{"id":178809,"date":"2022-12-07T14:21:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T19:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?p=178809"},"modified":"2022-12-08T12:39:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T17:39:42","slug":"happenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/publications\/aboard-gso\/happenings\/","title":{"rendered":"Happenings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>Aboard GSO, <\/em> Fall 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<figure id=\"attachment_178819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178819\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsPier_466x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"466\" class=\"size-full wp-image-178819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsPier_466x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsPier_466x800-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsPier_466x800-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsPier_466x800-364x212.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsPier_466x800-500x291.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-178819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steady progress continues on the Pier and Pumphouse project. From completion of pile-driving, to installation of the deck and the pumphouse\u2019s walls and piping, construction activity includes the arrival of excavators and forms, tons of concrete and miles of rebar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-178809 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=\"799\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGallerySamplers_837x600-e1682972343991.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-178812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGallerySamplers_837x600-e1682972343991.jpg 799w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGallerySamplers_837x600-e1682972343991-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGallerySamplers_837x600-e1682972343991-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGallerySamplers_837x600-e1682972343991-364x205.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGallerySamplers_837x600-e1682972343991-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-178812'>\n\t\t\t\tEvery other week this summer, Bay Campus volunteers collected water samples at South Ferry Beach to be tested at <em>enterococci<\/em> and <em>fecal coliform<\/em> bacteria.\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=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGallerySURFOs_800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-178815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGallerySURFOs_800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGallerySURFOs_800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGallerySURFOs_800x600-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGallerySURFOs_800x600-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGallerySURFOs_800x600-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-178815'>\n\t\t\t\tThe 2022 SURFO students on Knauss Quadrangle\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=\"906\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGalleryYesOn1_906x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-178816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGalleryYesOn1_906x600.jpg 906w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGalleryYesOn1_906x600-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGalleryYesOn1_906x600-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGalleryYesOn1_906x600-364x241.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGalleryYesOn1_906x600-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-178816'>\n\t\t\t\tURI President Parlange and GSO Dean Bontempi helped kickoff the bond-question campaign.\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=\"876\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGalleryRITAS_876x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-178811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGalleryRITAS_876x600.jpg 876w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGalleryRITAS_876x600-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGalleryRITAS_876x600-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGalleryRITAS_876x600-364x249.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsGalleryRITAS_876x600-500x342.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-178811'>\n\t\t\t\tR.I. educators aboard R\/V <em>Endeavor<\/em> for the Teachers-at-Sea (RITAS) cruise\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h1>2022<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150243 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-May-e1569438718697.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"91\" height=\"29\"><\/p>\n<p>Students are recognized at the annual <strong>GSO Shirting Ceremony,<\/strong> a time-honored tradition in celebration of GSO\u2019s graduates. The school awards 27 degrees\u201412 Masters of Oceanography, four Masters of Science, four \u201cBlue Master of Business Administration\u201d and seven Doctors of Philosophy.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150237 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Jun-e1569438677779.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"29\"><\/p>\n<p>In recognition of <strong>World Ocean Day,<\/strong> GSO students, faculty and administrators set up and staff an exhibit at Roger Williams Park Zoo to share their ocean knowledge with visitors. <\/p>\n<p>The <strong>miniboat <em>Square Mile<\/em><\/strong>\u2014a hands-on science project built by students in Central Falls, R.I., and launched from R\/V <em>Endeavor<\/em> in October, 2021\u2014is recovered in the Atlantic, near the Azores. <em>Square Mile<\/em> was at sea for 248 days and traveled more than 6,800 nautical miles.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 Summer Under\u00adgrad\u00aduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography <strong>(SURFO) students<\/strong> arrive to conduct coastal- and ocean-research projects.<\/p>\n<p>Coastal Resources Center and its partners are <strong>awarded a $15 million grant<\/strong> to address the social and ecological drivers of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Pacific Islands region. The five-year cooperative agreement, awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, will support work with local part\u00adners across six island countries: the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150234 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/OTW-Mnth-Jul-e1569438661491.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"83\" height=\"29\"><\/p>\n<p>Exploration Vessel <em>Nautilus<\/em> and scientists with the OECI explore Johnston Atoll. Located in the central Pacific between the Hawaiian Islands, the Line Islands and Kiribati, this atoll is one of the most isolated in the world. Remotely operated vehicles dive along ridge features that are common within the Johnston Atoll Unit of the Pacific Remote Island Marine National Monument.<\/p>\n<hr>\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>On successive Mondays, a <strong>lecture series<\/strong> is delivered at South Ferry Church. Topics include \u201cSmart Growth,\u201d \u201cGlobal Security\u201d and \u201cClimate Change.\u201d Speakers are the executive director of Grow Smart Rhode Island, the professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College and GSO Dean, Paula Bontempi.<\/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>Rhody Shuttle supplements regular <strong>bus service<\/strong> by RIPTA to provide URI students with an \u201call day, every day\u201d travel option between the Kingston and Narragansett Bay Campuses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cScience Saturday\u201d<\/strong> hosts thousands of guests (e.g. young families, curious undergrads\u2026) to engage with students, faculty and staff and to learn about ocean science.<\/p>\n<p>URI President Parlange and GSO Dean Bontempi helped kickoff the \u201cYes on 1\u201d <strong>bond campaign.<\/strong> Passage of Question 1, a borrowing authorization, will help fund Narragansett Bay Campus renewal projects.<\/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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsFishLecturer_300x300-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-178817\" \/> The <strong>Charles and Marie Fish Lecture<\/strong> features Jennifer Francis, Ph.D., of the Woodwell Climate Research Center. Her talk \u201cArctic Meltdown: Why It Matters to All of Us,\u201d reviews recent research into the momentous changes occurring in the rapidly melting and warming Arctic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/AGSO_F22_HappsLohmann_300x300-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-178818\" \/>URI leaders, state officials and scientists at R.I.\u2019s Department of Environmental Management announce a five-year grant renewal for the <strong>STEEP<\/strong> (Sources, Transport, Exposure and Effects of Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl Contaminants) program. The $8.1 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences extends the work of chief researcher and GSO Professor Rainer Lohmann and his team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenewed funding of this essential program ensures that we can continue to inform policies that remove PFAS [Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl Contaminants] from our lives while analyzing the potential harm of new chemicals before they are released into the environment,\u201d said URI President Marc Parlange. <\/p>\n<p>R\/V <em>Endeavor<\/em> departs on EN693, the annual <strong>R.I. Teachers at Sea<\/strong> (RITAS) cruise. Along with Associate Dean David Smith as the chief scientist, 12 educators from across R.I. were onboard for the weekend cruise. While at sea, they participated as part of the science team to learn about oceanography; conducting CTD casts, plankton tows and using the multi-corer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memorable moments from across the Bay Campus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2120,"featured_media":178819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,1987],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aboard-gso","category-publications"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178809","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=178809"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179054,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178809\/revisions\/179054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}