CONTENTS 2 Alumnus and Spouse Make $1 Million Gift 3 Feature: East Coast Consortium Gets Underway 6 Administration 8 R/V Endeavor at Sea 10 Feature: Campus Redevelopment Begins 12 Academics and Education 14 Research and Discovery 17 Bay Campus Chronicle 23 Development 24 Roll of Donors

GSO LEADERSHIP Bruce Corliss, Dean Dwight Coleman, Director, Inner Space Center James Patti, Director of Administration Thomas Glennon, Director of Marine Operations David Smith, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs David Palazzetti, Director of Facilities and Operations — Dennis Nixon, Director, Rhode Island Sea Grant Ellen Anderson, Director of Development Judith Swift, Director, Coastal Institute Robert Ballard, Director, Center for Ocean Exploration John Walsh, Director, Coastal Resources Center

Above the Puerto Rico Trench: During R/V Endeavor’s mission 622, URI professors and co-principal investigators­ Steven D’Hondt, Christopher Roman and Robert Pockalny tested an autonomous CTD lander beneath this surface. On September 22, 2018, their device sampled the deepest water ever from the Atlantic Ocean at 8.4 kilometers down.

COVER: ILLUSTRATION BY GLOSTEN ASSOCIATES, INC. II / URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY INSIDE FRONT COVER PHOTO COURTESY OF R/V ENDEAVORPHOTOS: CREDIT CREW. LINE 2018 was an extraordinary year for the Graduate School of Oceanography, and I’m pleased to share this annual report to highlight the important work led by the dedicated faculty, staff, and students of this institution. The East Coast Oceanographic Consortium (ECOC) was formed to ­operate the R/V Endeavor and to submit a proposal to the National Science Foundation for operation of its new Regional Class Research Vessel (RCRV). Led by the University of Rhode Island, the ECOC comprises URI, University FROM THE DEAN of New Hampshire and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as primary members, and thirteen institutions along the Eastern Seaboard as associate members. The objectives of the ECOC are to operate the NSF-owned vessel for the oceanographic commu- nity and to promote collaboration in research, education and outreach. The ECOC was awarded operation of the new RCRV, which is valued at $125 million and slated to join the UNOLS fleet in 2021. We are delighted that the Honorable Gina Raimondo, Governor of Rhode Island, will be the vessel’s sponsor and will christen her in 2021. The vessel is to be named Resolution, after Captain James Cook’s second vessel of exploration, HMS Resolution. The name follows the precedent of naming Endeavor after Cook’s first vessel,HMS Endeavour. GSO had another strong year in research funding by securing nearly $30 mil- lion in new research grants—a funding level similar to the last two years and representing the highest funding levels that GSO has enjoyed. This outcome reflects well on the hard work and dedication of faculty, staff, and graduate students and on GSO’s ambitious nature. The teaching effort in 2018 was also outstanding, reaching more than 1,000 students, twice as many as last year. The Greenfins Aquaculture Facility was completed this year and given by Greenfins Global to URI as a $1.8 million gift-in-kind. This is a great example of a public-private partnership that can serve as a model for other research efforts on the Narragansett Bay Campus. The Narragansett Bay Campus Master Plan is a 10-year (and counting), ­$300-plus million project that began with Rhode Island voters approving Question 2 in last November’s election. The bond measure included $45 mil- lion for a new dock, Marine Operations building, Ocean Technology building, relocation of the entrance road, and preliminary design work for the next phase of the plan to be funded by a future state bond. We ended the year with a generous $1 million gift from Stephen and Donna Greenlee for support of the Master Plan renovations, which was greatly appre- ciated by all in the GSO community. These accomplishments reflect the efforts of GSO and the Narragansett Bay Campus community working together to address critical needs and opportu- nities that will have a major impact on both the future of oceanography at URI and our ability to better understand and protect the oceans. We are entering an exciting period in GSO’s history, and I hope you enjoy this annual report and its highlights from a most extraordinary 2018.

Best wishes,

Bruce H. Corliss Dean Alumnus and Spouse Make $1 Million Gift New Fund Established to Support Construction On Narragansett Bay Campus

A $1 million gift will advance efforts the upgrades facilitated by the bond. “We believe strongly to revitalize facilities at the University Greenlee and Corliss believe the new of Rhode Island (URI) Graduate fund will inspire others to support the in GSO’s capacity to School of Oceanography (GSO). ongoing renewal of the Narragansett impact our knowledge Stephen M. Greenlee (M.S. ’82) and Bay Campus and grow GSO’s rep- Donna Church Greenlee made the utation for research and educational of the world’s oceans gift to support detailed development excellence. and help solve critical efforts to expand research and “We are grateful for the Greenlees’ teaching capacity. challenges in this area.” confidence in our work, particularly at The Greenlee Family GSO Campus this key moment for the school,” said —Stephen M. Greenlee Redevelopment Fund supports Dean Corliss. “Their gift will expand construction on the Narragansett the possibilities for our faculty, Bay Campus. The Greenlees hope ­researchers and students.” to inspire interest in and support of The establishment of the oceanographic research, building on Greenlee Family GSO recent momentum at GSO. Campus Redevelopment The gift follows the Rhode Island Fund follows the 2018 bond issue passed in November contribution to URI’s 2018 authorizing $45 million to GSO Narragansett Bay Campus to enhance research capabilities and of the nearly $2 million prepare for the new Regional Class Greenfins Aquaculture Research Vessel arriving in 2021. facility from Peter Mottur, In July 2018, the National Science co-founder and president of Foundation awarded the vessel— Greenfins Global, LLC. one of just three in the nation—to Stephen M. Greenlee is a the East Coast Oceanographic geoscientist and president of Consortium led by URI. the ExxonMobil Exploration “Donna and I feel that our investment Company. He is a member in GSO’s Bay Campus renewal will of the Society of Exploration help to ensure that their mission of Geophysicists and the research, education and outreach American Association­ of can be fulfilled well into the future,” Petroleum Geologists. He Stephen and Donna Greenlee said Stephen Greenlee. “We believe earned an M.S. in oceanography at strongly in GSO’s capacity to impact GSO, after a B.S. in geology at Duke our knowledge of the world’s oceans University. Donna Church Greenlee, and help solve critical challenges in originally from Portsmouth, Rhode this area.” Island, worked as a geophysicist at ExxonMobil and Kerr McGee. Bruce Corliss, dean of the school, She earned a B.S. in geophysics at will oversee the use of the funds in Boston College. Stephen and Donna accordance with the school’s stra- are residents of the greater Houston, tegic plan and in coordination with Texas area.

2 / URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY PHOTO BY JASON WYNN PHOTOGRAPHY Led by GSO, institutions along the eastern seaboard will guide the operations and scientific agenda of a new regional class research vessel. East Coast Oceanographic Consortium Gets Underway By Todd McLeish

The East Coast Oceanographic Corliss noted that GSO brings a long history Consortium (ECOC) was established of ship operations to the Consortium, as in 2018 to combine the expertise of three well as the unique telepresence capabil- powerhouse research institutions and ities of the Inner Space Center that will more than a dozen East Coast partners enable research activities to be broadcast from Maine to Puerto Rico. Formation live to scientists and other audiences of the Consortium, in an era when around the world. The other major partners resources are scarce and collaboration bring equally impressive qualities to the is vital to success, is a milestone in marine organization. science research, education and outreach. The Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at This new model for tackling the oceans’ com­plex UNH, for instance, is a national center of excellence for challenges is certain to result in greater efficiencies, ocean mapping. “We hope to help ensure that the new cooperation and vision far into the future. vessel is capable of collecting and processing state-of- The Consortium’s three founding members—the Univer- the-art ocean mapping data as well as developing new sity of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, applications for these data,” said Larry Mayer, professor the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Uni- and director of the Center and the UNH School of Marine versity of New Hampshire’s School of Marine Science and Science and Ocean Engineering. UNH also has a long Ocean Engineering—have nearly 200 years of combined history of working and collecting observations, including experience in ocean science and exploration. long time-series, in the Gulf of Maine. “With all of that scientific experience and the partici­pation WHOI’s international reputation in oceanography and of many of the world’s leading oceanographers, the engineering will significantly amplify the standing of the Consortium has the expertise, resources and commit- organization. “Logistically, WHOI’s skills and resources ment to safely and effectively manage a new research in ship operations, maintenance and overhaul, and vessel to address critical scientific questions worldwide,” mission planning and scheduling will be available to the said Bruce Corliss, dean of the Graduate School of Consortium and will help ensure the highest utility, quality Oceanography and leader of the Consortium. (continued next page)

“Oceanography is by definition a collaborative science that involves many disciplines and even more investigators.”

2018 ANNUAL REPORT / 3 EAST COAST OCEANOGRAPHIC CONSORTIUM (continued) and reliability of the consortium’s vessel to the user Role of Associate Members community,” said WHOI Vice President Robert Munier. “As a case in point,” he added, “Woods Hole is providing In addition to the founding partners, the Consortium also engineering services to the Consortium in support of the consists of 13 associate members, whose participa- design and construction of the new vessel.” tion is encouraged in the deliberations of the Program Advisory Committee. Those members are: Bermuda Setting a Course Institute of Ocean Sciences, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Brown University, Lamont-Doherty The Consortium has already achieved its first and most Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Harvard important objective: winning the competition to operate University, Ocean Exploration Trust, University of one of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) new Maine, University of Miami, University of Puerto Rico, regional class research vessels. NSF announced in July University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, University that the Consortium had been selected to operate the of Massachusetts at Boston, Florida Institute of $125-million ship. The decision set in motion a series of Oceanography, and the University of South Florida. activities and events designed to launch the Consortium’s management and oversight role. “Our associate members extend the reach of the ECOC, and we will all benefit from scientific collaborations,” said The first step is establishing the committees that will James Patti, GSO director of administration and director serve to guide the scientific and operational management of the Consortium. “We’re already thinking about how to of the vessel. That process is well underway. leverage these new relationships.” The Consortium’s Policy Board, consisting of senior level For example, he noted that discussions are already administrators from the founding partners, will advise underway to expand GSO’s Summer Undergraduate Dean Corliss, who is responsible for the leadership, Research Fellowships in Oceanography program to management and oversight of the entire Consortium. the students at the University of Puerto Rico, in part to The board will set long-range goals and ensure that increase the program’s participation by students from those goals are achieved. It will also oversee the function under-represented groups. of the Consortium and promote collaborative and inno­ vative research initiatives. The group will meet at least The associate members will be key partners in scientific once each year for the duration of the agreement. collaborations, something Corliss said is “as important— or more important—than ship operations. Everyone rec- The group’s Program Advisory Committee, consisting ognizes that this is a huge advantage of the Consortium, of two scientists from each major partner, will provide to bring people together and promote the use of the ship.” guidance on shipboard science, technology, equipment and instrumentation. “It will be more of a nuts and bolts group, and the first “We’re not waiting for the new ship… item on their agenda will be identifying the instrumenta- tion that the ship will need,” said Corliss. “We submit an The idea is to put the organization in place instrumentation proposal to NSF every year, and I’ll be and make sure the last years of Endeavor looking for the committee’s recommendations.” are—from an operational and scientific standpoint—as successful as possible.”

