{"id":177684,"date":"2022-06-27T15:09:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T19:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?p=177684"},"modified":"2022-06-30T11:17:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T15:17:17","slug":"happenings-sp22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/publications\/aboard-gso\/happenings-sp22\/","title":{"rendered":"Happenings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>Aboard GSO, <\/em> Spring 2022<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-150201\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Happenings-OTW-title-1024x212.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Happenings-OTW-title-1024x212.png 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Happenings-OTW-title-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Happenings-OTW-title-768x159.png 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Happenings-OTW-title-364x76.png 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Happenings-OTW-title-500x104.png 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Happenings-OTW-title-1000x208.png 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Happenings-OTW-title.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-177684 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Palter-w-Saildrones.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-177605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Palter-w-Saildrones.jpg 657w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Palter-w-Saildrones-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Palter-w-Saildrones-364x222.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Palter-w-Saildrones-500x304.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-177605'>\n\t\t\t\tGSO associate professor Jaime Palter in front of three Saildrone vehicles before they are launched from Newport Shipyard on 12\/9\/21.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_SciSat.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-177610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_SciSat.jpg 630w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_SciSat-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_SciSat-364x231.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_SciSat-500x317.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-177610'>\n\t\t\t\tURI will host this year&#8217;s event Sept. 7 on its Narragansett Bay Campus.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Happenings_Endeavor-Send-Off.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-177599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Happenings_Endeavor-Send-Off.jpg 763w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Happenings_Endeavor-Send-Off-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Happenings_Endeavor-Send-Off-364x191.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Happenings_Endeavor-Send-Off-500x262.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-177599'>\n\t\t\t\tFaculty, students, staff, alumni and friends gathered on the pier to celebrate <em>Endeavor&#8217;s<\/em> 45 years of service to ocean science.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Happenings_RITAS.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Happenings_RITAS.jpg 606w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Happenings_RITAS-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Happenings_RITAS-364x240.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Happenings_RITAS-500x330.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Happenings_Poster-Session.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-177600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Happenings_Poster-Session.jpg 380w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Happenings_Poster-Session-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO-S22_Happenings_Poster-Session-364x383.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-177600'>\n\t\t\t\tFor Biological Oceanography, students braved December weather at the Mosby Center to present posters of their semester&#8217;s research project.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h1>2021<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150222 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Aug-e1569438589831.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"29\"><\/p>\n<p>Biweekly throughout summer and fall, Bay Campus volunteers take water samples at Narragansett\u2019s <strong>South Ferry Town Beach<\/strong> for analysis at the URI Watershed Watch Lab to detect levels of <em>fecal coliform<\/em> or <em>enterococci<\/em> bacteria. At no time in 2021 is the water unsafe for swimming or regulated shellfishing.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150252 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Sep-e1569438769838.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"29\"><\/p>\n<p>About 2,000 guests visit the Bay Campus for <strong>Science Saturday<\/strong> on Sept. 18. The family-friendly day features 30 ocean-science exhibits under a tent on Knauss Quad, guided tours to campus attractions, on-stage talks and presentations, and a county-fair atmosphere befitting GSO\u2019s 60th anniversary celebration.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Coastal Resources Center<\/strong> begins celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding. To commemorate five decades of doing globally impactful aquatic research and management for R.I., the U.S. and with international partners, CRC hosts a celebration on Knauss Quad entitled \u201cSuccesses and Future of Coastal Management.\u201d The event highlights domestic and international achievements, honors partners and alumni, and announces new awards for coastal management practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty, staff and students gather on the GSO pier to cele\u00adbrate R\/V <em>Endeavor<\/em>\u2014<strong>honoring her 45 years in service<\/strong> to ocean research and marking her final days at the school\u2019s original wooden pier. <em>Endeavor<\/em> will continue operations until the arrival of <em>Narragansett Dawn,<\/em> and home port in Davisville, R.I., during reconstruction of the GSO pier.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150249 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Oct-e1569438751360.