12 Rhode Island educators stepped into the role of shipboard scientists aboard #RVEndeavor for a three-day research cruise, steaming 100 miles out to the shelf break and back. They worked with #URIGSO scientists, crew, & marine techs to conduct CTD profiles! #CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢
January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
12 Rhode Island educators stepped into the role of shipboard scientists aboard #RVEndeavor for a three-day research cruise, steaming 100 miles out to the shelf break and back. They worked with #URIGSO scientists, crew, & marine techs to conduct CTD profiles! #CTDAppreciationDay 🌊 🚢
❄️ The latest issue of #AboardGSO is landing in mailboxes now!
🚢 Inside: the retirement of #RVEndeavor, the many ways #URIGSO researchers study phytoplankton, and how our Small Boats Program supports both science and student learning at GSO.
🚢 Inside: the retirement of #RVEndeavor, the many ways #URIGSO researchers study phytoplankton, and how our Small Boats Program supports both science and student learning at GSO.
January 16, 2026 at 6:47 PM
❄️ The latest issue of #AboardGSO is landing in mailboxes now!
🚢 Inside: the retirement of #RVEndeavor, the many ways #URIGSO researchers study phytoplankton, and how our Small Boats Program supports both science and student learning at GSO.
🚢 Inside: the retirement of #RVEndeavor, the many ways #URIGSO researchers study phytoplankton, and how our Small Boats Program supports both science and student learning at GSO.
🚢 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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🚢 #TBT to February 2010, when #RVEndeavor sailed from Narragansett to Haiti on a dual mission to conduct urgent post-earthquake seafloor surveys and deliver humanitarian aid.
Funded by NSF’s Rapid Response Research program, scientists mapped coastal faults to better understand the January 12 quake.
Funded by NSF’s Rapid Response Research program, scientists mapped coastal faults to better understand the January 12 quake.
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🚢 #TBT to February 2010, when #RVEndeavor sailed from Narragansett to Haiti on a dual mission to conduct urgent post-earthquake seafloor surveys and deliver humanitarian aid.
Funded by NSF’s Rapid Response Research program, scientists mapped coastal faults to better understand the January 12 quake.
Funded by NSF’s Rapid Response Research program, scientists mapped coastal faults to better understand the January 12 quake.
🚢✨ Show your #RVEndeavor pride!
Order your Endeavor gear now through our online Bay Campus Outfitters store! Choose from short- and long-sleeve shirts, crewnecks, & hoodies in a variety of colors.
Choose from 2 back designs:
🔹 Classic Endeavor drawing
🔹 Order of the Ancient Albatross recognition
Order your Endeavor gear now through our online Bay Campus Outfitters store! Choose from short- and long-sleeve shirts, crewnecks, & hoodies in a variety of colors.
Choose from 2 back designs:
🔹 Classic Endeavor drawing
🔹 Order of the Ancient Albatross recognition
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚢✨ Show your #RVEndeavor pride!
Order your Endeavor gear now through our online Bay Campus Outfitters store! Choose from short- and long-sleeve shirts, crewnecks, & hoodies in a variety of colors.
Choose from 2 back designs:
🔹 Classic Endeavor drawing
🔹 Order of the Ancient Albatross recognition
Order your Endeavor gear now through our online Bay Campus Outfitters store! Choose from short- and long-sleeve shirts, crewnecks, & hoodies in a variety of colors.
Choose from 2 back designs:
🔹 Classic Endeavor drawing
🔹 Order of the Ancient Albatross recognition
🚢 From research cruises that advanced our understanding of the ocean to the infamous ice cream freezer 🍦 — @askpossibly.bsky.social climbed aboard the retired #RVEndeavor to reflect on its history and legacy at #URIGSO.
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🚢 From research cruises that advanced our understanding of the ocean to the infamous ice cream freezer 🍦 — @askpossibly.bsky.social climbed aboard the retired #RVEndeavor to reflect on its history and legacy at #URIGSO.
⛵️ Since 2021, #RVEndeavor has helped launch nine miniboat adventures through our partnership with Educational Passages, giving local students a hands-on way to explore ocean science and create global connections.