4 / URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY Above, architect’s renderings of the new regional class research vessel. Below, R/V Endeavor at her pier as day breaks over Narragansett Bay.

The Future Begins Now As the new ship is being built, the Consortium commit- “Oceanography is by definition a collaborative science tees will not only be looking to the future operation of the that involves many disciplines and even more investiga- new vessel, but it will also guide operations for the final tors,” concluded Mayer. “No one institution can cover all two years of missions with R/V Endeavor. bases, and the Consortium helps formalize the coopera- tion and collaboration necessary.” “We’re not waiting for the new ship to get the Consortium started,” said Corliss. “The idea is to put the organiza- “Facilitating access to the sea for scientists and en- tion in place and make sure the last years of Endeavor gineers is a critical objective of any oceanographic are—from an operational and scientific standpoint—as institution,” added Munier. “The Consortium provides an successful as possible. And we’ll have a Consortium- excellent mechanism to meet that critical objective of wide meeting this year to get everyone together for the getting access to the sea for our own researchers, while first time.” serving the community at the same time.”

PHOTO BY VERONICA BEROUNSKY, ILLUSTRATIONS BY GLOSTEN ASSOCIATES, INC. 2018 ANNUAL REPORT / 5 ADMINISTRATION

The year was filled with memorable moments, positive trends, and concrete indicators of growth.

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2018 was an extraordinarily consequential and productive year at GSO. In just twelve months, the school secured more than $175 million in new ­resources, including a research vessel, an approved state bond initiative, FY18 Awards by Unit and multiple philanthropic commitments including dona­tion of the Greenfins Aquaculture Research Facility and a $1-million gift from GSO alumnus Stephen Greenlee (M.S. 1982) (see page 2). All of these developments have a significant impact on the advancement of a school, and we are grateful to everyone who helped make them happen. They represent only the beginning of what GSO expects to achieve. The GAO administration’s focus is to grow and support the research enter- prise, provide a platform for educating the next generation of oceanogra- phers, scientists and policy-makers, and share our work with K-12 students and the public.

Following are highlights of 2018:

Strategic Growth and is perennially the largest component of URI’s total research Faculty...... $16.4 million • Passage of a $45-million bond funding. with more than 58 percent ap- Coastal Resources proval from R.I.’s voting public— • Increased GSO’s contribution to Center...... 8.8 an eight-point gain over the most URI’s education mission. GSO RI Sea Grant...... 1.2 recent (2004) ballot question for faculty members teach more R/V Endeavor...... 2.6 support of GSO. than 1,000 undergraduates per academic year, primarily through Other...... 0.5 • Began working with our part- URI’s interdisciplinary “Grand ners at Oregon State University Challenge” courses. and the Gulf Island Shipyard to Undergraduate Enrollment plan, design and construct the • GSO’s Inner Space Center 1000 new Regional Class Research provided at-sea telepresence Vessel, which is scheduled to services to multiple vessels for arrive in Narragansett in 2021. hundreds of operational ship days 800 in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Research and Education • R/V Endeavor was at sea for • Secured $30 million in new nearly 200 days (see page 8), 600 research funding from federal from the Gulf of Maine to the sponsors (see page 15). GSO mouth of the Amazon River, to accounts for more than one-third support various research and 400 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 (Nov. 8) of URI’s total sponsored research, educational initiatives. ACADEMIC YEAR

6 / URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY Outreach they bring their experiences into Left, many exhibits at Open House K-12 classrooms. WPRI Channel gave children an up-close, hands-on • Reinvested in the Office of Marine 12 meteorologist, T.J. Del Santo, experience of ocean science. Right, Programs’ marketing and com- reported live from the ship during Rhode Island K-12 teachers aboard munications function. A new team several WPRI Eyewitness News Endeavor learn about the day-to-day took on a full slate of projects to newscasts. Telepresence support work of oceanographic research. help share ocean science with from GSO’s Inner Space Center audiences in Rhode Island, around was key to making these live the country and throughout the broadcasts possible. Looking ahead to 2019 and beyond: world. • Narragansett Bay Classroom • Construction of a new pier and • At Open House on October 13, engaged more than 1,300 K-12 an ocean technology building the Bay Campus community wel- students, presenting nearly 60 is moving forward (see article, comed more than 3,000 guests programs on ocean science to page 10). These are important to discover the ocean science RI schools. The programs were steps in implementation of the taking place along the shores of led by URI graduate students (13 Narragansett Bay Campus Master Narragansett Bay. Students and from GSO and four from other URI Plan, yet they represent only the faculty from GSO, URI’s Ocean graduate programs) who served as beginning. Engineering department, and outreach scientists. the College of the Environment • Public and private funding will and Life Sciences staffed more Facilities be pursued to finance construc- than thirty exhibits. Guests also tion of a new research facility, toured R/V Endeavor, Inner • Began renovation of Mosby a teaching commons and other Space Center, Marine Geological Center—a venerable structure critical campus needs. The Samples, Lab the Aquarium and weathered by time and the salt- fundraising strategic plan also more. laced winds of Narragansett Bay. calls for creating endowments to This unique and valuable gathering support outstanding scientists and • The GSO website received an place has a new roof, will soon students. overhaul to upgrade features and have a new deck, and will benefit • To better engage Rhode Island’s to make it a mobile-friendly plat- from long-overdue enhancements K-12 students and share our form. With the additional function- to its interior. ality, there will be more video and expertise in ocean science, we will interactive features. GSO’s Twitter • Replaced the 40-year-old roof on reevaluate GSO’s various outreach and Facebook accounts have Watkins Laboratory and refur- initiatives and look for how best to been more active. Reach to digital bished elements of the building build on the successes and proud audiences has expanded greatly in envelope. The work included history of the Narragansett Bay the second half of 2018. ­replacing windows in all south- Classroom, Rhode Island Teachers facing offices on the third floor, at Sea, Oceanography Explorers • Now in its 15th year, the Rhode repointing brick chimneys, and en- camp, Open House and other Island Teacher At Sea Program hancing insulation to meet modern programs. brought educators aboard energy-code requirements. R/V Endeavor to participate in ocean-science research. In turn,

PHOTOS:PHOTO: (ABOVE (LEFT) LEFT)MICHAEL CHASE SALERNO, A. FOUNTAIN. (RIGHT) AMY FRATANTONIO. 2018 ANNUAL REPORT / 7 SECTION TITLE

R/V ENDEAVOR AT SEA

Missions this year included deploying sensors, hosting educators, researching algal blooms, weathering nor’easters, and testing an autonomous lander system.

EN 608: Departed Senesco Ship system. This mission focused on EN 614 : For “Collaborative Re­ Repair Yard Jan. 31 for a Long testing the lander in shallow water. search: Impact of the Amazon River Term Ecological Research (LTER) Plume on Nitrogen Availability and EN 611: Departed Apr. 3 with stu­ cruise sponsored by the National Planktonic Food Web Dynamics in dents from the URI Honors program Science Foundation (NSF). Principal the Western Tropical North Atlantic,” for a six-day RIEP research expedi­ Investigator (PI) and Chief Scientist scientists sampled the northern tion. The Inner Space Center (ISC) was Heidi Sosik of Woods Hole reaches of the Amazon Plume broadcast live from Endeavor to Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). during the high-flow season. They Facebook on Apr. 5, 6, and 7 and Conductivity, temperature and focused on blooms and how fixed sponsored a community event at depth (CTD) casts, bongo net tows, nitrogen moves into the food web. URI’s White Hall on Apr. 6. The and sand-rake deployments were Endeavor then departed for San expedition focused on whale and performed along with continuous un- Juan, Puerto Rico, arriving June 1. zooplankton interactions with the derway sampling, using Endeavor’s environment that occur in Rhode EN 615: This 20-day cruise spon- newly installed experimental biolog- Island’s coastal and offshore waters. sored by the Navy and Office of ical underway sampling system. The expedition was part of “CSI Naval Research (Navy/ONR) was EN 609: Endeavor’s departure Oceans,” a URI honors course directed by PI Jennifer Miksis- was delayed two days, until Mar. led by Karen Wishner and Chief Olds from the School of Marine 4, while the first of two nor’easters Scientist Christopher Orphanides. Science and Ocean Engineering at passed through Rhode Island with the University of New Hampshire. EN 612: Departed Apr. 14 on 50-60 knot winds. PI and Chief Seven long-term moorings with a Naval Research Laboratory Scientist was Purnima R. Makris of passive acoustics and a full com­ (NRL) cruise under the direction Northeastern University. Scientists plement of oceanographic and of Zhiqiang Liu from the Acoustics staged a large hydrophone array, ­meteorological measurement Division of NRL. Deployed and which Endeavor slowly towed systems were deployed. recovered a variety of acoustic while acoustics were recorded and modem moorings at different depths EN 616: This 12-day cruise was analyzed in the main lab. The ship and towed a sound source to test sponsored by NSF and directed remained at sea, heaving to for a reception of the acoustic modems. by William M. Balch from Bigelow day and a night, to endure a second Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. nor’easter packing 40-50 knot winds. EN 613: Departed Apr. 27 for Bar­ Scientists sampled water for cocco- bados. Hosted 11 undergraduates EN 610: Departed Mar. 22 on a lithophores and performed isotope from the NSF-funded STEMSEAS Rhode Island Endeavor Program incubations with various dissolved program. Onboard, students were (RIEP) cruise under the direction organic carbon (DOC) compounds mentored by ship technicians, three of GSO faculty members Steven and fluorescently labeled bacteria. experienced scientists, and PI/ D’Hondt, Christopher Roman and Chief Scientist Joseph Montoya of EN 617: Departed July 20 on a Robert Pockalny. For a project Georgia Tech. The team explored LTER cruise sponsored by NSF funded by NSF, co-PIs Roman and factors that promote algal blooms and directed by Heidi Sosik of Pockalny designed, built, and tested at sites featuring dense populations the Biology Department at WHOI. a deep-water autonomous lander of N2-fixing organisms. Conducted sampling and exper- iments to help characterize how