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"87\" height=\"29\"><\/p>\n<p>On October 1, R\/V <em>Endeavor<\/em> sets out with eight enthusiastic educators on board\u2014this year\u2019s participants in the <strong>Rhode Island Teachers at Sea<\/strong> program. During the three-day mission, a miniboat is launched. Dubbed <em>Square Mile<\/em> by the Central Falls, R.I., 3rd and 4th graders who built it, the miniboat is crossing the Atlantic while collecting data using a sensor pack installed by Central Falls High School students.<\/p>\n<p>GSO professor Robert Ballard delivers this year\u2019s <strong>Charles and Marie Fish Lecture<\/strong> at District Hall in Providence to a full audience of all ages, both in person and online. His presentation, \u201cAdventures In Deep Sea Exploration: Living the Dream,\u201d reviews recent work in deep water exploration using telepresence technologies, which allows anyone with a computer to go along on the expedition.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150246 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Nov-e1569438736582.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"29\"><\/p>\n<p>The first signs of campus renewal emerge as the <strong>Pier and Pumphouse Replacement<\/strong> project begins. Construction fencing surrounds the site and strict access protocols ensure public safety. Planning for long weeks of pile driving and careful timing of changeovers to temporary seawater intake lines continues.<\/p>\n<p>A new high-water mark in <strong>research funding<\/strong> is achieved: GSO received $25.4 million in the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2022 (Q3 of 2021).<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150225 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Dec-e1569438604677.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"29\"><\/p>\n<p>The GSO community gathers on Knuass Quad for an <strong>End-of-Year Celebration.<\/strong> Festivities include mingling, dancing, gathering around fires to relax and build s\u2019mores, and an opportunity to catch up in person after nearly two years of remote work.<\/p>\n<p>Students in OCG 561, <strong>Biolog\u00adical Oceanography,<\/strong> presented the results of their independent research projects at the Mosby Center in this annual conference style poster presentation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Three Saildrones<\/strong> set out from Newport Harbor for the Gulf Stream to gather data\u2014sea-surface temperature, sea-surface salinity, oxygen, and especially, carbon dioxide\u2014over the course of six months. The project, with guidance from co-principal investigator and GSO professor Jaime Palter, is collecting data that can help researchers better understand global warming.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h1>2022<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150231 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Jan-e1569438646397.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"83\" height=\"29\"><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus and its variants, URI institutes voluntary, <strong>regular PCR testing<\/strong> on the Bay Campus. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to take advantage of the free service, which is provided two days per week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Postdoc Matt Ramirez<\/strong> receives the URI Chaplains Association MLK Peacemaker\u2019s Award in recognition of outstanding work among the Bay Campus community as a leader in improving justice, diversity, equity and inclusion at multiple levels.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150228 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Feb-e1569438625466.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"29\"><\/p>\n<p>The second year of the <strong>Student-Alum Networking Seminar Series<\/strong> begins. Erin Markham, M.S. \u201915, formerly a chemical oceanography student with Rainer Lohmann, presents \u201cJust Over the Bridge: Mapping the Path to a Career in Hydrographic Survey\u201d and engages in informal discussions with students.<\/p>\n<p>GSO faculty, students and staff participate in the <strong>2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting,<\/strong> which is conducted entirely online. The virtual conference is attended by thousands, and GSO scientists give more than 60 presentations during the week-long gathering.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150240 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Mar-e1569438700241.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"92\" height=\"29\"><\/p>\n<p>Ten URI undergraduates sail on board R\/V <em>Endeavor<\/em> for the research cruise component of a <strong>URI Honors course<\/strong> led by GSO professor Melissa Omand. The six-day cruise takes place in two expedition legs with research focused in ocean plastics and underwater sound, and includes multiple live broadcasts coordinated by the Inner Space Center.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150219 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Apr-e1569438530403.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"29\"><\/p>\n<p>The 8th Annual <strong>Scott W. Nixon Lecture<\/strong> is given. In \u201cShaping Our Future: Ensuring Sustainable Life in the Coastal Zone,\u201d three panelists discuss the urgent need to address climate change in the coastal zone including impacts on riverine systems, watershed dynamics, estuarine nurseries, saltmarsh drowning and ecosystem diversity.<\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memorable moments from across the Bay Campus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2120,"featured_media":177605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,2983],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aboard-gso","category-spring-2022"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177684","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\/2120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177684"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177688,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177684\/revisions\/177688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}