🌊 Read more about these remarkable classroom-to-ocean expeditions: buff.ly/9DW9kQI
🌊 Read more about these remarkable classroom-to-ocean expeditions: buff.ly/9DW9kQI
October 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
⛵️ Since 2021, #RVEndeavor has helped launch nine miniboat adventures through our partnership with Educational Passages, giving local students a hands-on way to explore ocean science and create global connections.
🌊 Read more about these remarkable classroom-to-ocean expeditions: buff.ly/9DW9kQI
🌊 Read more about these remarkable classroom-to-ocean expeditions: buff.ly/9DW9kQI
⚓️ Through the Rhode Island Teachers at Sea (RITAS) Program, K–12 educators have sailed on #RVEndeavor alongside #URIGSO scientists, marine technicians, and crew to experience shipboard science firsthand, bringing fresh lessons and curiosity back to their classrooms.
October 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
⚓️ Through the Rhode Island Teachers at Sea (RITAS) Program, K–12 educators have sailed on #RVEndeavor alongside #URIGSO scientists, marine technicians, and crew to experience shipboard science firsthand, bringing fresh lessons and curiosity back to their classrooms.
🚢✨ Order your #RVEndeavor gear now through our online store! Choose from short- and long-sleeve shirts, crewnecks, and hoodies in a variety of colors & back designs.
🛒 Orders close October 13 — after that, everything will be printed and shipped straight to you.
Shop now: buff.ly/PmQDAIP
🛒 Orders close October 13 — after that, everything will be printed and shipped straight to you.
Shop now: buff.ly/PmQDAIP
October 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🚢✨ Order your #RVEndeavor gear now through our online store! Choose from short- and long-sleeve shirts, crewnecks, and hoodies in a variety of colors & back designs.
🛒 Orders close October 13 — after that, everything will be printed and shipped straight to you.
Shop now: buff.ly/PmQDAIP
🛒 Orders close October 13 — after that, everything will be printed and shipped straight to you.
Shop now: buff.ly/PmQDAIP
A final homecoming ⚓️🎶💙
Last week, a crowd gathered at the Bay Campus Pier to welcome #RVEndeavor home from its final scientific mission. The celebration marked the retirement of University of Rhode Island's faithful research vessel after 50 years and more than 700 scientific missions. #NSFfunded
Last week, a crowd gathered at the Bay Campus Pier to welcome #RVEndeavor home from its final scientific mission. The celebration marked the retirement of University of Rhode Island's faithful research vessel after 50 years and more than 700 scientific missions. #NSFfunded
September 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A final homecoming ⚓️🎶💙
Last week, a crowd gathered at the Bay Campus Pier to welcome #RVEndeavor home from its final scientific mission. The celebration marked the retirement of University of Rhode Island's faithful research vessel after 50 years and more than 700 scientific missions. #NSFfunded
Last week, a crowd gathered at the Bay Campus Pier to welcome #RVEndeavor home from its final scientific mission. The celebration marked the retirement of University of Rhode Island's faithful research vessel after 50 years and more than 700 scientific missions. #NSFfunded
Forty years later, the Pegasus data still remains the most complete set of top-to-bottom, side-to-side measurements of the Gulf Stream! 🌊
➡️ More on the Pegasus cruises and Gulf Stream studies from #RVEndeavor: buff.ly/Vamkd9M
➡️ More on the Pegasus cruises and Gulf Stream studies from #RVEndeavor: buff.ly/Vamkd9M
R/V Endeavor
Celebrating nearly 50 years.
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September 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Forty years later, the Pegasus data still remains the most complete set of top-to-bottom, side-to-side measurements of the Gulf Stream! 🌊
➡️ More on the Pegasus cruises and Gulf Stream studies from #RVEndeavor: buff.ly/Vamkd9M
➡️ More on the Pegasus cruises and Gulf Stream studies from #RVEndeavor: buff.ly/Vamkd9M
In the early 1980s, #RVEndeavor supported a series of cruises led by #URIGSO professor Tom Rossby to study the Gulf Stream. Using an instrument called Pegasus, researchers measured currents from the surface to the seafloor with centimeter-per-second accuracy.