8 / URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY PHOTOS COURTESY OF ENDEAVOR CREW. planktonic food webs change EN 619: Conducted a STEMSEAS then arrived in Narragansett a week through space and time in re- transit to Gulfport, Mississippi, with later. sponse to changes in the physical 11 students and three scientists/ [A biennial inspection by NSF environment. mentors (see EN 613). Scientists surveyed all science and ship gave instruction while, along the EN 618: Departed on the annual machinery and deck equipment and way, Endeavor performed Multiple Rhode Island Teachers At Sea tested for safe and proper operation. Opening and Closing Nets and cruise sponsored by Rhode Island Endeavor earned high praise for her Environmental Sampling System Endeavor Program and directed readiness and condition.] (MOCNESS) tows, CTD casts, and by David Smith, associate dean at some plankton net tows. EN 625: Departed Oct. 20 with GSO. The teachers participated in Chief Scientist John M. Toole of the equipment deployment, data log- EN 620: Beginning Aug. 19, a Physical Oceanography department ging, and sample analysis. Typical science team directed by Andrew at WHOI for a four-day NSF- instruments—e.g., CTD rosette, R. Juhl of Columbia University’s sponsored cruise. A 400-meter-tall multi-core, Acoustic Doppler Current Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory subsurface mooring southeast of Profiler (ADCP), and plankton-net investigated temporal changes in ni- Woods Hole was deployed for a tows—were deployed in Rhode trogen and phosphorous nutrients as six-month trial. Island Sound and at the edge of the a water mass moves offshore. CTD continental shelf. WPRI-TV weather rosette and bottles were triggered at EN 626: For the Atlantic Deepwater reporter T.J. Del Santo reported six depths between the surface and Ecosystem Observatory Network, live from Endeavor throughout the 150 meters. Endeavor returned to seven long-term moorings were cruise. Gulfport on Sept. 2. deployed by PI Jennifer Miksis-Olds of UNH along 1,000-kilometers of [Endeavor remained in port in the outer continental shelf. There Gulfport, Mississippi, and waited are passive acoustics and a full out tropical storm/hurricane Gordon complement of oceanographic and with nearby winds that approached meterological measurement sys- 70 knots. She got underway one tems on each mooring. Long-term day late in transit to San Juan, series data will be collected during Puerto Rico, arriving Sept. 12.] the next several years. The cruise EN 622: On this NSF-sponsored was sponsored by the Navy/ONR. cruise, PI Steven D’Hondt of URI

Background; Endeavor in the Gulf and co-PIs Roman and Pockalny [Endeavor concluded the 2018 of Mexico during EN 620. Top left; continued development and testing sailing season on Nov. 15. She then Students from the STEMSEAS of their CTD lander (see EN 610). transited to Senesco Ship Repair program. Top center; algal blooms The autonomous system capable of Yard for major hull, tank and winch like this one at South Padre Island, conducting water column analysis work as well as a new paint job. The Texas, were studied during EN 613 and sample collection at depths of 2019 sailing season commenced on and 614. Top right; During EN 622, up to 11 kilometers was successfully Jan. 31.] an autonomous CTD system is tested at 8.4 kilometers. Endeavor prepped and deployed for testing. returned to San Juan on Sept. 23,

PHOTO: (ABOVE LEFT) CHASE A. FOUNTAIN. 2018 ANNUAL REPORT / 9 With bond funding approved, campus construction to begin By Todd McLeish

When Rhode Island voters approved a bond referendum in November in support of new and upgraded facilities at the Narragansett Bay Campus, the oceanography community was thrilled. And now the work commences.

New Regional Class Research Vessel

Proposed Coastal Waters Research Craft

The $45 million in new funding, most of which will become available in the summer of 2019, will be “Because the structure will be in the water and along the used to replace the existing pier, construct a new shore, there will be a lot of permitting involved,” he said, building to consolidate Marine Operations, build noting that it will likely take a year to secure permits from a new Ocean Technology facility, and upgrade the Army Corps of Engineers, the Coastal Resources campus infrastructure. Management Council and other state and federal agen- cies before construction can begin. A New Pier for a New Era The new pier will be T-shaped and 200-feet long on its According to David Palazzetti, Director of Facilities outboard face—more than twice the length of the existing and Operations at the Bay Campus, the new pier is pier—enabling cranes on the forecastle and stern of the the first priority. In order to have the pier designed, new 199-foot vessel to load supplies and science equip- permitted and constructed before the new ship ment. It will also accommodate a visiting boat of up to arrives in the fall of 2021, he issued a request for 68-feet to tie up on its shoreside face. proposals in January to hire an engineering firm to design the pier. Planning for the Marine Operations and Ocean Technology buildings and infrastructure improvements will begin in the summer.

10 / URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY DIAGRAMS COURTESY OF APPLEDORE MARINE ENGINEERING, LLC. Supporting Ocean Science With Pier Road no longer in the way, the building will sit northwest of the Center for Atmospheric Chemistry. The 12,250-square-foot Marine Operations building, to be located adjacent to the Marine Logistics building on Pier The new Ocean Technology building will provide lab- Road, will consolidate the offices, labs and storage areas oratory and shop space for faculty conducting marine used by those responsible for managing the operation robotics and sensor research and development. The of the research vessel and the marine technicians who building will feature overhead cranes, ballast tanks and support the scientists aboard ship. The URI Research pools to test new marine technologies, as well as shared Diving operations staff and equipment will also be housed space to encourage collaboration. in this new facility. It will include high-bay work space with “The road and utility work will be completed in antici- an electronics shop and machine shop and large staging pation of future bond funding,” said GSO Dean Bruce areas where gear can be worked on and prepared for Corliss. “Next up in our master plan will be replacement deploying on the ship. of the Horn Research Lab, construction of a new Ocean “When the ship comes to us, it’s just a blank research Engineering building, as well as a new teaching facility vessel that the marine technicians configure to meet and a new repository for our rock and sediment core the needs of the scientists on each cruise,” Palazzetti collections.”

Above, from left: a footprint view from a preliminary explained. “They need space for staging equipment, some engineering study defines the likely dimensions and of which needs testing and assembly. Presently, they are position of a reconstructed pier; from the same engineering forced to do some of that work in parking lots on campus.” study, a side view depicts the position of research vessels and indicates bottom clearance at low tide; shown on this Following design and permitting, construction of the satellite view of the Narragansett Bay Campus are sites of building will commence around the summer of 2020. the pier reconstruction, a Marine Operations building, an Ocean Technology building, and a new path for Pier Road. A Home for Innovation and Invention Construction of the new Ocean Technology building will follow just behind that of Marine Operations because the campus entrance road and utilities will first need to be relocated to the west. “We have to shift Pier Road to open up the flatter land on that portion of the campus to site some of those new buildings,” said Palazzetti. “Using that space allows for larger buildings located well above the flood zone with better vehicle and pedestrian access.”

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ACADEMICS AND EDUCATION

While at GSO, graduate students infuse Narragansett Bay Campus with their academic thirst, hopeful spirit, and creative energy.

Top, Loes van Dam in Chris Kincaid’s laboratory with her research that drew national media attention; above left, Jacob Strock was one of scores of student volunteers who staffed the 2018 Open House; above right, organizers and participants of the Bay Informed Discussion Series—from left, Christine Gardiner, Matt Dunn, Joe Langan, Nina Santos, Diana Fontaine, Catrina Nowakowski, Maya Morales-McDevitt, Michelle Hauer, Melanie Feen, Sam Katz and Nicole Flecchia.

12 / URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY PHOTOS: (TOP AND ABOVE LEFT) ALEX DECICCIO. Our faculty members have created new courses that can help undergraduates address compelling issues—climate and the ocean, ocean life and food security, and extreme weather events—that society will face in the future.

Graduate students continue to produce new research results. In 2018, these results were presented to the sci- entific community at national and international meetings and published in more than 20 articles in peer-reviewed literature. Carrie McDonough (Ph.D. 2017, advised by Rainer Lohmann) was awarded the C. Ellen Gonter Environmental Chemistry Award from the American Chemical Society in recognition of her work on organic pollutants. The research conducted by graduate student Loes van Dam (advised by Chris Kincaid)—a physical model to visualize seafloor spreading—was featured in an article that was picked up by the popular press across the U.S. and beyond. Student-led and well-attended, the “Bay Informed Discussion Series” continues to be an exemplary pro- gram for engaging the broader community in GSO’s work. Students enjoy a terrific opportunity to hone presentation skills by speaking with the public about their research, ocean science and related issues. The GSO faculty is playing a far more prominent role in undergraduate education at URI than in years past. For decades, GSO faculty taught undergraduate-level he academic program continues to be at the heart courses predominantly to students majoring in ocean of GSO’s mission. Each fall, new students reinvig- engineering and marine biology. GSO faculty now teach orate the campus, while, each spring, graduates large, general education courses that reached more than depart to pursue their careers and extend GSO’s 1,200 students last year. Our faculty members have cre- Tinfluence around the world. ated new courses that can help undergraduates address compelling issues that society will face in the future. In May, 24 students celebrated their graduation. These These topics include such “grand challenges” as climate new alumni completed the Master of Oceanography (9), and the ocean, ocean life and food security, and extreme Master of Science (9), and Doctor of Philosophy (6). weather events. Some accepted positions nearby at the RI Department of Environmental Management and the US Naval Undersea Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Warfare Center, while others began post-doctoral re- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in search far afield, in places like Sweden and Tasmania. As Oceanography (SURFO) program was held for its 31st usual, GSO graduates accepted an array of assignments consecutive summer at GSO. Twelve students from in academia, industry, non-profits and government. around the country spent ten weeks on the Narragansett Bay Campus conducting research in faculty labs. Paired Seventeen new students arrived in September to begin with GSO graduate students, these undergraduates work toward the Master of Oceanography (4), Master of learned new analytic techniques to take on basic Science (4), or Doctor of Philosophy (9). These students questions in oceanographic research. Historically, this were recruited nationally and internationally and will soon program has proved to be extremely useful in recruiting research such diverse topics as optical properties of graduate students. seawater, symbiotic relationships at hydrothermal vents, and hurricane modeling. We look forward to the discoveries our current students make, even as we actively recruit the next cohort.

