As part of the 2015 National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) competition, webinars are being offered covering the competition’s them of “The Science of Oil in the Ocean.” These webinars have been offered throughout the month of January. All educators are welcome to join the live presentations. Others can view the presentation recordings once posted. You Read More
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Employment Opportunity: Director, Center for Gulf Studies at USM
The Center for Gulf Studies has an opening for a director. They seek an individual to lead the advancement of Gulf of Mexico science from various oil spill restoration and recovery resources. The director will be responsible for program development, long-term funding and research activities, and coordination and strategic planning among the varied stakeholders of the Read More
Texas Centers of Excellence Designated
On Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Commissioner Toby Baker announced the selection of two consortia, one led by the University of Houston and the other led by Texas A&M University –Corpus Christi, to establish Centers of Excellence. Centers of Excellence are being created in the five Gulf States affected by the Read More
GOMRI conference abstracts due
ABSTRACTS DUE OCT. 3 for posters and oral talks for 2015 Gulf of Mexico Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference hosted by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. Read More
NAS Student Program
National Academies of Science accepting applications for the 2015 session of the Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program. This 12-week program (Jan. 20 – Apr. 10, 2015) is designed to engage early career individuals in the processes that inform U.S. science and technology policy. Fellows obtain essential skills and knowledge needed to Read More
FIO summer adventure
FIO is leading new annual multi-institutional summer course, Field Studies in Marine Science/Biology; 5-week, field-intensive course designed to expand student knowledge of the biodiversity, geochemistry, and human impact of Florida’s coastal and offshore ecosystems– http://www.fio.usf.edu/education/summer-course-2014. Read More
GOMURC annual reports
2013 annual reports posted for: GOMURC — http://www.marine.usf.edu/gomurc/docs/GOMURC-2013-progress-report-021914.pdf; Dauphin Island Sea Lab– http://press.disl.org/PDFs/annualreport/2013AR.pdf; Florida Inst. of Oceanography — http://www.fio.usf.edu/about-us/documents/category/4-annual-reports Read More
NAS Student Program
NAS Gulf Program hosting Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellow in early 2014; program provides early career individuals with the opportunity to spend 12 weeks at the National Academies in Washington, DC learning about science and technology policy and the role that scientists and engineers play in advising the nation– http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/policyfellows/. Read More
GOMRI education
GOMRI’s CIMAGE research consortium (http://cimage.rc.usf.edu/node?destination=node) hosts live shows from sea. Hosted by USF educator, Teresa Greely, a blog and live Skype events during research cruises describe discoveries and life at sea– http://adventuresatsea.blog.usf.edu. Read More