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September 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In the early 1980s, #RVEndeavor supported a series of cruises led by #URIGSO professor Tom Rossby to study the Gulf Stream. Using an instrument called Pegasus, researchers measured currents from the surface to the seafloor with centimeter-per-second accuracy.
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Welcome home, #RVEndeavor! 🚢 💙 After nearly five decades at sea, URI's research vessel is back from its final cruise. #ThankYouEndeavor #EndeavorForever #NSFFunded
September 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Welcome home, #RVEndeavor! 🚢 💙 After nearly five decades at sea, URI's research vessel is back from its final cruise. #ThankYouEndeavor #EndeavorForever #NSFFunded
Thank you to the #RVEndeavor crew for your service, from the shipboard to the maintenance, you served our project graciously. We will miss you!
⬇️ From the very beginning, #RVEndeavor was a first responder to urgent ocean challenges. Explore more from the first cruise and other milestones as #RVEndeavor wraps up its final cruise before retirement: buff.ly/VIhLhAH
R/V Endeavor
Celebrating nearly 50 years.
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September 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Thank you to the #RVEndeavor crew for your service, from the shipboard to the maintenance, you served our project graciously. We will miss you!
This history of #RVEndeavor Storymap has been my child throughout the last few months. This ship has seen things!
⬇️ From the very beginning, #RVEndeavor was a first responder to urgent ocean challenges. Explore more from the first cruise and other milestones as #RVEndeavor wraps up its final cruise before retirement: buff.ly/VIhLhAH
R/V Endeavor
Celebrating nearly 50 years.
buff.ly
September 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This history of #RVEndeavor Storymap has been my child throughout the last few months. This ship has seen things!
⬇️ From the very beginning, #RVEndeavor was a first responder to urgent ocean challenges. Explore more from the first cruise and other milestones as #RVEndeavor wraps up its final cruise before retirement: buff.ly/VIhLhAH
R/V Endeavor
Celebrating nearly 50 years.
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September 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
⬇️ From the very beginning, #RVEndeavor was a first responder to urgent ocean challenges. Explore more from the first cruise and other milestones as #RVEndeavor wraps up its final cruise before retirement: buff.ly/VIhLhAH
🌊🚢 Just weeks after arriving at URI in 1976, #RVEndeavor was thrust into action. On December 15, the tanker Argo Merchant ran aground off Nantucket, spilling more than 7.7 million gallons of oil into the ocean, one of the largest oil spills in U.S. history.
September 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🌊🚢 Just weeks after arriving at URI in 1976, #RVEndeavor was thrust into action. On December 15, the tanker Argo Merchant ran aground off Nantucket, spilling more than 7.7 million gallons of oil into the ocean, one of the largest oil spills in U.S. history.
➡️ Celebrate nearly 50 years of #RVEndeavor! Explore the christening of the ship & other moments and milestones: buff.ly/eUeuNmj
R/V Endeavor
Celebrating nearly 50 years.
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September 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
➡️ Celebrate nearly 50 years of #RVEndeavor! Explore the christening of the ship & other moments and milestones: buff.ly/eUeuNmj
🚢 After nearly 50 years of service, #RVEndeavor is preparing for retirement.
🎉 Join us October 4–5 on URI’s Bay Campus for a special chance to step aboard and tour this iconic research vessel one final time. Don’t miss your opportunity to celebrate its legacy!
➡️ Register: buff.ly/O9Fci3V
🎉 Join us October 4–5 on URI’s Bay Campus for a special chance to step aboard and tour this iconic research vessel one final time. Don’t miss your opportunity to celebrate its legacy!
➡️ Register: buff.ly/O9Fci3V
September 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🚢 After nearly 50 years of service, #RVEndeavor is preparing for retirement.
🎉 Join us October 4–5 on URI’s Bay Campus for a special chance to step aboard and tour this iconic research vessel one final time. Don’t miss your opportunity to celebrate its legacy!