PHOTO: (ABOVE RIGHT) COURTESY OF BAY INFORMED COMMITTEE. 2018 ANNUAL REPORT / 13 PROJECT: Identifying RESEARCH AND ancient cultural sites on DISCOVERY southern New England’s continental shelf From submerged cultural sites in Rhode Island Sound The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is responsible for leasing submerged to earthquakes in the lands on the continental shelf for offshore energy development Pacific, GSO generates and mineral resource extraction. By law, the agency must con- new knowledge. sider potential impacts to submerged cultural sites as part of its project review and permitting processes. To help it protect submerged ancient Native American cultural sites, BOEM funded GSO researchers to conduct a five-year program of geoarchaeological research in the nearshore and offshore waters of Rhode Island. Working with partners from federal- and state-recognized Indian Tribes, federal and state agencies, universities, the international research community and industry, the GSO-led team developed “best practice” recommendations for a culturally sensitive, sci- ence-based approach to identifying ancient Native cultural sites submerged by post-glacial global sea-level rise. The results of this project will inform BOEM’s decision-making related to assessing and avoiding impacts to submerged ancient Native cultural sites identified within proposed offshore permit areas. In addition to developing best practices to identify submerged cultural sites, the project also created a model that can be used to help identify the possible location of submerged ancient landscapes on the southern New England continental shelf. Project research also docu- mented the local paleoenvironmental record through sediment coring, which provided a view of local environmental conditions dating back over 12,000 years. Three submerged paleocultural sites—two west of Block Island dating from approximately 6,500 years ago and one in Greenwich Bay dating from 1,500 years ago—were also identified during the project. Consisting of in situ quartz “chipping debris” from stone tool-making, pre-­cultigen plants, and a hearth feature (burned ground surface, Top, GSO professor John King; above, URI under­ charred pieces of wood, and fire-exposed rock cobbles), the graduate student and Narragansett Indian Tribal finds demonstrated that such sites could survive inundation and member Chali Machado moves a sediment probe into be preserved underwater. position to collect visual data on Greenwich Bay’s The project, which is scheduled to be completed by spring 2019, buried stratigraphy. is led by GSO professor John King (lead principal investigator), working with GSO research staff David Robinson (co-PI), Carol Gibson, Brian Caccioppoli, Monique LaFrance-Bartley, and Danielle Cares, along with several students, consultants, and volunteers, and local and regional tribal representatives.

14 / URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY PHOTOS: (TOP) ALEX DECICCIO, (ABOVE) DAVID ROBINSON. SPONSORED RESEARCH AWARDS GSO’s faculty and marine research scientists earned the following awards in 2018: $585,618 to Roxanne Beinart from National $18,480 to Rainer Lohmann from Environ­ $199,258 to Glenn Ricci and Elin Torell from Science Foundation for “The Impact ment and Climate Change of Canada International Union for Conservation of Symbiont-Larval Interactions on for “Preparation and Analysis of of Nature for “Central America Species Distribution Across South- Passive Samplers for Organic Con- Regional Coastal Biodiversity western Pacific Hydrothermal Vents” taminants in Lakes and Seawater” Project” $899,732 to Robert Campbell from National $269,485 to Brice Loose from National $396,783 to Rebecca Robinson from National Science Foundation for “The Science Foundation for “Measuring Science Foundation for “The Role of Planktonic Lower Trophic Dissolved Gases to Reveal the Nitrogen Isotopic Composition of Levels in Carbon and Nitrogen Processes that Drive the Solubility Diatom Resting Spores in Southern Transformations in the Central Pump and Determine Gas Concen­ Ocean Sediments: A Source of Arctic, a MOSAiC Proposal” tration in Antarctic Bottom Water” Bias and/or Paleoenvironmental Information?” $122,163 to Steven Carey from National $541,432 to Brice Loose from National Science Science Foundation for “NSFGEO- Foundation for “Identifying the $73,834 to Rebecca Robinson, John King NERC Caldera-Forming Eruption- Controls on Gas Flux and Microbial and Brice Loose from Rhode Generated Tsunamis” Carbon and Energy Transformation Island Science and Technology Across the Sea-Ice-Seawater Advisory Council for “Exploring $196,487 to Steven Carey and Katherine Interface in the New Arctic” the Capabilities of a New Benthic Kelley from National Science Lander System for Investigating Foundation for “An Integrated Study $250,000 to Jennifer McCann from R.I.’s Sediment Biogeochemical of the Driving Forces and Deposits Coastal Resources Management Exchange—A Critical Boundary of Shallow Water Eruptions of Council for “Narragansett Bay Condition for Ecosystem Modeling in Volatile-Rich Basalt: Socorro 1993 Special Area Management Plan Narragansett Bay” Revisited” (BAY SAMP)” $39,000 to Christopher Roman from Creare $250,000 to Bruce Corliss et al. from Oregon $745,815 to Jennifer McCann from National LLC for “Autonomous Bathymetric State University for “Regional Class Oceanic and Atmospheric Survey System” Research Vessel (RCRV) #2: Phase Administration/Sea Grant for III – Ship Construction Oversight” “Expanding Rhode Island $20,800 to Pamela Rubinoff from University Aquaculture through a Web-Based, of Connecticut for “Inland and $36,922 to Peter Cornillon from Earth Space Entry-Level Farm Worker Training Coastal Flooding Preparation, Research for “Evaluate the Temporal Program with Model/Learnings to Mitigation and Recovery in and Spatial Variability of the SST other States” Continuous States” Gradient Field in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic” $76,224 to Kelton McMahon from Rhode $159,715 to Gail Scowcroft and Dwight Island Science and Technology Coleman from National Science $405,493 to Annette DeSilva from National Advisory Council for “Developing Foundation for “NSF-EAGER: Science Foundation for “Ocean Novel Amino Acid Fingerprinting Antarctic Broadcasts: Broader Observatories Initiative Facility Tracers to Understand Shifts in Impacts Through Telepresence” Board (OOIFB) Administrative Phytoplankton Community Structure Support Office” of Narragansett Bay” $7,775 to Yang Shen from National Science Foundation for “NSF-RAPID: OBS to Kathleen Donohue and D $823,479 $70,000 to Susanne Menden-Deuer Survey of Kilauea’s Submarine Randolph Watts from National from National Aeronautics and South Flank Following the May 4, Academy of Sciences for “Under- Space Administration for “Light 2018 M6.9 Earthquake and Lower standing Gulf Ocean Systems, Topic Dependence in Herbivory Rates for East Rift Zone Eruption” 2, Pressure and Current Meters” North Atlantic Plankton” $185,248 to Elin Torell and Brian Crawford to Isaac Ginis and Tetsu Hara from $445,813 $45,000 to Melissa Omand from National from Mississippi State for “URI National Science Foundation for Aeronautics and Space Fisheries Innovation Lab” “Surface Wave Impacts on Upper Administration for “Net Community Ocean Response to Tropical Production Across Scales: From $239,324 to David Ullman from National Cyclones” Autonomous Profiling to Ocean Science Foundation for Color Remote Sensing” “Investigating the Air-Sea Energy $50,806 to John King from INSPIRE Exchange in the Presence of Environmental LLC for “Deep Water $450,002 to Melissa Omand and H Thomas Surface Gravity Waves” Wind EMF Survey: EMF Study of Rossby from National Science the Export and Inter-Array Cables, Foundation for “Minions: A Low-Cost $79,968 to David Ullman and Melissa Omand Rhode Island” Float for Distributed, Lagrangian from Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council for $694,511 to John King from Bureau of Observations of the Biological Carbon Pump” “Glider-Based Observations of Ocean Energy Management for Hydrography and Nutrients in Rhode “Electromagnetic Field Impacts $40,014 to Jaime Palter from National Island Sound in Support of RI C-AIM on American Eel Movement and Science Foundation for “NSF- Modeling” Migration from Direct Current Cables” RAPID: Observing Heat and Carbon $64,704 to John Walsh from National Science $33,601 to John King from New England Fluxes with an Autonomous Wind- Powered Surface Vehicle in the Gulf” Foundation for “NSF-RAPID: Interstate Water Pollution for Examining Seafloor Dynamics “Sediment Profile Imagery Survey $106,327 to Glenn Ricci from Department of Offshore Bogue Banks, NC Related to Evaluate Benthic Habitat Quality Interior for “Conducting a Vulnerability to Hurricane Florence” in Narragansett Bay” Assessment at George Washington Birthplace National Monument and $559,849 to D Randolph Watts from multiple $262,421 to Rainer Lohmann from Strategic sources for “Inverted Echo Sounder Environmental Research and Identifying Options to Increase Resilience at Multiple Parks” (IES) Technology/Research: Development Program for “Field Pressure Recorders (PIES) and Testing a Passive Multisampler to Current Meters (CPIES)” Measure Dioxins/Furans and Other Contaminant Bioavailability in Aquatic Sediments”

