Paula Bontempi – has been Dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island since September 2020. Prior to her arrival at URI, she served as acting deputy director and program manager/physical scientist in the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.. Her scientific interests include Earth and ocean remote sensing, phytoplankton ecology, marine bio-optics, studying the Earth as a system, the connection of ocean exploration to global economics, and the development of ocean sensors. She has a strong interest in mentorship and justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) initiatives in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Her talk will showcase the phenomena of climate events, how the Narragansett Bay Campus supports climate change research and adaptation strategies in Rhode Island, and a journey through the frontiers of our home planet. Paula earned her Ph.D. in Oceanography from URI-GSO, and holds a Master of Science Degree from Texas A&M University, and a Bachelor of Science from Boston College
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Please join us at the South Ferry Church on South Ferry Road in Narragansett for a series of community speaking programs. Pertinent to state, national and international issues and events, the speaking programs encompass a broad array of topics important in today’s ever changing and challenging world. Programs are held from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. on Mondays in August, and are free and open to the community.
Paula Bontempi – has been Dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island since September 2020. Prior to her arrival at URI, she served as acting deputy director and program manager/physical scientist in the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.. Her scientific interests include Earth and ocean remote sensing, phytoplankton ecology, marine bio-optics, studying the Earth as a system, the connection of ocean exploration to global economics, and the development of ocean sensors. She has a strong interest in mentorship and justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) initiatives in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Her talk will showcase the phenomena of climate events, how the Narragansett Bay Campus supports climate change research and adaptation strategies in Rhode Island, and a journey through the frontiers of our home planet. Paula earned her Ph.D. in Oceanography from URI-GSO, and holds a Master of Science Degree from Texas A&M University, and a Bachelor of Science from Boston College
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Please join us at the South Ferry Church on South Ferry Road in Narragansett for a series of community speaking programs. Pertinent to state, national and international issues and events, the speaking programs encompass a broad array of topics important in today’s ever changing and challenging world. Programs are held from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. on Mondays in August, and are free and open to the community.
For the full speaker program see http://www.southferrychurch.org/speaker_program.html
Address of South Ferry Church
170 South Ferry Road
Narragansett Rhode Island 02882
The Church is on South Ferry Road, just before URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus (GSO)
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