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At the end of the day, renewing campus facilities empowers faculty, students, scientists and researchers. The value of the science they pursue can’t be overestimated. \u201cOur scientists have evolved, our laboratory needs have evolved, computing and research technologies have grown in leaps and bounds in all of the many directions of oceanographic science,\u201d said GSO Professor Paula Bontempi.<\/p>\n

Below, learn from these Bay Campus researchers and leaders how new facilities will transform their rapidly evolving work.<\/p>\n

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\"Zhou<\/div>

Mingxi Zhou<\/h2>

Assistant Professor of Oceanography<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n

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\"Omand<\/div>

Melissa Omand<\/h2>

Associate Professor of Oceanography<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n

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\"Phillips<\/div>

Brennan Phillips<\/h2>

Asst. Professor of Ocean Engineering<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Soule<\/div>

Adam Soule<\/h2>

Professor of Oceanography; Director, Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n

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\"VanUffelen<\/div>

Lora Van Uffelen<\/h2>

Asst. Professor of Ocean Engineering<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n

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\u201cWe recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Graduate School of Oceanography and now look ahead to the next 60 years,\u201d Bontempi continued. \u201cAnd yet many of the buildings on campus have not received significant upgrades since they were first constructed. It\u2019s time to revitalize our campus in parallel with our strategic plan, time to make it more green and more energy-efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bontempi noted that the aim of the project, as initially envisioned by Dean Emeritus, Bruce Corliss, is to ensure that GSO maintains its position as a world-class oceanographic research and educational institution, while also boosting the state\u2019s blue economy by providing facilities to collaborate with business partners in the marine industries and related fields.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur students are a huge part of it, too, of course,\u201d she added. \u201cWe want to make sure we are preparing future students for the careers they want by making sure we have the facilities to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

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