<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Next week, f</span><span class="" style="text-align: center; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">rom </span><span class="" style="text-align: center; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">April 18-23</span><span class="" style="text-align: center; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, the <a href="http://innerspacecenter.org/" class="">Inner Space Center (ISC)</a> will be supporting the University of Rhode Island (URI) Graduate School of Oceanography’s (GSO) Research Vessel (R/V) </span><span class="" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Endeavor </span><span class="" style="text-align: center; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">during the research cruise component of a URI Honors course led by GSO faculty, Dr. Melissa Omand, and graduate student, Christopher Orphanides. The research cruise will focus on <b class="">whale-zooplankton-environmental interactions</b> that occur in waters of Southeastern New England. Investigating these interactions is central to <b class="">management and conservation</b> decisions for marine species such as the critically endangered <b class="">North Atlantic right whale.</b></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Explore with us</span><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on </span><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">April 22</span><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Earth Day, for <a href="http://innerspacecenter.org/live-video/endeavor-live/" class="">Endeavor Live</a>! </span><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Through <b class="">FREE, LIVE interactions</b>, students, educators, as well as the general public can learn about the interdisciplinary nature of oceanography, with an emphasis on the physical dynamics of ocean waters and how these influence marine life (and more specifically the <b class="">marine food web</b>) - from plankton to whales. </span><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Each event will be about <b class="">25 minutes</b>, and will provide live feeds from the ship, as ISC team member, Holly Morin, introduces viewers to the scientists and students on board the </span><span class="" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Endeavor</span><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Details on technologies used, data collected, and animals sighted will be provided. Participants will also be able to ask questions to expedition members in real time.</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="" style="white-space: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u class="">Endeavor Live! School Group Interactions</u></span></div><div class="" style="white-space: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, April 22 @ 10AM, 11AM, 1PM, and 2PM Eastern</span></div><div class="" style="white-space: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div></span></div><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Registration is <span class="" style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">required</span> to take part in a live, school group interaction. <span class="" style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Use this </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__goo.gl_forms_18dhDSEElmPV4PNC3&d=DwMFaQ&c=dWz0sRZOjEnYSN4E4J0dug&r=JOrNtytRch_z3DSjtQDao1ePXGI6VzACNW5v0UqKIUM&m=X2Np8WVZhskGLzpzIL0zhXycs_fV2TOwJjxwe-hOyUQ&s=v_7bhMSGtUPgeNKJziJXRPNlvTtMlJYjGDMydju1FJg&e=" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">link</span></a><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to register</span>. </span></div></blockquote><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u class="">Endeavor Live! Facebook Live Events</u></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, April 22 @ 12PM and 5PM Eastern </span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Be sure to “like” the Inner Space Center </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_innerspacecenter_&d=DwMFaQ&c=dWz0sRZOjEnYSN4E4J0dug&r=JOrNtytRch_z3DSjtQDao1ePXGI6VzACNW5v0UqKIUM&m=X2Np8WVZhskGLzpzIL0zhXycs_fV2TOwJjxwe-hOyUQ&s=3-7clJ50p4Ax71iZJk8M5PaUSJul6A7LpJ8--Q69H_M&e=" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facebook page</span></a><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to follow this expedition and others. </span></div></body></html>