2018 ANNUAL REPORT / 15 RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY PROJECT: Investigating submarine earthquakes after the Kilauea eruption GSO professor Yang Shen is at the forefront of seismology sci- ence. This spring, he and collaborators at Western Washington University and Rice University applied for a National Science Foundation (NSF) nRAPID (Rapid Response Research) grant to investigate a magnitude 6.9 earthquake following the eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. NSF RAPID grants are a funding mechanism for NSF to respond to natural hazards and events in near real-time with scientific research. Shen and graduate student Jiahang Li received their RAPID award in June to survey Kilauea’s submarine south flank following the May 2018 earthquake and Lower East Rift Zone eruption. Only one month prior, a dramatic shift took place in the ongoing eruption of Kilauea: both the summit lava lake and the vent at Pu`u O`o, active for 35 years, catastrophically drained, sending magma to the Lower East Rift Zone, where it began to erupt. The shift in activity was accompanied by a dramatic increase in seismicity within the rift zone, at the summit, and beneath the volcano’s submarine south flank. The resulting earthquake rup- tured the south flank; this was the largest earthquake recorded in Hawaii since the 1975 Kalapana event occurred at virtually the same location. In July, off the coast of the Big Island, aboard the R/V KOK, the team deployed a network of ocean-bottom seismometers (OBSs) to record the aftershocks and hydro-acoustic activity associated with the ongoing erup- tion. The resulting seismoacoustic recordings can be used to locate offshore earthquakes and identify submarine eruptive processes such as lava-water explosions, submarine lava flows, and landslides. The OBSs were collected in the fall, and preliminary analysis suggests that many more earthquakes oc- curred offshore than were detected by the land-based seismic network. The OBS data substantially improved the ability of scientists to determine the location of offshore earthquakes, which will lead to better under- standing of the seismic, submarine landslide and tsunami ­hazards of Kilauea’s south flank.

Top, GSO professor Yang Shen. Above, left to right, graduate students Jiahang Li (URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography), Martin Rapa (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), and Lena Gibbs (Western Washington University) deploy an ocean-bottom seismometer off the Hawaiian coast.

16 / URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY PHOTOS: (ABOVE) JACKIE CAPLAN-AUERBACH Coastal Institute BAY CAMPUS Interdisciplinary Teams The Coastal Institute (CI) fosters and supports interdisciplinary CHRONICLE collaborations with special emphasis on CI Senior Fellows who embody a variety of disciplines and represent a diversity of Highlights from Coastal institutions, public agencies, private sectors and citizen scien- tists. Once again, the CI brought the Senior Fellows together Institute, Coastal Resources for their annual field trip to explore the upper watershed of both Center, Inner Space Center, the Taunton and Blackstone Rivers. This fresh air think tank and Rhode Island Sea Grant provides valuable feedback on CI investments as well as the opportunity to imagine future collaborations. Once these discussions spark a proposal concept and identify a source, the CI participates in grant development by using its Grants-in-Aid, Catalyst Grants, and Leveraging Grants programs to provide staff or financial support during grant development, application, and mainte- nance. As one example, a CI Grants-in-Aid invest- ment of $15,000 supported the Coastal Resources Center staff travel to the Philippines to research and prepare a U.S. Agency for International Development grant proposal. This led to a $25 million award—the largest in URI history—focusing on protecting the Philippines marine biodiversity by addressing some of the major key threats, overfishing and illegal fishing. As part of the CI Climate Response Demonstration Site initiative, Warren and Barrington were iden- tified as towns in urgent need of planning for sea-level rise. These foresighted municipalities are engaging with an evolving consortium of URI experts—led by Dr. Charles Roman (CI/ URI Department of Natural Resources Science), Teresa Crean (Coastal Resources Center), and Amber Neville (CI)—multiple state agencies, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the University of Pennsylvania. The culmination of three years of investment in workshops, the CI hosted a regional gathering of experts in “R” program- ming—a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics—at the first Nor’eastR Conference.

Innovative Science Communication For the second year, the CI has served as the Research Translation Core for the $8 million National Institute of Environ­ mental Health Sciences Superfund Research Program led by Top, Coastal Institute Senior Fellows on the GSO professor Rainer Lohmann in partnership with Harvard Blackstone River during an annual field trip; University and the Silent Spring Institute. At the program’s above, Dr. Jeffrey Hollister opens the Nor’eastR annual meeting, the CI’s outreach materials were lauded as the conference in Providence. clearest and most compelling science communication seen. Following its mission to enrich the conversation regarding coastal management, the CI hosts a range of speakers and events. The 2018 Scott W. Nixon Lecture Series featured his former student, Dr. Robinson “Wally” Fulweiler, who vividly demonstrated her expertise as an estuarine scientist with her (continued next page)

PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SALERNO. 2018 ANNUAL REPORT / 17 BAY CAMPUS CHRONICLE talk So Many Estuaries, So Little Time: Narragansett Bay as a Model Coastal Resources Center for Coastal Systems Under Change. In support of the CI’s ongoing The Center continued last year making local and global impacts training related to Scientific Support in its three portfolio areas—sustainable seafood; thriving, resilient for Environmental Emergency Response, speakers Dana Tullis communities; and well-planned coasts and oceans. from the U.S. Coast Guard, and Lisa National Innovation DiPinto and Steve Lehman from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric In Rhode Island, CRC kicked off a energy facilities on their communities Administration provided in-depth Blue Economy project with support and economies. lessons learned from the Deepwater from GSO. The project is focused on The adoption of the Shoreline Horizon oil spill. forging new connections between Change Special Area Management the state’s marine-based busi- The RI Environmental Monitoring Plan (Beach SAMP) was a major nesses, from boatbuilding and aqua- Collaborative (EMC), chaired by Dr. milestone for the RI CRMC, gar- culture to the defense industry, while Nicole Rohr (CI), was statutorily es- nering national media attention. also engaging government, commu- tablished to coordinate environmental The plan includes comprehensive nity and academic partners in the monitoring strategies as well as to guidance and recommendations for conversation. The Narragansett Bay identify state monitoring priorities. In community-based adaption planning Special Area Management Plan (Bay service of the people of Rhode Island for flooding and erosion associated SAMP) picked up momentum with and its elected officials, the EMC with storms and sea-level rise. CRC CRC facilitating the process for the developed a much-needed database also continued the momentum of RI Coastal Resources Management dashboard that serves to educate the its PREP-RI (Providing Resilience Council (CRMC) to develop draft public about the health of our environ- Education for Planning Preparedness policies that define and protect bay ment (www.rimonitoring.org). in RI) Initiative, providing sought-after resources. Through public dialogue technical assistance to government, Complementing STEM perspec- for this project, key issues, such as private sector, and community enti­ tives, the CI looks to aesthetics as a identifying locations for underwater ties, and launching new pilot pro- means to stimulate ways of thinking cables of potential wind farm instal- grams in Providence and Portsmouth, about science. Ecologists worked in lations, are being researched and RI. The domestic team remains an partnership with renowned artist Lori resolved. In other wind farm-related important trainer and resource for Jeremiah to explore threatened salt activity, the CRC developed indica- the shellfish aquaculture industry, marshes in the Studio Blue exhibit, tors for the U.S. Bureau of Ocean providing education and services “Fading Landscapes: the fragility of Management that will assist coastal to farmers and farmhands alike coastal beauty,” which was a feature states countrywide as they assess through a recent large federal grant. of the GSO Open House. the impact of offshore renewable CRC continues to work to facilitate the RI Shellfish Initiative by building engagement among private sector, government and community partners. Another federally funded project is enabling CRC to investigate options for enhancing the nascent kelp farming market in Rhode Island and the New England region as a whole.

Actions for Global Sustainability In 2018, the U.S. Agency for International Development COMFISH program, which focused on im- proving fisheries management in Senegal, concluded after seven very successful years. A major effort of COMFISH was the development and support of Local Artisanal Fisheries Councils (CLPAs) across the country. The painting “Grassy Routes in Jamestown” by Lori Jeremiah

18 / URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY The success of the project was clear this fall when the Senegal govern- ment agreed to remit 60 percent of the revenue from fishing licenses to support functions and any loss claims of the CLPAs. As part of the project, CRC hosted a study tour in Rhode Island and Washington, D.C. for a delegation from Senegal to learn and engage with several entities in the U.S., such as the U.S. Coast Guard, Navy and the RI Department of Environmental Management. While some projects ramped down, others have started up. New projects, funded through USAID, include the Fish Right Program in the Philippines, the Hay Tao project in Madagascar, the Regional Coastal Biodiversity Project in three countries of Central America, and the Fish Innovation Lab (multi-country). The Fish Right Program in particular is being implemented in partnership with Philippine universities, non- governmental organizations, and government agencies thanks to the largest grant in URI history ($25 million). While the goal is to increase fish biomass in three study areas, the project team is also working to engage the public and private sector to increase fisheries management capacity and reduce threats to coastal and marine biodiversity. CRC continues to work hard on ongoing Top, URI President Dooley (far right) stands with Philippines and U.S. projects in Ghana that have made representatives at the launch ceremony for the USAID Fish Right Program. a tremendous impact on fisheries, Center, A Senegalese woman celebrates in Missirah, a town on the Sine Saloum post-harvest markets and communi- delta in Senegal. Bottom, a stop at the hurricane barrier in Providence, R.I., ties across the country. during a CRC-led field trip for URI undergraduates in Spring 2018.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF COASTAL RESOURCES CENTER 2018 ANNUAL REPORT / 19 BAY CAMPUS CHRONICLE Inner Space Center

The Center continued to support ocean exploration through telepresence activities aboard research vessels including the R/V Endeavor, NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer, and E/V Nautilus.

