{"id":169827,"date":"2021-04-12T11:12:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T15:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?p=169827"},"modified":"2021-04-12T22:28:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T02:28:17","slug":"seven-finalists-named-in-research-vessel-naming-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/news\/seven-finalists-named-in-research-vessel-naming-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven finalists named in research vessel naming contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>April 12, 2021<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The URI Graduate School of Oceanography is pleased to announce the final seven candidate names for the new National Science Foundation-owned Regional Class Research Vessel which will homeport at the URI Narragansett Bay Campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GSO, along with its academic partners and federal sponsors, invited the public to submit names for the under-construction vessel that honor individuals, communities or ideas that have furthered our understanding of the ocean, and whose recognition is long overdue. Between October 15 and December 31, 2020, GSO received 141 submissions\u2014each name accompanied by a brief statement\u2014from ocean science and exploration enthusiasts from across the United States.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dean of GSO, Paula Bontempi, formed a diverse and inclusive naming committee with members from GSO, URI, the local community, supporters and partnering institutions to establish an equitable and inclusive process for selecting a name for this new world-class vessel.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am so grateful to all who took the time to suggest one of the inspirational names for this research vessel, which will usher in a new era of ocean exploration and discovery, and a vibrant future for ocean science,\u201d said Dean Bontempi. \u201cI also extend my gratitude to the chair and members of the naming committee, who over the course of two months worked tirelessly to select a final list of vessel names that celebrates excellence in ocean research and honors a commitment to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The set of finalists are:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rising Tide&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitthan <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Narragansett word for \u201cocean\u201d)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Narragansett Dawn<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tomoccon <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Narragansett word meaning \u201crising tide\u201d)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resilience<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitthan Dawn<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitthan Resilience<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of these options were taken directly from submissions from the public, while some were combinations of public-proposed names joined by the committee. The committee and GSO are grateful for the enthusiastic contributions from the following entrants whose submissions were used in whole or part in creating the final list of names:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garrett<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connelly, Wakefield, R.I.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bethany Jenkins, Richmond, R.I.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zak Kerrigan, Narragansett, R.I.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kristopher Krasnosky, Kingston, R.I.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louisa La Farge, Burlingame, Calif.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roberta Marinelli, Narragansett, R.I.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elin Torell, Wakefield, R.I.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karen Tracey,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wakefield, R.I.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GSO will invite these finalists and any immediate family members (if the entrant is underage) to join the new research vessel\u2019s christening at the URI Narragansett Bay Campus in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within two weeks, Dean Bontempi will recommend a single name from the finalists to URI\u2019s President and the vessel owner, the National Science Foundation, for consideration and final approval.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In July 2018, the National Science Foundation selected the East Coast Oceanographic Consortium, led by the University of Rhode Island, to operate the new $125 million oceanographic research ship, one of only three such vessels in the nation. The URI-led consortium includes the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the University of New Hampshire School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering \u2014 along with numerous associate members.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are now seven final candidate names for the new National Science Foundation-owned Regional Class Research Vessel to homeport at the URI Narragansett Bay Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2165,"featured_media":169851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[593],"class_list":["post-169827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-research-vessel"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169827","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\/2165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169827"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169935,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169827\/revisions\/169935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}