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WHOI Sea Grant Communications Internship June 2023 – August 2023 WHOI Sea Grant is seeking a matriculating undergraduate student with an academic focus on visual and written communications, ideally with an interest or coursework in the sciences. This internship will be mostly in-person with an option of some remote work. The student will gain skills…
Through joint efforts of the Town of Mashpee, WHOI and Barnstable County, local residents and business owners can expect savings totaling $70,000 in insurance annually. Mashpee, MA – Mashpee residents and business owners with a National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policy will see a 15% annual reduction in premiums thanks to the collaborative Community…
This year, WHOI Sea Grant is celebrating 50 years of research, extension, education and outreach. To kick off our celebration, we enlisted the help of WHOI graphic designer Riley Orlando to develop an anniversary logo.
Cape Cod’s white shark and gray seal populations have been growing, and with them, so has the desire to understand these changes and impacts on both the ecosystem and our coastline useage. With research funding from WHOI Sea Grant, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy has developed a middle school level curriculum focused on exploring the…
Congratulations go out to Abigail Archer, WHOI Sea Grant and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, on receiving the 2022 Presidents Award from the American Fisheries Society Northeast Division! The President’s award goes to an individual selected by past presidents and the incumbent president for achievements in the promotion of fisheries management, upholding ideals of professionalism, and/or…
Girls in Science is an inspiring and life-changing experience. WHOI Sea Grant and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are excited to once again collaborate with Earthwatch Institute on the Girls in Science Fellowship, a competitive, week-long, fully funded, residential fellowship in Woods Hole for a cohort of young women from Massachusetts currently in their sophomore or junior year of high school.
A new publication from WHOI Sea Grant’s extension program gives guidance on growing oysters from small seeds. Aquaculturists begin the process of growing oysters by buying juvenile oysters – or “seed” – from a hatchery. Seed is generally harder…
Ella Niederhelman describes her experiences in the Girls in Science program last summer. From analyzing data in the lab to time on the water spent collecting it, “I had an extraordinary opportunity,” she writes. And then she brought what she learned back home with her.
Shelly McComb is the newest member of the WHOI Sea Grant team! Starting just days ago – Feb. 8 – she will be working with coastal resilience extension agents Greg Berman and Shannon Hulst in partnership with Cape Cod Cooperative Extension of Barnstable County. Most recently, Shelly was a program manager with the Carolinas Collaborative…
WHOI Sea Grant welcomes a new aquaculture postdoc, Arun Venugopalan. Arun has a PhD from Mississippi State University with a degree in infectious disease, with a specialization in aquatic diseases and genomics. At WHOI he will be supervised by Dr Rebecca Gast in the Biology Department and will be working closely on extension-related work with…