Blending Space and Ocean Exploration ISC worked closely with NASA, NOAA, and the Ocean Explora­ to handle data visualizations and The ISC team equipped the ship with tion Trust to support the SUBSEA enable ­decision-making in near real portable telepresence technologies (Systematic Underwater Biogeo­ time. and conducted four live broadcasts to chemical Science and Exploration a variety of school groups. More than Analog) research program, designed Tri-Ship Connection 1,000 students connected with the to bring together the worlds of space ship, learned about research activi- and ocean exploration and science. In The ISC coordinated and hosted a live interaction with three ocean ties, and were able to ask questions August 2018, the Nautilus’ mapping of cruise participants in real time. and ROV systems were used off science and exploration vessels: the the Big Island of Hawaii to explore NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, E/V Nautilus, and RV Falkor on June 8, Yes-on-2 Bond Campaign recently erupted volcanic flows on Live Event the seafloor and the active Lo’ih’i 2018, as part of the globally cele- Seamount at up to depths of 4,000 brated World Oceans Day. The event Ahead of the November 2018 meters. This underwater volcano was reached over 6,000 viewers across statewide election, the ISC facilitated investigated as an analog for potential four YouTube and four Facebook live and hosted a live interaction with hydrothermal systems that could exist streams, a tenfold increase from the a class of engineering students at on moons like Enceladus and other previous year’s event. Central Falls High School, scientists “Ocean Worlds.” The NASA team was and engineers onboard E/V Nautilus stationed in Mission Control at the Rhode Island and scientists and educators at ISC ISC, learning how scientists and engi- Endeavor Program Mission Control. Showcased were neers conduct remote science and di- In April 2018, undergraduate stu- connections between telepresence- rect ROV dives via telepresence. The dents from a University of Rhode enabled ocean science and live NASA team will return in May 2019 for Island Honors Program course taught educational opportunities provided to the next phase of the program, where by GSO professor Karen Wishner K-12 schools, a capability that will be newly developed software tools and departed on a six-day oceanographic greatly expanded through approval exploration protocols will be employed expedition aboard the R/V Endeavor. of the ballot’s Question 2.

20 / URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY Skype a Scientist The Skype a Scientist program Rhode Island Sea Grant (https://www.skypeascientist.com/) matches classrooms with scientists One of the hallmarks of the program, based at GSO, is its ability around the world. As part of this to respond quickly and thoroughly to stakeholder needs. program, the ISC facilitated several live interactions between classrooms Rhode Island Fiberglass of their size, accelerate the capacity and Catalina Martinez, Regional Vessel Recycling deadline, as well as contribute to Program Manager for the NOAA the overall issue of plastics disposal, One such issue arose through Office of Ocean Exploration and which has emerged as a worldwide discussion with the Rhode Island Research. One interaction featured problem. URI Ocean Engineering assistant Marine Trades Association (RIMTA), professor Brennan Phillips at the ISC which brought forth the challenge its Rhode Island Sea Grant Director along with URI Ocean Engineering members were facing dealing with Dennis Nixon allocated program students from his class who were the disposal of end-of-life fiberglass development funds for a graduate sailing onboard NOAA Ship Okeanos boats. The state landfill is expected research assistant to look into mech- Explorer. to be at capacity within the coming anisms for the disposal of end-of-life two decades. Once capacity is ARISE Workshop reached, there will be nowhere to dis- Below, Hurricane-tossed and storm- pose of fiberglass boat hulls. RIMTA damaged, these fiberglass boats have The ISC education team conducted further noted that boat hulls, because become a total loss. the three-day Arctic Researchers and Informal Science Education (ARISE) Workshop in October for 47 Arctic scientists and education professionals from across the U.S. The workshop provided opportunities for broadening the impacts of Arctic research funded by the National Science Foundation. It also intro- duced the scientists to leaders in polar education, who shared informa- tion on effective practice, examples of successful broader impact activi- ties, and models for sharing research results with diverse audiences.

Top left, members of the NASA team at work in ISC’s Mission Control. Below, far left, engineering students at Central Falls H.S. in R.I. interact with scientists and engineers at GSO and on board E/V Nautilus. Below, during the ARISE workshop, R.I. high school students converse with scientists on board Okeanos Explorer.

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Right, Brynae Riggins from Roger Williams University was a Sea Grant Law Fellow. Below right, Sea Grant intern Ryan Donnelly films shellfisherman Mike McGiveney for the “Shellfish Shorts” video series. fiberglass boats. The student, Evan Ridley, found that fiberglass boats are recycled in Europe in a process that turns the fiberglass into the raw material for cement production. With Nixon’s guidance, Ridley met with representatives of the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Agency, which operates the landfill, as well as marina operators and cement producers, to see if a similar process would be feasible in the U.S. The answer was yes, mechanically it could be done. A pilot program was developed to test the technical validity, which proved successful. This project, now termed the Rhode Island Fiberglass Vessel Recycling pilot project, is in the process of testing economic feasibility. If it succeeds, fiberglass boat recycling would not only help slow the rate at which the state’s landfill capacity will be reached in Rhode Island, but could very well change the fate of end-of-life fiberglass boats at a national scale. A significant source of plastics pollution would be removed from the waste stream and recycled as both a source of fuel and as a component of cement production, both with cost savings to cement producers. Law Fellow Program Shellfish Shorts Ridley earned his master’s degree and was hired as project manager by Rhode Island Sea Grant has also Sea Grant was also instrumental RIMTA in 2018 to develop and imple- responded to stakeholder needs in developing the “Shellfish Shorts” ment the economic feasibility study. through its Law Fellow program, run video series to promote the Rhode Funding for the position was secured by the Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Island Shellfish Initiative, a partner- by Ridley and Sea Grant and pro- Program, which matches selected ship among state agencies, industry vided by 11th Hour Racing, a private law students at Roger Williams and conservation organizations. The foundation that works with the sailing University School of Law with orga- videos cover such topics as how community and maritime industries on nizations in need of legal and policy to shuck an oyster, how to dig for ocean health initiatives. In less than research. Recently, this program has quahogs and how to safely handle a year at RIMTA, Ridley received a helped a Connecticut municipality and prepare your shellfish. “Rising Young Leader Award” at IBEX, grapple with decisions regarding Projects like these and many others an international boat building exposi- the impact of sea level rise on its have resulted in the Rhode Island tion held in Nashville in 2018. Director roadways, as well as responded to a Sea Grant program receiving high Nixon was appointed by Governor commercial fishing industry request marks for meeting and exceeding Gina Raimondo to the state’s Plastics to examine the legal challenges to National Sea Grant standards of Task Force. selling seafood directly to the public. excellence at the program’s 4-year review in November. 22 / URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY PHOTOS BY MONICA ALLARD COX. Redevelop the Narragansett Bay Campus Campus facilities, worn by weather and time, belie the school’s national prominence in oceanography, coastal policy and technological innovation. A recent independent analysis revealed that nearly 60 percent of buildings DEVELOPMENT and laboratories have reached the end of their service life.

“GSO East”: Replace Horn Research Coastal Laboratory Research A Fundraising Strategic Labs, now more than 50 years old, Center: Build a facility that accommo- with a state-of-the-art research facility dates long-term research and develop- Plan unveils how for faculty working in the geological ment of biological and environmental philanthropic support and biological oceanographic disci- solutions, while providing spaces for plines. $6 million new collaboration, partnership, and can propel GSO to enterprise. $8 million achieve near-term goals Ocean Innovation and Technology: A new building in which GSO and Inner Space Center (ISC): Add a and pursue a long-term Ocean Engineering faculty collaborate telepresence conference room, an vision. on technological innovations for the advanced autonomous-vehicle mis- systems and equipment that will sion control and teaching lab, a new be carried aboard and deployed by studio, and technical support for new research vessels, transforming the ships such as the NSF’s Regional leadership recently adopted a practice of oceanography. $5 million Class Research Vessels. $3 million GSO Fundraising Strategic Plan that sets goals and priorities for new giving and ongoing Teaching Commons: With new Partnering with the Rhode Island construction at the east end of Public Broadcasting System: investment—a comprehensive vision for academic GSO’s quad, increase the capacity to Produce ocean-focused programming leadership and sustainable growth. Elements of the educate and serve undergraduate and that packages content into documen­ plan address redevelopment and transformation of graduate students and enhance their taries, K-12 education modules, and the Narragansett Bay Campus and advancement learning experience. $5 million ultimately a dedicated television of GSO’s position as a recognized leader among station, to be broadcast with the GSO/ISC brand. $500,000 oceanographic institutions. Expand the Mission in Coastal Waters The plan calls for raising $43 million in private gifts over the next several years that, when paired with Coastal Waters Research Vessel: Bay and in waters throughout the New public funds, will: Faculty at GSO and the College of England region. Students will explore the Environment and Life Sciences interdisciplinary marine issues in • attract and retain the most accomplished will collaborate on nearshore research group settings as part of an ocean- and talented faculty and students aboard this stable platform that can sciences curricula. The goal is accommodate up to 30 passengers. sufficient to cover construction and • empower faculty, researchers and students— As a living classroom, the vessel will acquisition of the vessel and endowed those who are best able to understand and host K-12 and college students for support of annual maintenance and impact the health of the world’s oceans, research projects on Narragansett daily operations. $5 million coastlines and inland waters Endow Support for Academics • inspire professionals, researchers and Dean’s Leadership Fund for Fellowships: Provide for annual educators the world over, and Excellence in Oceanography: awards that, when applied to offset • engender pride and support among citizens Generate funds for startup and the cost of attendance, will help who value ocean science in the Ocean State. compensation packages that the ensure outstanding students matric­ dean may offer to attract and retain ulate at the Graduate School of renowned faculty who are performing Oceanography. $2.5 million transformative research. The Leader­ ship Fund may also support deserving Professorship: Create a faculty position graduate students and enable the focused on the intersection of marine dean to invest in strategic priorities science, policy and management to for the school. $5 million enhance capacity for interdisciplinary problem-solving. $2.5 million Restore and Preserve The Mosby Center (formerly North Lab): Renovate this beloved historic building—much-used by the GSO community—and restore it to its ­vibrant and creative state. Upgrade the interior and its surroundings to meet today’s building and safety codes. $500,000

2018 ANNUAL REPORT / 23 Every gift to GSO makes a difference, and we are grateful. All donors—GSO alumni, individuals, foundations and corporations—are friends of GSO and recognized below. ROLL OF DONORS Challenger †* Dr. Barclay P. Collins Ms. Deborah J. Mottur “Thank You” to the Mrs. Judith Collins Mr. Peter A. Mottur † following contributors Mrs. Donna Church Mr. Christopher T H Pell Greenlee Ms. Janet Alexander Pell during the 2018 fiscal †* Mr. Stephen M. Greenlee year—July 1, 2017 to Mr. Frederick H. Prince June 30, 2018. Endeavor † Mr. Dennis R. Costello Mrs. Pancha Peterson † Mr. Carl Peterson Ms. Judith Stern Weisman

