MIT Sea Grant Ocean Science Interns Contribute Data to Boston Harbor Islands Monitoring Effort
Data from environmental monitoring on two Boston Harbor Islands, collected by MIT Sea Grant summer interns, will contribute to a larger effort to observe and define changes in water quality and marine species on the islands¡ shores. MIT Sea…
MIT Sea Grant now accepting applications for the Sea Perch Institute 2011-2012 school year. Due Sept 30.
MIT Sea Grant College Program is now accepting Sea Perch Institute is an innovative, yearlong teacher training course and a project-based, hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program for students. Under the mentorship…
Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene is expected to bring a major storm event to Massachusetts this weekend. See links at right for NOAA Advisories, local news, and more. The information on hurricane preparedness below was prepared by MIT Sea Grant's coastal ecologist,…
Hurricane, tropical storm watches issued for Massachusetts/ Preparedness, Safety Tips, and Emergency Kit
Hurricane Irene is expected to bring a major storm event to Massachusetts this weekend. See links at right for NOAA Advisories, local news, and more. The information on hurricane preparedness below was prepared by MIT Sea Grant's coastal ecologist,…
Summer undergraduate researcher, Michelle Slosberg, develops marine invasive species predictive method
MIT Sea Grant undergraduate researcher, Michelle Slosberg, has developed a geographically referenced risk assessment method to predict sources of marine invasive species in the coastal waters of the northeastern United States and their potential…
Fish Sounds: MIT Sea Grant PI, Rodney Rountree, featured on Cape and Islands NPR station
On August 15, MIT Sea Grant principal investigator, Rodney Rountree, was featured on The Point with Mindy Todd on the Cape and Islands NPR affiliate, WCAI (a service of WGBH). The feature, entitled, Fish Sounds, was described as heading underwater…
MIT Sea Grant mourns colleague Harriet Webster of Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center
PRESS RELEASEContact: Nancy Adams, nadamsx@mit.edu, 617 253-3461Cambridge, MA, May 20 ¤ MIT Sea Grant director, Chrys Chryssostomidis, and his staff mourn longtime collaborator and colleague, Harriet Webster, who died June 23 of complications…
Ocean Engineering Experience 2011
For immediate release: July 6, 2011Contact: Nancy Adams, nadamsx@mit.edu, 617 253-9305OCEAN ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE July 9 ¤ July 16stOEX Public Events, Friday, July 15:Project Demonstration: 1 PM - 3 PM, MIT Sailing PavilionStudent Presentations:…
Ocean Engineering Experience
Teenagers Swap Free Time for ScienceThe MIT Sea Grant Ocean Engineering Experienceby Katrina Phillips, NOAA Sea Grant Knauss FellowJuly 8, 2011 -- It¡s early July, and school is out for the summer ¤ for most students. But for a dedicated group…
Adam Doroski Wins 2011 Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research
Cambridge, MA -- MIT Sea Grant announces the winner of the 2011 Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research. This year¡s award goes to Adam Doroski, a graduating senior in the MIT Mechanical Engineering Department for his…
