Graduate School of Oceanography

URI Graduate School of Oceanography researchers have pinpointed the source of oxygen that sustains deep sea life in the North Atlantic Ocean: the churning waters in the Labrador Sea. A new study published in Nature Geoscience on August 17, gives heightened significance to the Labrador Sea, sandwiched between Greenland and Newfoundland. There, waters from the […]

Across the Narragansett Bay Campus, scientists and artists are building work that reaches people a journal article never will. Along the way, it is changing the scientists, too. By Amirali Momeni, URI Ph.D. candidate On a weekday afternoon in Studio Blue, a physical oceanographer stopped in front of an image she could not place. It […]

Join the New England PO community for presentations from students and postdocs, connecting with other researchers, and science discussions about a wide range of physical oceanography topics. Details Resources for attendees

Collaboration includes the Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island (CFCRI), the Ocean Tech Hub, Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, Rhode Island Sea Grant, and the University of Rhode Island.

Event marked milestone for Narragansett Bay Campus June 26, 2026 The University of Rhode Island celebrated a major milestone in the $300 million, multi-phase revitalization of the Narragansett Bay Campus with a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Ocean Robotics Laboratory on June 25. Students Elliot Roman and Jake Bonney piloted URI’s remotely operated vehicle […]

Port Engineer Staying Current Since 2011, I’ve been port engineer for R/V Endeavor. My job is to keep the ship operating properly, oversee maintenance and upgrades, prepare and plan for inspections, keep the machinery running, oversee dry docking, and make sure the ship stays American Bureau of Shipping certified. Now that Endeavor has re-located to […]

AB/Assistant Engineer/Bosun/Messman A Varied Life on the Water I’ve been sailing with R/V Endeavor since 2005. Over the last two decades, I’ve worn just about every hat you can find on a research vessel. I started on Endeavor as an able-bodied seaman unlimited (AB) and worked as a deckhand. My second year, I was moved […]

Marine Technician V Californian Finds East Coast Homeport I grew up on the west coast, in California. During the school year I was living in northern California, but I spent summers in the San Diego area. When I was young, that meant going to the beach, exploring tidepools and snorkeling. Later I took classes at […]

Bosun Organized and Prepared for Anything, Anytime I’ve been working on boats for over 40 years and for the last 16 years, I’ve been on R/V Endeavor. When I was 18, I moved from Connecticut to Block Island to work as a fisherman. It was enjoyable work but eventually I decided to earn my maritime […]

Master The Team Captain I grew up in coastal Massachusetts and since I was a kid, I’ve always enjoyed being around the water. With my father, we would go fishing and cruise along the Cape, the Islands and Buzzards Bay. We would go past Massachusetts Maritime Academy and I was intrigued by it, so at […]

Deckhand Bringing New Skills to the Ship My chance for working on Endeavor literally fell into my lap. On an August evening in 2023, I was playing my fife at an outdoor concert of the Wakefield Civic Band, and we had just finished a set and the next group was playing when my phone vibrated […]

In the third quarter of FY 2026, GSO received $4.7 million in research funding. In addition, GSO researchers submitted and/or participated in over $11.5 million in proposals during this quarter. The following are individual new awards to GSO:

New phase of Fish Right Program expands research, student opportunities, and international partnerships

By Michael Blanding The sun shimmers off the blue surface of Narragansett Bay as URI students line up against the gunwale of a 26-foot work boat. “Maybe a little bit forward,” says mechanical engineering major Emre Barbosa, as the boat slowly maneuvers into position. “Don’t forget to tell ‘em ‘Engines off’ once you get a […]

Expedition maps biodiversity of Indonesia’s remote seamounts The expedition has gathered critical baseline data on remote tropical seamounts and study how underwater ecosystems impact coastal waters. A team of scientists has successfully completed a three-week deep-sea expedition to Indonesia’s most remote tropical seamounts, gathering critical baseline data on the biodiversity of these largely u…