Advisory Council Membership Beagle Under the direction of Dean Bruce Corliss, Mr. Andrew L. Brill † Mr. Frank Ray the Council shares in developing fundraising † Mr. Peter T. Hahn Mr. Douglas M. Ricci plans and priorities and in disseminating this † Ms. Nancy E. Jamison † Ms. Janet Lynn Robinson vision. On behalf of the entire community of GSO alumni and friends, we extend to these Mr. Steven M. McInnis † Mr. Christopher individuals our heartfelt appreciation. Ms. Kathleen A. Peterson du Pont Roosevelt Ms. Rosalind H. Roosevelt Barclay Collins Jason Kelly Chair Trident Gregory Marshall Stephen Greenlee * Dr. Craig A. Amerigian * Mr. Richard C. Hittinger Robert Morton Vice Chair Ms. Stephanie Amerigian Mrs. Victoria M. Hittinger Christopher Pell Randy Brandenburg Ms. Kay S. Baird Mrs. Marilyn Ledbetter Carl Peterson Lincoln Chafee Mr. Ronald C. Baird * Dr. Michael T. Ledbetter Frank Ray Dennis Costello * Dr. Joceline M. Boucher * Dr. Margaret S. Leinen Andrew Reilly Ms. Joanne M. Brandenburg Ms. Maureen T. McConaghy Robert Fetzer † Janet Robinson Mr. Randy J. Brandenburg Ms. Judith A. McLaren James Gilbert Christopher du Pont Ms. Cheryl A. Burns Mr. Ritchie S. McLaren Thomas Goddard Roosevelt Mr. James C. Burns III Dr. John T. Merrill David Gove William Schlesinger Dr. Robert Campbell Ms. Deborah M. O’Reilly Peter Hahn Win Warren Mrs. Kathleen Carniaux * Dr. James E. O’Reilly Nancy Jamison Mr. Robert F. Carniaux * Dr. Steven R. Ramp Richard West Mr. Peter A. Claypool * Dr. Henry M. Rines * Dr. Bruce H. Corliss * Dr. Jan E. Rines Recognition Society Giving Level Mrs. Teresa Lyons Corliss * Dr. Robert C. Thunell * Dr. Richard K. Edel * Dr. John H. Tietjen Challenger $10,000 and greater † Mr. Robert Fetzer Mr. John M. Timken Jr. Endeavor $5,000 to $9,999 Ms. Beverly J. Gove Mrs. Polly Morgan Timken Beagle $2,500 to $4,999 † Rear Adm. David A. Gove Ms. Ellen W. Yoder Trident $1,000 to $2,499 Dr. Kathleen I. Gremel * Dr. James A. Yoder Ms. Nancy Hays Ms. Rosanne Zimmerman Nautilus up to $999 Mr. Wayne Hays

24 / URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY * = GSO ALUMNUS/AE, † = ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER Nautilus Mrs. Bette J. Aaronson * Dr. Mark G. Cantwell Mrs. Marie I. Doebler Mr. Jared D. Aaronson * Mrs. Constance Grove Carey * Dr. Mary Worobec Doering Mr. Robert Q. Achzenher * Dr. Steven N. Carey * Dr. Peter H. Doering Mr. David E. Adams Ms. Kathryn Barber Carlson * Dr. Henry A. Donaldson Mrs. Elizabeth Payne Adams Ms. Josephine M. Carubia Mrs. Linda Donaldson Ms. Diane C. Alexander Ms. Marianne Casey Dr. Grace M. Donnelly Mr. William E. Alexander Mr. Raymond P. Cassola * Dr. Kathleen A. Donohue Mrs. Kimberly A. Alfultis Mr. Robert Censabella Ms. Roberta E. Doran * Dr. Michael A. Alfultis Ms. T.C. Chadwick Ms. Elizabeth E. Anderson Ms. Donna T. Chellis Ms. Ellen Anderson * Dr. Celia Y. Chen Ms. Mary E. Anderson * Dr. Richard A. Chinman * Dr. Carin J. Ashjian Mrs. Rebecca L. Choiniere * Ms. Elizabeth Ayer * Mr. Stephen R. Choiniere Mr. Edward P. Babinski Mr. Chris Chowaniec Ms. Florence F. Balderston Ms. Jane Chowaniec * Dr. W. Lloyd Balderston * Dr. J. Stanley Cobb Ms. Lorraine Barba Ms. Laurel K. Cobb * Mr. Randolph C. Barba Mrs. Elizabeth H. Coghlin Mr. Robert M. Beirne Dr. Thomas J. Coghlin * Dr. Richard J. Bell Mr. Vincent M. Colapietro Ms. Rosalie F. Bell * Mr. Dwight F. Coleman Ms. Joan Benderson Ms. Trudy C. Coleman Doctoral candidate Joe Langan’s, “Charac­ Dr. David A. Bengtson Mr. Juan Corradi terizing Changing Ecosystem Phenology * Dr. Barbara J. Bergen * Dr. David E. Crandall in Response to Climate in a Large Temperate Mr. Robert H. Bergen Mrs. Henrietta L. Crandall Estuary,” was awarded Best Student Paper * Dr. Mark S. Berman * Dr. Katherine Croff Bell at the Annual Meeting of the American Mrs. Susan F. Berman * Dr. Meghan F. Cronin Fisheries Society, Fish Habitat Section. * Dr. Veronica M. Berounsky Ms. Kathy Curley Ms. Maryanne Brennan Berry * Dr. Kiersten L. Curti * Dr. Gregory S. Douglas * Dr. Walter J. Berry * Dr. J. Paul Dauphin Ms. Julie M. Douglas * Dr. Peter R. Betzer Mrs. LaWanda L. Dauphin * Dr. Kathleen A. Duffy * Dr. Susan B. Betzer Ms. Ellen S. Davis * Dr. Dean A. Dunn * Dr. James J. Bisagni Mr. Geoffrey T. Davis Mrs. Bernice Anderson Durfee * Dr. Gustavo A. Bisbal Ms. Christine H. Deacutis Dr. Wayne King Durfee Mrs. Ellen Balzer Boehm * Dr. Christopher F. Deacutis Ms. Lisa Duval * Dr. Paul D. Boehm Ms. Lisa Grenier Dean Mrs. Katherine E. Dwyer * Dr. Paula S. Bontempi Mr. Peter R. Dean Jr. * Dr. Robert L. Dwyer Dr. Amy S. Bower * Mr. Lloyd E. DeKay Ms. Lyn Edmonds Mr. Samuel J. Braun * Ms. Loretta Sullivan DeKay Mr. William Edmonds Mrs. Sarah K. Braun Ms. Suzanne M. Derry-Lorda * Dr. William G. Ellis Ms. Susan Perkins Brillat Ms. Thelma P. Dibona * Dr. Brooks B. Ellwood Mr. Thomas H. Brillat Dr. Barry E. Devine Mrs. Suzanne Ellwood * Ms. Dale T. Brown Mrs. Diane Devine * Dr. Jane A. Elrod Mr. Gilbert C. Brown Mr. D. Joseph Dickinson * Dr. David L. Evans Mr. David Gunter Browning * Mrs. Mariel Oakman Dickinson * Dr. Mary C. Fabrizio Mr. Robert J. Brugman Mr. Stephen M. Dickson Mr. John F. Fahey * Dr. Michael R. Bueti Mrs. Cynthia J. Dillon Mr. Robert N. Fain * Ms. Leslie Bulion * Dr. William P. Dillon Mr. Charles Farrell Ms. Linda J. Butler Mrs. Adele M. DiStefano * Mrs. Virginia K. Farrell * Dr. Christopher J. Calabretta Mr. Vincent N. DiStefano * Dr. John W. Farrington Mr. Thomas F. Callan * Mr. Harold J. Doebler

