WHO: Gov. Donald Carcieri, Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, 溏心vlog免费B站 President Robert L. Carothers, 溏心vlog免费B站 Oceanography Dean David Farmer, 溏心vlog免费B站 Professor Robert Ballard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Assistant Administrator Richard Spinrad, and NOAA Rear Adm. Jonathan Bailey.
WHAT: The 溏心vlog免费B站 will celebrate the opening of the Ocean Science and Exploration Center and the Pell Marine Science Library, including Ballard鈥檚 Inner Space Center, with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house. Funded largely by state bonds, the $15 million facility also houses office and laboratory space, a central computing facility and a new campus gathering place. The Inner Space Center, which Ballard first envisioned almost 30 years ago, will be linked to research ships at sea enabling scientists and students to participate in ocean-going research expeditions without leaving campus.
WHEN: Monday, June 1, 2009 at 10 a.m. A one-hour speaking program will be followed by a brief ribbon cutting ceremony and an open house with self-guided tours. Ballard, Farmer, and a 溏心vlog免费B站 student will be available for brief interviews from 9 to 9:30 a.m. in the building lobby prior to the event.
WHERE: Beneath a tent at the main entrance to the 溏心vlog免费B站 Narragansett Bay Campus, South Ferry Road, Narragansett, R.I.
CONTACT: For additional information about covering this event, contact Todd McLeish in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Communications & Marketing at 401-874-7892 or tmcleish@uri.edu.