➡️ Register: buff.ly/O9Fci3V
🎉 Join us October 4–5 on URI’s Bay Campus for a special chance to step aboard and tour this iconic research vessel one final time. Don’t miss your opportunity to celebrate its legacy!
➡️ Register: buff.ly/O9Fci3V
⬇️ Explore the history of 50 years of continuous service from #RVEndeavor, including more construction photos: bit.ly/thankyouende...
R/V Endeavor
Celebrating nearly 50 years.
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September 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
⬇️ Explore the history of 50 years of continuous service from #RVEndeavor, including more construction photos: bit.ly/thankyouende...
⏪🚢 Built by Peterson Builders, Inc., in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin in 1975, #RVEndeavor was one of three intermediate-class research vessels commissioned by the NSF. At 185 feet, it was designed from the keel up for oceanographic work, a floating laboratory built to advance exploration and discovery.
September 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
⏪🚢 Built by Peterson Builders, Inc., in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin in 1975, #RVEndeavor was one of three intermediate-class research vessels commissioned by the NSF. At 185 feet, it was designed from the keel up for oceanographic work, a floating laboratory built to advance exploration and discovery.
🚢 Throughout its career, #RVEndeavor has carried thousands of scientists, engineers, technicians, students, and teachers to sea, traversing more than one million nautical miles in support of scientific research. # NSFfunded 🌊
👉 Explore #RVEndeavor’s history and major milestones: arcg.is/1i0i9i
👉 Explore #RVEndeavor’s history and major milestones: arcg.is/1i0i9i
R/V Endeavor
Celebrating 49 years.
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August 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🚢 Throughout its career, #RVEndeavor has carried thousands of scientists, engineers, technicians, students, and teachers to sea, traversing more than one million nautical miles in support of scientific research. # NSFfunded 🌊
👉 Explore #RVEndeavor’s history and major milestones: arcg.is/1i0i9i
👉 Explore #RVEndeavor’s history and major milestones: arcg.is/1i0i9i
🚢 For 49 years, #RVEndeavor has been a cornerstone of ocean science, carrying researchers across the globe from its home port at URI's Bay Campus. This week, the ship departed on its final cruise, focused on the long-term impacts of oil & gas extraction on ecosystems along the Atlantic coast. 🌊
August 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🚢 For 49 years, #RVEndeavor has been a cornerstone of ocean science, carrying researchers across the globe from its home port at URI's Bay Campus. This week, the ship departed on its final cruise, focused on the long-term impacts of oil & gas extraction on ecosystems along the Atlantic coast. 🌊
#RVEndeavor wrapped up cruise #EN733, continuing its 49th research season w/ a project focused on developing a platform-agnostic sediment trap controller and imaging sensor. The crew tested technology to collect/image sinking biological material in the lower mesopelagic zone 500 to 1000 meters deep!
August 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#RVEndeavor wrapped up cruise #EN733, continuing its 49th research season w/ a project focused on developing a platform-agnostic sediment trap controller and imaging sensor. The crew tested technology to collect/image sinking biological material in the lower mesopelagic zone 500 to 1000 meters deep!
Based on Amanda Herbst’s 2021 #SURFO project, the activity helps students become acquainted with key procedures in oceanographic data acquisition, processing, validation, and management using real NES-LTER data from six #RVEndeavor cruises.
🔗 Read the paper: buff.ly/tp4WLSj
🔗 Read the paper: buff.ly/tp4WLSj
Hands-On Post-Calibration of In Vivo Fluorescence Using Open Access Data: A Guided Journey from Fluorescence to Phytoplankton Biomass | Oceanography
View Issue TOC Volume 38, No. 2 Pages 73 - 82
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July 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Based on Amanda Herbst’s 2021 #SURFO project, the activity helps students become acquainted with key procedures in oceanographic data acquisition, processing, validation, and management using real NES-LTER data from six #RVEndeavor cruises.
🔗 Read the paper: buff.ly/tp4WLSj
🔗 Read the paper: buff.ly/tp4WLSj