URI Graduate School of Oceanography
@urigso.bsky.social
URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography is one of the world’s premier academic institutions of oceanography and ocean exploration. An anchor of the blue economy.
From our research vessel to our labs, our classrooms to spots around the globe, 2025 was about rising together. We're grateful for every scientist, student, & supporter doing this work with us. Here's to a year ahead of connection, discovery, & better understanding our blue planet. Happy New Year!
December 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
From our research vessel to our labs, our classrooms to spots around the globe, 2025 was about rising together. We're grateful for every scientist, student, & supporter doing this work with us. Here's to a year ahead of connection, discovery, & better understanding our blue planet. Happy New Year!
As the year draws to a close, we're looking back at the moments that resonated most with our community in 2025. Your likes, shares, & clicks told us what inspired, educated, & connected you to our changing ocean planet over the last 12 months!
Dive into our most-liked & most-read ⬇️
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Dive into our most-liked & most-read ⬇️
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December 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
As the year draws to a close, we're looking back at the moments that resonated most with our community in 2025. Your likes, shares, & clicks told us what inspired, educated, & connected you to our changing ocean planet over the last 12 months!
Dive into our most-liked & most-read ⬇️
buff.ly/wWIqzcx
Dive into our most-liked & most-read ⬇️
buff.ly/wWIqzcx
📍 #WhereInTheWorldIsGSO all 2025! From the Great Lakes to Ghana, the work conducted by our researchers has never been more vital or global 🌎
📸 Southcentral Alaska ➡️ NOAA's Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (80-125 miles off the Texas & Louisiana coastline) ➡️ Southwest Papua, Indonesia
📸 Southcentral Alaska ➡️ NOAA's Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (80-125 miles off the Texas & Louisiana coastline) ➡️ Southwest Papua, Indonesia
December 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
📍 #WhereInTheWorldIsGSO all 2025! From the Great Lakes to Ghana, the work conducted by our researchers has never been more vital or global 🌎
📸 Southcentral Alaska ➡️ NOAA's Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (80-125 miles off the Texas & Louisiana coastline) ➡️ Southwest Papua, Indonesia
📸 Southcentral Alaska ➡️ NOAA's Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (80-125 miles off the Texas & Louisiana coastline) ➡️ Southwest Papua, Indonesia
🎓 🎉 Congratulations to our recent cohort of #URIGSO graduates!
Five #URIGSO students finished degree requirements in August (two M.S. and three Ph.D.), and five more doctoral candidates finished by December. They join a community of 1,102 #URIGSO alums!
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Five #URIGSO students finished degree requirements in August (two M.S. and three Ph.D.), and five more doctoral candidates finished by December. They join a community of 1,102 #URIGSO alums!
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December 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🎓 🎉 Congratulations to our recent cohort of #URIGSO graduates!
Five #URIGSO students finished degree requirements in August (two M.S. and three Ph.D.), and five more doctoral candidates finished by December. They join a community of 1,102 #URIGSO alums!
➡️ buff.ly/oPq6mF0
Five #URIGSO students finished degree requirements in August (two M.S. and three Ph.D.), and five more doctoral candidates finished by December. They join a community of 1,102 #URIGSO alums!
➡️ buff.ly/oPq6mF0
🌊 Last week, #URIGSO took part in #AGU25 in New Orleans. As part of one of the world’s leading gatherings for Earth and space sciences, we shared research, engaged in cross-disciplinary conversations, and connected with scientists, educators, policymakers, & communicators from around the globe.
December 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🌊 Last week, #URIGSO was at the Junior Achievement of Rhode Island career exploration fair in Providence, where our graduate students and staff spoke directly with thousands of eighth graders about pathways in ocean science and the blue economy, right here in the Ocean State! #JAInspireRI
December 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🌊 Last week, #URIGSO was at the Junior Achievement of Rhode Island career exploration fair in Providence, where our graduate students and staff spoke directly with thousands of eighth graders about pathways in ocean science and the blue economy, right here in the Ocean State! #JAInspireRI
🌎 🌊 This week, members of the #URIGSO community are presenting their research at #AGU25, the most influential event in the world dedicated to the advancement of Earth and space sciences.
