Graduate School of Oceanography

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…

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May 28, 2026 The University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography will host “Air-Sea Interaction: A Symposium in Honor of Isaac Ginis and Tetsu Hara” on June 11–12, 2026, celebrating the careers and scientific contributions of two longtime faculty members ahead of their retirement. Held in Corless Auditorium in the Watkins Building, the two-day […]

University’s Asian and Pacific Islander communities join for annual celebration to build understanding and interest and celebrate Asian/Pacific cultures at URI

Data will help support conservation and sustainable management of deep-sea ecosystems.

Two new URI studies will decode over a century of coastal change on one of New England’s most treasured islands May 19, 2026 Every summer, the population of Block Island swells to over 15,000 as visitors arrive for its 17 miles of beaches, dramatic glacial bluffs, and quiet ponds. The island has always changed — […]

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URI graduate student, Emmanuel Oyewole, studies how wind farm structures affect Jonah crabs

University of Rhode Island Commencement Weekend will be held May 15–17, 2026 on the Kingston Campus.

By Bill Ibelle They are stunningly beautiful with intricate patterns as diverse as snowflakes. When seen through a microscope, they look like jewels laid out in a display case. But that’s not why GSO Professor Tatiana Rynearson studies phytoplankton. The reason she’s devoted her career to these microscopic creatures is that they produce 50 percent […]

By Veronica M. Berounsky, Ph.D. ’90 Growing up on the coast of Maine, being an avid sailor, and interested in science, it’s not surprising that Katz grav­itated to a career in ocean­ography. But how that eventually resulted in deep sea research is a story that might not have happened without the influence of URI’s Graduate […]

Margaret Bernish will earn her Ph.D. in oceanography from GSO after studying the physiology of phytoplankton.