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Mrs. Joanne Borden Glancy * Mr. Roger P. Kelly * Dr. Thomas J. Glancy * Dr. Robert D. Kenney Mr. Curtis A. Gollard Mr. Everett E. Kenyon * Dr. Donald C. Gordon Mrs. June Kenyon Mrs. Joleen Gordon * Dr. Lloyd D. Keigwin * Dr. Deborah Hutchinson Gove * Dr. Darryl J. Keith Dr. Lee A. Gove * Dr. Richard A. Kerr Mrs. Eva L. Griffeth * Dr. John A. Kiddon Ms. Deborah Grossman-Garber Ms. Christine A. Kirch Mr. David T. Grzybowski * Dr. James N. Kremer Ms. Susan H. Gustafson * Dr. Patricia M. Kremer * Dr. James H. Hain * Dr. David Y. Lai * Mrs. Lynne Zeitlin Hale * Dr. Elizabeth M. Laliberte * Mr. Stephen S. Hale Mr. John Laliberte * Mr. Daniel Halkin * Dr. Christopher Langdon Mr. Dean D. Hamilton Mr. Ivo Lange * Ms. Linda A. Hansen * Ms. Sarah A. Lawrence Ms. Charlene Harrington Mr. Richard Lee Mr. Dale Gilbert Harrington Ms. Noelle F. Lewis The Coastal Resiliency Symposium, led by Ms. Nancy Harrington Mr. John L. Lillibridge Congressman Jim Langevin, addressed * Mr. Yuguang He Mr. Edward J. Linky, Esq. adaptation to impacts of climate change. Ms. Patricia B. Healey * Dr. Brooke A. Longval Speakers and panelists included Senator Mr. Robert Charles Healey * Dr. Ernesto Lorda Sheldon Whitehouse, Jon White from the Dr. Timothy T. Higgins Ms. Eileen Lynch Consortium for Ocean Leadership, and * Dr. Kenneth R. Hinga Mrs. Susan Macy science experts from URI’s Bay Campus. * Dr. Kay T. Ho * Dr. William K. Macy * Dr. Eva Jernigan Hoffman Mr. Leo Mainelli Mrs. Shirley G. Farrington Mr. Gerald L. Hoffman Mrs. Lita A. Mainelli Ms. Barbara H. Findley * Dr. Stephan Dixon Howden * Dr. Lucie Maranda Mr. James J. Findley * Dr. Steven G. Howell * Dr. Guy D. Marchesseault Ms. Judith R. Fine Mr. Paul Balcom Howland Ms. Leslie Marchesseault * Dr. Michael L. Fine Ms. Roma-Gayle Howland * Dr. Hal B. Maring Mr. David C. Fisichella * Mr. Bruce A. Huber Mrs. Joyce Maring Mrs. Beverly A. Fogg * Dr. Jeffrey E. Hughes * Dr. Cynthia Parmelee Maris * Dr. Thomas R. Fogg * Dr. Julia M. Hummon Dr. Mark A. Maris * Mr. Carl S. Fontneau Mr. Jonathan N. Hyde Mr. Francis Marsh Ms. Donna Frithsen * Dr. Kimberly J W Hyde Ms. Marilyn A. Mattera * Dr. Jeffrey B. Frithsen Mr. William G. Isabella Ms. Emily Terry Maughan * Ms. Laima Alzara Gaidulis * Ms. Susan K. Jackson * Dr. James T. Maughan * Dr. Arthur G. Gaines * Dr. David L. Johnson * Dr. Harry B. McCarty Mrs. Jennifer Stone Gaines Mrs. Gail Johnson Mr. Benjamin W. McCleary * Dr. Jane Gallagher * Dr. Paul S. Joyce Mrs. Jean McCleary * Dr. Jonathan H. Garber Ms. Elizabeth M. Jutras Dr. Charles E. McCoy * Dr. Newell Garfield * Dr. Norman M. Kahn Mr. Brian L. McCully Mr. John M. Gavis Mr. Mark Kane Ms. Joyce A. McElhaney Ms. Ruth G. Gibbud Ms. Lisa Karin * Mr. M. Conor McManus * Dr. Graham S. Giese Ms. Fern Kaufman-Weisel * Ms. Ellen L. Mecray Mrs. Rachel B. Giese Mr. David J. Kelleher * Dr. Gregory Allen Mead † Mr. James Robie Gilbert Ms. Evelyn Kelleher Dr. Susanne Menden-Deuer * Dr. Craig S. Gilman Ms. Gayle L. Kelly Mr. Anthony R. Merlino * Dr. Sharon L. Gilman Mr. Jason E. Kelly * Dr. Peter S. Meyer Mrs. Irina Ginis * Dr. John R. Kelly Ms. Karen A. Michalec Prof. Isaac Ginis Ms. Misti Kelly Dr. Bonny H. Miller Mrs. Sheila B. Ginsberg

26 / URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY * = GSO ALUMNUS/AE, † = ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER * Dr. Gerard R. Miller * Dr. Jerry L. Miller GSO faculty members— Mrs. Susan C. Miller Melissa Omand, Tatiana * Mr. Andrew Milliken Rynearson and Susanne Ms. Nancy Milliken Menden-Deuer—are * Dr. Andrew Morang working with NASA and the Mrs. Susan Z. Morang NSF to better understand † Dr. Robert W. Morton the role and fate of plankton. Ms. Kathleen S. Morton * Dr. Byard W. Mosher * Dr. David R. Muerdter Ms. Marlene L. Robinson Mrs. Janet M. Steiner Ms. Louise Delisle Munroe * Dr. Bruce A. Rogers * Dr. William W. Steiner Mr. Walter Warren Munroe * Dr. Deborah Westin Rogers Mr. Arthur D. Strauss Ms. Frances E. Nash Ms. Catherine D. Roques Ms. Marie Strauss * Dr. Marlene A. Noble * Dr. Patrick F. Roques Mr. Donald J. Sullivan * Ms. Kelly O’Connell Stroker Dr. Susan E. Roush * Dr. Andrew J. Sweatt Ms. Michele O’Connor * Dr. Dail Rowe * Ms. Dolores M. Tapia Lange * Dr. Thomas P. O’Connor Ms. Cynthia M. Ruhsam * Dr. Mark Terceiro Dr. Guy W. Oliver Ms. Leann Rutherford * Mr. Bruce E. Thunberg Mr. Raymond A. Olson * Dr. Scott D. Rutherford * Dr. Joseph J. Tokos * Dr. Daniel W. O’Sullivan * Dr. John P. Ryan Ms. Marney Toole Ms. Stacie P. O’Sullivan Dr. Tatiana A. Rynearson Mr. Richard J. Toole * Dr. Candace A. Oviatt Ms. Kim Salisbury-Keith * Dr. Gregory A. Tracey * Mr. Anthony J. Paulson * Dr. Peter A. Sampou Ms. Karen R. Tracey * Dr. Richard E. Payne * Dr. Whitley J. Saumweber Ms. Veronica Trammell Mr. David R. Pedrick Mrs. Lucia C. Savage Mr. James D. Turley Ms. Laura S. Pedrick * Dr. Neil B. Savage Ms. Paula A. Turley Ms. Nancy Penrose * Dr. Raymond W. Schmitt * Dr. David C. Twichell Mrs. Carol G. Pesch * Ms. Tara S. Schraga * Dr. Gerald G. Pesch * Ms. Cheryl L. Schroeder * Dr. Esther C. Peters * Dr. Stephanie Schollaert Uz Mr. Edward P. Phillips Mrs. Barbara I. Schultz Mr. Charles M. Pickett * Dr. David M. Schultz Ms. Carol Pilkington * Ms. Kathy L. Schultz-Tokos Ms. Sandra Mae Porter Mr. Steven Sharpe Mr. Mark D. Prater Ms. Christine Shelhart Ms. Ann A. Pratt Ms. Diane M. Shelhart Mrs. Carroll G. Pruell Mr. John C. Shelhart * Dr. Richard J. Pruell Ms. Gladys G. Sherman * Dr. Alex A. Pszenny * Dr. Kenneth Sherman Dr. James G. Quinn Mrs. Roberta R. Sherman Mrs. Vivian J. Quinn Mr. Michael Sherrill Ms. Anita Rafael Ms. Pamela M. Sherrill Mr. Richard Rawson Ms. Catherine A. Short * Dr. Steve Rebach * Dr. Frederick T. Short Necee Regis Mrs. Carol Sector Shunney * Ms. Nancy E. Reichley Mr. Edward Leo Shunney Ms. Ann K. Rheault Mrs. Deborah Siegal * Dr. Robert B. Rheault * Mr. John P. Sifling Ms. Judith Richardson Ms. Nancy Quigg Smith Aboard Endeavor, nine undergraduates in the * Dr. Philip L. Richardson Mr. Ryan M. Smith NSF’s STEMSEAS program experi­enced life * Mr. James M. Robb Dr. Lory C. Snady McCoy on board an oceanographic research vessel Mr. Colin L. Robinson Ms. Christina M. Spellman during an 11-day mission to Barbados. * Dr. Linda Stathoplos

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Ms. Nancy P. Twichell * Dr. Bruce E. Viekman † Rear Adm. Richard D. West Mr. David S. Ullman Mrs. Marla Viekman * Dr. J. Ross Wilcox * Dr. Chathuarveedu K. Unni Ms. Jane Viera Mr. Thomas E. White * Dr. Baris M. Uz Mr. Robert A. Viera * Dr. William M. White Ms. Donna Van Keuren Mrs. Marilyn A. Wade Mrs. Janice Wilcox * Dr. Jeffrey R. Van Keuren * Dr. Terry L. Wade Dr. Dixon W. Wilde * Dr. Gabriel A. Vargo Ms. Laurie Beth Wallace Mr. Edward A. Williams * Dr. Sandra L. Vargo Dr. Robert L. Wallace Ms. Joslyn T. Wing * Dr. Douglas S. Vaughan Mrs. Cynthia Weisberg Ms. June S. Wing * Ms. Nancy Donovan Vaughan * Dr. Robert H. Weisberg * Dr. Herman B. Zimmerman * Dr. Jorge Vazquez * Dr. Clifford P. Weisel Mrs. Vicki N. Zimmerman Ms. Selene Vazquez Ms. Bernadine West

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS Challenger Endeavor Trident Anonymous Ida Ballou Littlefield 1772 Foundation, Inc. Deepwater Wind Memorial Trust Nautilus Friends of Craft, Inc. Ocean Exploration Trust, Inc. Applied Science Associates, Inc. G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation Ocean Research & Education Ltd. Glass Onion Greenfins Global LLC J Dtek LLC Heising-Simons Foundation Beagle United Way Judith Fillmore Trust Finless Foods, Inc. Prince Charitable Trusts Raytheon White Family Foundation * = GSO ALUMNUS/AE, † = ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER

Distinguished Achievement The 13th annual URI Distinguished Achievement Awards were held October 20, 2018. Rear Admiral Richard “Dick” West was honored by GSO as this year’s recipient. A member of the Dean’s Advisory Council, Admiral West also gave a well-attended talk to a Bay Campus audience about his career in the Navy and his activities in the oceanographic community since re- tiring in 2002. Admiral West, who retired as Oceanographer and Navigator of the U.S. Navy, is widely regarded as a senior statesman in the oceanographic community. The Admiral is among a very few who are equally comfortable in the halls of Congress, the Pentagon, U.S. Navy, or on the deck of a warship.

28 / URI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY PHOTOS: (TOP) ALEX DECICCIO, (INSET) MICHAEL SALERNO. Set Sail With Us Today, the faculty members, sustainable energy, improving coastal Through your generosity, our capacity researchers, and students of GSO resiliency, and ensuring the health of to meet these challenges —to create think big and make a big difference in marine ecosystems, these challenges new knowledge and to develop and Rhode Island and around the globe. are complex. Meeting them will apply solutions—can only grow. By require both deep expertise in specific making a gift to GSO, you share in Myriad challenges face the Earth’s research and the broadest possible that success. oceans. From understanding impacts collaboration across disciplines. of climate change, to finding paths to

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