➡️ We've compiled a list of when & where they'll be presenting. Come find us in New Orleans! buff.ly/UjSIMRp
➡️ We've compiled a list of when & where they'll be presenting. Come find us in New Orleans! buff.ly/UjSIMRp
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🌎 🌊 This week, members of the #URIGSO community are presenting their research at #AGU25, the most influential event in the world dedicated to the advancement of Earth and space sciences.
➡️ We've compiled a list of when & where they'll be presenting. Come find us in New Orleans! buff.ly/UjSIMRp
➡️ We've compiled a list of when & where they'll be presenting. Come find us in New Orleans! buff.ly/UjSIMRp
🎓 Congratulations to the University of Rhode Island Fall Class of 2025!
We celebrate nine #URIGSO grads (plus 550 other undergraduate and graduate students) at the 2025 Fall Commencement tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 13, at 10 a.m. in the Ryan Center on the Kingston Campus.
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We celebrate nine #URIGSO grads (plus 550 other undergraduate and graduate students) at the 2025 Fall Commencement tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 13, at 10 a.m. in the Ryan Center on the Kingston Campus.
Explore: buff.ly/1yuJ88X
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎓 Congratulations to the University of Rhode Island Fall Class of 2025!
We celebrate nine #URIGSO grads (plus 550 other undergraduate and graduate students) at the 2025 Fall Commencement tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 13, at 10 a.m. in the Ryan Center on the Kingston Campus.
Explore: buff.ly/1yuJ88X
We celebrate nine #URIGSO grads (plus 550 other undergraduate and graduate students) at the 2025 Fall Commencement tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 13, at 10 a.m. in the Ryan Center on the Kingston Campus.
Explore: buff.ly/1yuJ88X
🌊 Congratulations to the 2025 Emerging Coastal Leaders!
Each year, the URI Coastal Institute spotlights graduate students whose work strengthens our understanding of coastal and marine systems and supports decision-making in Rhode Island, across the region, and beyond.
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Each year, the URI Coastal Institute spotlights graduate students whose work strengthens our understanding of coastal and marine systems and supports decision-making in Rhode Island, across the region, and beyond.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🌊 Congratulations to the 2025 Emerging Coastal Leaders!
Each year, the URI Coastal Institute spotlights graduate students whose work strengthens our understanding of coastal and marine systems and supports decision-making in Rhode Island, across the region, and beyond.
➡️ buff.ly/gpoyJv1
Each year, the URI Coastal Institute spotlights graduate students whose work strengthens our understanding of coastal and marine systems and supports decision-making in Rhode Island, across the region, and beyond.
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🐟 A new Ambio study coauthored by Elin Torell, director of the URI Coastal Institute, offers a framework for improving gender-inclusive data in small-scale fisheries.
The research team, spanning six continents, outlines 17 indicators to help close critical gender data gaps: buff.ly/S7f9yVA
The research team, spanning six continents, outlines 17 indicators to help close critical gender data gaps: buff.ly/S7f9yVA
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🐟 A new Ambio study coauthored by Elin Torell, director of the URI Coastal Institute, offers a framework for improving gender-inclusive data in small-scale fisheries.
The research team, spanning six continents, outlines 17 indicators to help close critical gender data gaps: buff.ly/S7f9yVA
The research team, spanning six continents, outlines 17 indicators to help close critical gender data gaps: buff.ly/S7f9yVA
🌊 Join us for a free screening of Wealth Untold, a new documentary spotlighting the Belizean women leading the fight to protect the Western Hemisphere’s longest barrier reef.
📅 Wednesday, Dec. 10 @ 4 p.m.
📍 Coastal Institute Auditorium, URI Narragansett Bay Campus
🎟️ Register: buff.ly/VEYO4n7
📅 Wednesday, Dec. 10 @ 4 p.m.
📍 Coastal Institute Auditorium, URI Narragansett Bay Campus
🎟️ Register: buff.ly/VEYO4n7
December 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🌊 Join us for a free screening of Wealth Untold, a new documentary spotlighting the Belizean women leading the fight to protect the Western Hemisphere’s longest barrier reef.
📅 Wednesday, Dec. 10 @ 4 p.m.
📍 Coastal Institute Auditorium, URI Narragansett Bay Campus
🎟️ Register: buff.ly/VEYO4n7
📅 Wednesday, Dec. 10 @ 4 p.m.
