is a part of the URI-led Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of PFASs (STEEP) Superfund Research Program and has provided medical care to minimize exposures to marine contaminants for over 30 years.<\/p>\nThe U.S. Naval War College<\/strong> sponsored a Naval Command College event at the Narragansett Bay Campus. A group of 55 senior naval and military officers from 52 countries spending one year in Newport learned about GSO activities, ships and future plans for the campus. URI President David Dooley, Director of Facilities and Operations David Palazzetti, and GSO professor Robert Ballard gave presentations.<\/p>\nGSO professors Colleen Mouw and Jaime Palter were promoted to associate professor<\/strong> in recognition of their significant research, education and outreach contributions at URI and at the national and international level.<\/p>\nDr. George Lauder of Harvard University was the featured speaker of the annual Charles and Marie Fish Lecture<\/strong>. Dr. Lauder spoke about his work to develop robotic fish models\u2014from simple, thin plastic panels to more complex tuna-like robots\u2014and how they can help scientists better understand fish locomotor dynamics.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-May-e1569438718697.png\")
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\nGSO professor Rainer Lohmann received a URI Research and Scholarship Excellence Award<\/strong> for 2019. Dr. Lohmann was recognized with the Advanced Career Faculty Research and Scholarship Excellence Award in the Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Engineering.<\/p>\nThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that GSO will lead a $94 million Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI<\/strong>) in partnership with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), University of New Hampshire, University of Southern Mississippi, and the Ocean Exploration Trust. The institute will be led by GSO professor Robert Ballard over the next five years and will explore and map U.S. territorial waters using the E\/V Nautilus and NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, as well as the new RCRVs as they come online, including R\/V Resolution.<\/p>\nThe R\/V Resolution keel-laying ceremony<\/strong>, which formally recognized the start of the ship\u2019s construction, was held at Gulf Island Shipyards in Houma, La. Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, the ship\u2019s ceremonial sponsor, inscribed her initials into the ship\u2019s keel.<\/p>\nNOAA announced that GSO will join the Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region (CINAR<\/strong>) led by WHOI. CINAR will carry out innovative, multidisciplinary research that will help inform decisions for sustainable and beneficial management of the U.S. Northeast continental shelf ecosystem.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Jun-e1569438677779.png\")
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\nAt the 2019 Employee Recognition<\/strong> event, Dean Corliss joined the GSO community in celebrating the hard work and contributions made by faculty and staff, including recent retirees and employees marking 10, 15, 20, or 25-plus years of service.<\/p>\nScientists with a NASA-led expedition collaborated with the Inner Space Center to explore the deep Pacific Ocean and prepare to search for life in deep space. NASA\u2019s Systematic Underwater Biogeochemical Science and Exploration Analog (SUBSEA<\/strong>) research program merges the worlds of space and ocean exploration science. In August 2018, a team on board E\/V Nautilus explored volcanic Lo\u2019ih\u2019i Seamount, south of the Big Island of Hawai\u2019i. The project team returned to the Inner Space Center in late May and early June to test specialized mission-planning software as part of NASA\u2019s long-term strategy for achieving extended human presence in deep-space.<\/p>\nNorwegian Ambassador<\/strong> to the United States K\u00e5re R. Aas visited to learn about research and educational activities and to discuss the potential for developing collaborations between GSO and Norwegian universities. The visit was arranged by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. GSO alum Sandra Whitehouse (Ph.D. 1994) accompanied the ambassador.<\/p>\nScientists and journalists spoke<\/strong> at the Metcalf Institute\u2019s 2019 Annual Public Lecture Series about how climate change is impacting water resources throughout the world. GSO faculty and students also participated in the Metcalf Institute\u2019s 2019 Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists by giving presentations and leading field excursions.<\/p>\nTo identify how URI can contribute to the growth of offshore renewable energy and enhance Rhode Island\u2019s Blue Economy<\/strong>, CRC organized a GSO-funded workshop entitled \u201cPreparing for Offshore Renewable Energy in Rhode Island and Beyond.\u201d The workshop featured a number of panel discussions on URI\u2019s past and future engagement with the offshore wind industry and regulatory agencies.<\/p>\nGSO alums gathered with current students and post-docs for \u201cMaking Connections: An evening of professional development conversations.\u201d The networking event<\/strong> provided students with advice for finding jobs and building a diverse resume, and perspectives on how their profession may change in the next 10 years. After the group discussion, everyone met in the Nautilus Galley for appetizers and the opportunity to ask the professional panel more questions.<\/p>\n
\nResearch Highlights<\/h1>\n\n
From July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019, URI\u2019s Graduate School of Oceanography was awarded more than $35 million in research funding. A few notable examples of funded projects are presented below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The impact of groundwater discharges on coastal waters<\/em><\/h2>\nFunding Recipient:<\/span> GSO professor Rebecca Robinson<\/strong>
\nFunding Source:<\/span> $503,438 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
\nPurpose:<\/span> To quantify the amount of groundwater discharged into southern Rhode Island\u2019s coastal environment. These discharges are poorly estimated, yet are a significant source of nutrients and pollutants, which can lead to coastal hypoxia, habitat loss, changes in fisheries yields, and harmful algae blooms.<\/p>\nZooplankton dynamics in the central Arctic<\/em><\/h2>\nFunding Recipient:<\/span> GSO marine research scientist Robert Campbell<\/strong>
\nFunding Source:<\/span> $899,732 from the National Science Foundation
\nPurpose:<\/span> To study how the biology and environment of the Arctic affect zooplankton, to understand their role in the ecosystem, and to describe how changes in the Arctic environment, such as loss of sea ice, may affect their survival.<\/p>\nBetter understanding and predicting the loop current<\/em><\/h2>\nFunding Recipient:<\/span> GSO professors Kathleen Donohue<\/strong> and D. Randolph Watts<\/strong>
\nFunding Source:<\/span> $2,078,240 from the National Academies of Science Gulf Research Program
\nPurpose:<\/span> To increase our understanding of the Loop Current separation process and inform the current\u2019s forecasting efforts. An array of 25 sensors deployed in the deep waters of the central Gulf of Mexico will measure currents and pressures in the full water column, from areas near the ocean floor to the surface. The Loop Current influences all types of ocean processes and has implications for a wide range of human and natural systems.<\/p>\nThe role of surface gravity waves in air-sea energy transfer<\/em><\/h2>\nFunding Recipient:<\/span> GSO Marine Research Scientist David Ullman<\/strong>
\nFunding Source:<\/span> $239,324 from the National Science Foundation
\nPurpose:<\/span> To understand the role of surface gravity waves in energy transfer by linking the atmosphere and the ocean through a unique set of turbulence measurements. The project will create a data set that can be used to improve both weather and ocean conditions forecasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Memorable moments from across the Bay Campus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1726,"featured_media":148920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2388],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-summer-2019"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149411"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150564,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149411\/revisions\/150564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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