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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.

Commercial fishing boat underway with a fisherman in yellow-and-blue bib overalls handling ropes amid piled wire traps and orange crates on deck under a clear blue sky
Fisherman in orange bib walks down a wooden dock beside crates of iced shellfish packed in red and purple mesh bags, with workboats moored and a calm Bay under a clear blue sky.
WPRI's Leah Crowley & Emmanuel, after their interview, in the McMahon Lab.
Collage of photos, including detailed images of phytoplankton, field work, and a headshot of Rynearson.
MC, outdoor in the grass, working with a sediment sample.
Two students sampling for microplastics at the shoreline.
Sam and fellow GSO alum, Andrew.
Sam Katz headshot with Bay in the the background.
Deckhand Lee Singer smiles on the deck of RV Endeavor
Captain Chris Armanetti on the GSO pier, in front of the ship.
Emily Hall hand signals to Dasan McElroy during a beach survey.
Mingxi (left) and members of his lab pose on the deck of a ship, with an iceberg behind them.
Veronica in front of the corpse flower in her GSO shirt.
Graphic with two images of Rhody the Ram mascot, one with thumbs up and another with a Rhody sign, with the text "We love cheering for Rhody the Ram, but what if GSO had a special, ocean-themed mascot?"
Attendees of the Air-Sea Symposium pose for a group photo in front of the Horn Building at GSO.
GSO scientists staff a booth at the zoo.
Graphic depicting an ocean science motif for each color of the rainbow; red seaweed, an orange sunset, yellow coral, green plankton, blue ocean currents and purple jellyfish.
Top photo is Erin, Mitchell, and J.P. smiling for a selfie. Bottom photo is the landscape at the park, showing a marshy wetland with trees in the background.
Mitchell holds a sediment core next to Erin in a marsh.
Katie and Michelle in RV Endeavor shirts in front of ROV Jason
Two researchers siphoning water from ROV Jason
Group of URI community members in front of ROV Jason holding a GSO flag.
Alyssa showcasing her artwork at the Winter Artisans Market at URIGSO,
Three plankton trawl assistants and captain Steve smile on the dock in front of the Cap'N Bert vessel.
"Dangerous bluffs, keep back" sign along a bluff on block island, with the shoreline below.
An aerial of the northern point of Block Island, showing the salt marshes of a pond and sandy shoreline.
Maggie releasing a balloon at sea.
Headshot of Maggie Bernish
A lone windmill off the coast of Block Island.
A group of GSO community members smiling in front of three academic posters. Left to right, Tiare Sierra Rivera, Nicole Flecchia, Philip Yang, Lilah Saunders, Taylor Leitch, Malachy McCaffrey, John Sheppard, front: Erin Peck, Veronica Berounsky.
Paola collects an oyster from a mangrove.
Professor Nick Pizzo writes on a whiteboard during an outdoor class with graduate students seated and listening.
Asta and Jitka in the Lohmann lab.
Two students try on bright red immersion suits.
📸 This nighttime picture of Earth was taken on April 2, 2026, by an Artemis II crew member aiming a camera through a window of the Orion spacecraft. Credit: NASA
📸 Working images: @novawest_creative for URI's Inner Space Center
Students on the deck of the boat prepare for sensor deployment
Diana, on one of her last days in the office, posing with the front page of her boss’s Whale CHARTS Act after it was introduced.
Diana and her fellowship mentor, Adam McBride, on the day their boss introduced the first bill Diana worked on: the Climate Change and Health Promotion Act
RI Sea Grant fellows during the Knauss Graduation Ceremony. Pictured from left to right: Danielle Becker, GSO’s Asta Habtemichael, Rafeed Hussain, and GSO’s Diana Fontaine