📍 Coastal Institute Auditorium, URI Narragansett Bay Campus
🎟️ Register: buff.ly/VEYO4n7
🌕 Last night's fulll moon truly earned the name Cold Moon! A bright view from the URI Bay Campus, with our celebration trees holding their own in a blustery wind. 🌲
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🌕 Last night's fulll moon truly earned the name Cold Moon! A bright view from the URI Bay Campus, with our celebration trees holding their own in a blustery wind. 🌲
New research co-led by #URIGSO’s @erinkpeck.bsky.social & UNF's @saltyserina.bsky.social reveals a key limitation in a widely used method for measuring organic carbon in coastal wetlands — a gap that could influence global carbon storage estimates and assessments of marsh resilience.
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
New research co-led by #URIGSO’s @erinkpeck.bsky.social & UNF's @saltyserina.bsky.social reveals a key limitation in a widely used method for measuring organic carbon in coastal wetlands — a gap that could influence global carbon storage estimates and assessments of marsh resilience.
🦞🦀 #URIGSO students are playing an important role in Rhode Island’s offshore fisheries research, partnering with local fishermen to collect data on the commercially important American Lobster and Jonah Crab. 🌊
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December 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🦞🦀 #URIGSO students are playing an important role in Rhode Island’s offshore fisheries research, partnering with local fishermen to collect data on the commercially important American Lobster and Jonah Crab. 🌊
⤵️ : buff.ly/toqDon7
⤵️ : buff.ly/toqDon7
⚠️ The 2025 Charles & Marie Fish Lecture presentation “From the Ground Up: Communities Leading the Next Chapter of Climate Resilience” w/ Jainey Bavishi, scheduled for 6 p.m. tonight, must be postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize & will provide an update on a rescheduled date soon.
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
⚠️ The 2025 Charles & Marie Fish Lecture presentation “From the Ground Up: Communities Leading the Next Chapter of Climate Resilience” w/ Jainey Bavishi, scheduled for 6 p.m. tonight, must be postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize & will provide an update on a rescheduled date soon.
🌊⚡️🌱 The new Ocean Frontiers Building, replacing the 55-year-old Horn Lab on the Narragansett Bay Campus, will bring environmentally controlled, advanced labs and will be heated and cooled using geothermal energy.
Read more about how this system supports URI's net zero goal: buff.ly/SrRGJiO
Read more about how this system supports URI's net zero goal: buff.ly/SrRGJiO
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🌊⚡️🌱 The new Ocean Frontiers Building, replacing the 55-year-old Horn Lab on the Narragansett Bay Campus, will bring environmentally controlled, advanced labs and will be heated and cooled using geothermal energy.
Read more about how this system supports URI's net zero goal: buff.ly/SrRGJiO
Read more about how this system supports URI's net zero goal: buff.ly/SrRGJiO
🎉 The 2025 NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award goes to the NHCI (NOPP Hurricane Coastal Impacts) project. #URIGSO’s Isaac Ginis participated as URI's PI, focused on improving hurricane ocean wave forecasts & showing how strong storm-driven currents can reduce wave heights and shift timing.
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🎉 The 2025 NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award goes to the NHCI (NOPP Hurricane Coastal Impacts) project. #URIGSO’s Isaac Ginis participated as URI's PI, focused on improving hurricane ocean wave forecasts & showing how strong storm-driven currents can reduce wave heights and shift timing.
🚢 For #IndigenousPeoplesMonth, we’re proud to highlight the Narragansett Dawn, University of Rhode Island's new Regional Class Research Vessel, named for the Narragansett People of Rhode Island. 🌊
⤵️ Full film featuring all three vessels: buff.ly/41zqizj
⤵️ Full film featuring all three vessels: buff.ly/41zqizj
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🚢 For #IndigenousPeoplesMonth, we’re proud to highlight the Narragansett Dawn, University of Rhode Island's new Regional Class Research Vessel, named for the Narragansett People of Rhode Island. 🌊
⤵️ Full film featuring all three vessels: buff.ly/41zqizj
⤵️ Full film featuring all three vessels: buff.ly/41zqizj
For 50+ years, the URI Coastal Resources Center has been a global leader in connecting science to policy and practice, working alongside communities in Rhode Island and around the world. Its impact on lives, ecosystems, and natural resources has been profound and enduring.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For 50+ years, the URI Coastal Resources Center has been a global leader in connecting science to policy and practice, working alongside communities in Rhode Island and around the world. Its impact on lives, ecosystems, and natural resources has been profound and enduring.
buff.ly/c0snX9s
buff.ly/c0snX9s
🌊 How can communities lead the way in climate resilience?
