Graduate School of Oceanography

Using beach profile data collected from the 1960s to today, shoreline changes are better understood. This information is used to inform decision-making locally and advance science globally. The RI Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) leads the management of the Rhode Island coast and partners in the monitoring efforts. Survey measurements have been made at nine sites along […]

Dozens of free interactive exhibits and behind-the-scenes tours await guests on URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus

September 9, 2026 By Veronica M. Berounsky. Ph.D.’90 “I spent a lot of time listening earlier in my career, and now whether it’s on the phone or at the dock or in wheelhouse, it’s still important to just listen and learn.” – Anna Mercer, Ph.D.’15 When she started looking at graduate programs all over the […]

The Synergy Project returns to Studio Blue at Narragansett Bay Campus September 3, 2026 Art League RI and the University of Rhode Island are featuring the collaborative works of artists and scientists in a new exhibition titled “Environmental Currents: Art and Science Explore our Changing World” from Sept. 10 through Nov. 18 at Studio Blue […]

URI is co-leading a collaboration with Louisiana State University to improve coastal wetland management in both states.

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 […]