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URI GSO has had a BIG summer! GO RAMS!

URI receives $8 million federal grant to establish research center on chemical pollutants in drinking water August 15, 2017URI receives $8 million federal grant to establish research center on chemical pollutants in drinking water Nonstick cookware and firefighting foam are miles apart in their purpose, but they have one disquieting characteristic in common. Both products are made with chemicals that coul...

Welcome Back to all URI Students! Hope everyone had a great summer and we hope that you are just as excited to start the school year as we are!

This warmer weather is really cheering us up! Who else is excited about spring?

Us here at Pell Library hope you have a wonderful Valentines Day coming up

Due to the uncertain weather for tomorrow, please expect that Pell Marine Science Library will open late or be closed tomorrow Thursday February 8th and Friday February 9th.

Congratulations to the New England Patriots!

Looking for a great place to do research with an even greater view? Come visit us at the Pell Marine Science Library here at the URI Narragansett Bay Campus.

2017 Will Be Historic Year for Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry After a successful first season of programs in New England, the brand new 200-foot Tall Ship, Sailing School Vessel (SSV) Oliver Hazard Perry, plans to set sail for the open ocean this January, heading first

A few of our URI GSO's at the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.

URI oceanographers, scientists present latest research at AGU Fall Meeting Earlier this month, faculty, staff and students from the URI Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) were among hundreds of scientists presenting their research at the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco.

URI GSO students doing great things! Congrats!

GSO oceanographers, graduate students recognized by international oceanography magazine

John A. Knauss (1925–2015) - Eos Knauss, an oceanographer who fiercely advocated for national and global marine initiatives, helped to develop many iconic programs and institutions that are key parts of oceanography today.

A Tribute to John A. Knauss (1925–2015) | Oceanography I met John Knauss only once, in passing, over 20 years ago, after I had given a seminar at the University of Rhode Island. Reflecting on that encounter later that evening, I was chagrined that I had squandered the opportunity to ask him how it was possible to do so many things so well for so long. T…

URI GSO: 2015 temperatures in Narragansett Bay reflect climate change trends The findings came from GSO’s Narragansett Bay Fish Trawl, started in 1959 to sample fish every week in the Bay and track any seasonal or annual changes of marine life.

R/V Endeavor pierside at the Bay Campus. Newport Bridge in the background.

Getting ready for our holiday party here at Pell! Wishing everyone happy holidays from the staff at the Pell Marine Science Library!

Gentes Selected for Knauss Fellowship Gentes Selected for Knauss Fellowship Zoe Gentes, a San Diego native who earned two degrees in geological oceanography from the University of Rhode Island, has been named a John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, enabling her to spend a year working on ocean policy issues in Washington, D.C., next year…

Rhode Island Teachers Go to Sea!
http://www.gso.uri.edu/blog/rhode-island-teachers-go-to-sea/

Rhode Island Teachers Go to Sea In August, eight educators from across Rhode Island had the opportunity to experience what few people have - participate in an oceanographic research cruise aboard R/V Endeavor. The educators accompanied Chief Scientist Chris Roman, a professor of oceanography and ocean engineering, and Principal In…

SURFO is an amazing program offered to undergraduate students that offers exposure to the world of oceanography and hands-on research.
http://www.gso.uri.edu/blog/uri-oceanography-fellowships-offer-hands-on-summer-research-opportunities-for-future-scientists/

URI oceanography fellowships offer hands-on summer research opportunities for future scientists Undergraduate students from 12 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada are spending 10 weeks this summer conducting cutting-edge oceanographic research through the University of Rhode Island’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography (SURFO) program. Now in its 31s…

Cause of Salty Brine Beach blast determined by a team from our very own University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography.
http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20150724/NEWS/150729588

State: Hydrogen from corrosion of copper cable caused Salty Brine beach blast PROVIDENCE — Hydrogen formed by the underwater corrosion of copper in an abandoned electric cable probably caused the

Yesterday, Rear Admiral Robert Girrier visited the URI Graduate School of Oceanography to be briefed on innovative technologies that the GSO is developing. Girrier, who is the Navy's deputy commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, received his master's degree from URI in marine affairs twenty-five years ago. Read more about Girrier's visit and the collaboration between the U.S. Navy and the GSO in the Providence Journal article below.

Navy, URI celebrate technological, underwater ties NARRAGANSETT, R.I. — Only about five miles separate Naval Station Newport from the University of Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay Campus, but the U.

Need a quiet place to study for finals? The Pell Marine Science Library is the perfect spot - we are open Monday through Friday from 9-5!

Throwback Wednesday: Rare photo of original Viking settlers making their landing at what is now the site of the Graduate School of Oceanography. Their exploits are celebrated quasi-annually at the Harpoon Seminar.

PHOTOS: Narragansett Bay from the air >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News Images Onne van der Wal took of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, both West and East passage along Newport and Bristol, on March 1, 2015. "A beautiful day

It's a snowy day on the Bay Campus, but we're open today 9-5!

We've just added over 1,600 photographs of GSO history into our Pell Library Archives! Visit our Challenger special collections room to browse pictures of the construction of the RV Endeavor, GSO students and faculty throughout the years, research images, and even photographs of the Bay Campus after the 1938 hurricane!

Pleased to announce the publication of "Women in Oceanography: A Decade Later" http://www.tos.org/oceanography/women_in_oceanography.html

The R.V. Endeavor being constructed in 1975! A great find in our photograph archive.

The Pell Library just added new books on display - Stop by and check them out today!