A person holds a plastic bag on the shore of a beach.
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Addressing Marine Debris through Education and Community Engagement

Massachusetts Marine Debris From Source to Stellwagen: A Comprehensive Suite of Tools for Environmental Educators PI: Dr. Michael Triantafyllou, Director, MIT Sea Grant Co-PIs: Dr. Kristin Burkholder, Associate Professor of Environmental Science,…
Four photographs showing students working at a table, pulling up a plankton tow, and holding a crab, and an image of the Charles River Floating Wetland
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MIT Sea Grant Announces 2023 STREAM Funded Projects

Six new STREAM Grant projects focus on coastal education, renewable energy, and sea level rise MIT Sea Grant launched a new grants program this past year, open to a diversity of applicants across Massachusetts. STREAM Grants — Solutions…
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Welcoming MIT MechE Assistant Professor Kaitlyn Becker as 2023 Doherty Professor in Ocean Utilization

MIT Sea Grant welcomes MIT alumna and Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Kaitlyn Becker as a 2023 Doherty Professor in Ocean Utilization. Assistant Professor Becker was nominated by Ford Professor of Engineering Evelyn Wang, Department…
MIT Arcturus Team with MIT Sea Grant Education Administrator Drew Bennett and their autonomous vessel at the 2023 RoboBoat Competition
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MIT Arcturus Team Excels at RoboBoat Competition

The MIT Arcturus Team traveled to Sarasota, FL March 22-28 with MIT Sea Grant Education Administrator Andrew Bennett for the 16th Annual RoboBoat Competition. RoboBoat is an international competition in which teams build and program autonomous…
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April 18: Science Friday Climate Fair

>>View Event Page via WBUR Attention families! Join Science Friday at CitySpace during Massachusetts school vacation week for a science fair exploring the ways scientists, educators and engineers are inventing solutions to climate change,…
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Nature Photography & Environmental Storytelling Workshop

Nature Photography & Environmental Storytelling Workshop Hosted by: Harvard Natural History Museum + Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (Visit the HMSC website for full details) Thursday, May 4 – Sunday, May 7, 2023  In-person…
Arianna Ilvonen holds her Best UROP Poster Award certificate from the MIT Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition.
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MIT Sea Grant UROP Arianna Ilvonen wins Best UROP Poster Award

Congratulations to Arianna Ilvonen on winning Best UROP Poster Award at the annual MIT Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition on March 10, 2023! Arianna (MechE '24) developed and deployed an autonomous, cable-mounted coastal monitoring…
Fishing boat on the water at sunrise
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The Success of “Small Boats, Big Taste” with CCCFA

MIT Sea Grant collaborated with the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance on the “Small Boats, Big Taste” program with partners across MA, including the Greater Boston Food Bank. The efforts helped connect families and foodbanks with…
An eel-like aquabot in the MIT Towing Tank
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Engineers Devise a Modular System to Produce Efficient, Scalable Aquabots

The system’s simple repeating elements can assemble into swimming forms ranging from eel-like to wing-shaped. David L. Chandler | MIT News Office — Underwater structures that can change their shapes dynamically, the way fish do, push…
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Sea Grant and U.S. Coastal Research Program invest in strengthening resilient coastal communities

January 25, 2023 – Hallee Meltzer, National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) NOAA Sea Grant is pleased to announce recent investments through two complementary initiatives aimed at improving resilience with coastal communities. In response to local…