Join climate resiliency expert Jainey Bavishi for the Charles and Marie Fish Lecture, “From the Ground Up: Communities Leading the Next Chapter of Climate Resilience”, hosted by #URIGSO.
Join climate resiliency expert Jainey Bavishi for the Charles and Marie Fish Lecture, “From the Ground Up: Communities Leading the Next Chapter of Climate Resilience”, hosted by #URIGSO.
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🌊 How can communities lead the way in climate resilience?
Join climate resiliency expert Jainey Bavishi for the Charles and Marie Fish Lecture, “From the Ground Up: Communities Leading the Next Chapter of Climate Resilience”, hosted by #URIGSO.
Join climate resiliency expert Jainey Bavishi for the Charles and Marie Fish Lecture, “From the Ground Up: Communities Leading the Next Chapter of Climate Resilience”, hosted by #URIGSO.
🌊 The TechSurge conference recently brought three full days of panels, workshops, and hands-on ocean technology exploration to URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus. Nearly 120 attendees from around the world gathered at #URIGSO to focus on fisheries and benthic monitoring for offshore development.
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🌊 The TechSurge conference recently brought three full days of panels, workshops, and hands-on ocean technology exploration to URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus. Nearly 120 attendees from around the world gathered at #URIGSO to focus on fisheries and benthic monitoring for offshore development.
🌊 Join us at URI's Narragansett Bay Campus for a special screening of Wealth Untold, a new documentary spotlighting the women leaders in Belize working to protect the Western Hemisphere’s longest barrier reef.
➡️Register: buff.ly/cnX5OVq
➡️Register: buff.ly/cnX5OVq
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🌊 Join us at URI's Narragansett Bay Campus for a special screening of Wealth Untold, a new documentary spotlighting the women leaders in Belize working to protect the Western Hemisphere’s longest barrier reef.
➡️Register: buff.ly/cnX5OVq
➡️Register: buff.ly/cnX5OVq
🚢 Did you know URI’s research vessel, #RVEndeavor, was called into action during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? On June 17, 2010, Endeavor left Narragansett on an emergency, #NSFfunded mission to the Gulf of Mexico with #URIGSO alum & WHOI researcher Chris Reddy onboard. 🌊
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November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🚢 Did you know URI’s research vessel, #RVEndeavor, was called into action during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? On June 17, 2010, Endeavor left Narragansett on an emergency, #NSFfunded mission to the Gulf of Mexico with #URIGSO alum & WHOI researcher Chris Reddy onboard. 🌊
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🌉 🌊 The Bridge to Ocean Exploration (B2OE) program connects CCRI students with #URIGSO labs and NOAA OECI mentors, where they spend 6–8 hours a week working on ocean-science projects—everything from engineering long-deployment camera hardware to building data tools used by our researchers.
November 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🌉 🌊 The Bridge to Ocean Exploration (B2OE) program connects CCRI students with #URIGSO labs and NOAA OECI mentors, where they spend 6–8 hours a week working on ocean-science projects—everything from engineering long-deployment camera hardware to building data tools used by our researchers.
🌊 URI's Austin Becker & Isaac Ginis are featured in The New York Times “Lost Science” series, which documents research disrupted by funding cuts. RI-CHAMP, an innovative computer modeling system to help Rhode Island officials prepare for strong storms, was among those affected. buff.ly/XjIlF9R
He Helped Cities Anticipate Damage From Storms
Austin Becker developed an early warning system to protect critical infrastructure from storms. His project’s funding was eliminated in April.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🌊 URI's Austin Becker & Isaac Ginis are featured in The New York Times “Lost Science” series, which documents research disrupted by funding cuts. RI-CHAMP, an innovative computer modeling system to help Rhode Island officials prepare for strong storms, was among those affected. buff.ly/XjIlF9R