EYH Workshop
GoShoals | 10:24 am | April 24, 2012 | Announcements
Stacy Farina writes:
The EYH workshop was a huge success! The girls seemed to have a great time and learned a ton about marine biology! I think we offered them a top-notch workshop, and it could not have been nearly as successful without everyone’s help.
The undergrad volunteers – Alexa, Kate, Vanessa, Jessica, and Erin – were exceptional role models for these girls with their hard work, knowledge, skill, and incredible enthusiasm. I can’t thank you guys enough for your dedication to the success of this workshop. You definitely made this a special experience for the girls.
Also, many thanks to Josh for stepping in to help out with the workshop as the resident shark expert! Thanks Christine for helping us prepare the SML materials – quite a few parents were interested to hear about our programs, and given the nature of the EYH program, many were thinking about the future and seemed eager to keep our program in mind for their daughters in the coming years. Thanks Robin for your help with the planning and the inverts – almost all of the inverts were in great condition for the workshop (even the amphipod and green crabs), and the girls loved them.
This was a fantastic service opportunity for SML, and I’m really glad to have been a part of it. I’m convinced that we had an impact on the young women today, and perhaps we’ve convinced some of them that a career in biology is something that is not only attainable but also fun and interesting.
I hope everyone has a great end-of-semester! Thanks for all of your tremendous effort!
Expanding Your Horizons at Cornell
GoShoals | 9:10 am | April 20, 2012 | Announcements
Stacy Farina writes:
Hey Shoals Marine Lab Alumni! Are you in Ithaca this weekend? Would you like to participate in a fun outreach opportunity teaching 7-9th grade girls about marine biology? We have a great group so far helping with planning and running the workshop (Alexa Hilmer, Kate Bemis, Vanessa Constant, Jessica Maloney, and Erin Kylie McCourt), but we could use a few more hands. Activities will include: an invertebrate touch tank (brought straight from Maine by Robin), fish dissections, whale fluke matching, and a question-and-answer session. We need help for all or part of this Saturday, April 21, from 9am-5pm!
Here’s more information on Expanding Your Horizons and you can contact Stacy Farina directly.
Gulf of Mexico Methane Seeps
GoShoals | 4:16 pm | April 19, 2012 | Announcements
Kevin “K2″ Jerram, UNH/Shoals alum and island engineer extraordinaire writes:
The ROVs just landed on the seafloor and will be heading off to search for seeps in just a few minutes…
Today’s dive is going to be much different from yesterday’s dive. We’re focusing on a smaller number of seep areas (three today, compared to nine yesterday) which have been identified in the sonar data set. We plan to spend less time in transit and more time doing search patterns in each area, which will greatly improve our chances of finding the vents themselves with the ROV. Wish us luck!
Shark Heads
GoShoals | 10:43 am | March 15, 2012 | Announcements
Joshua Moyer writes: CT scanning great white shark heads is one of the best ways to spend a day, and the first step in doing that is taking a course at Shoals Marine Lab!
Visit Josh on facebook for more pictures like this one:
Smuttynose Excavation
GoShoals | 11:11 am | March 5, 2012 | Announcements
Excerpted from The Phillipian Online:
Otterson gave a presentation on the excavation of Smuttynose Island, one of the Isle of Shoals, located in the Gulf of Maine. She discussed her research, which focused on the topic of smoking pipe production in historical New England.
Otterson’s research question focused primarily on the source of materials the inhabitants of Smuttynose Island used to manufacture “redware” smoking pipes.
USM worked in conjunction with Cornell University and Shoals Marine Laboratory to excavate and examine sites on the small island to determine who occupied the island at various times in history.
The excavators found a great number of artifacts, ranging from 17th century coinage to old English trading seals. Most important to Otterson’s research, they discovered over 500 “redware” smoking pipe stems.
Sustainable Engineering Internship Program
GoShoals | 8:27 am | | Announcements
EVENT DATE:
TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012 from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
EVENT LOCATION:
KINGSBURY HALL, near Albert’s Cafe, at UNH
Meet SEI internship coordinator Ross Hansen and talk to Shoals alums about what it’s like to be an intern on Appledore Island!
Here’s more information about the SEI program, a flyer for the meeting, and the Facebook event page.
The Hive Mind Reader
GoShoals | 12:30 pm | February 29, 2012 | Announcements
Carl Zimmer reporting: On the front porch of an old Coast Guard station on Appledore Island, seven miles off the southern coast of Maine, Thomas Seeley and I sat next to 6,000 quietly buzzing bees. Seeley wore a giant pair of silver headphones over a beige baseball cap, a wild fringe of hair blowing out the back; next to him was a video camera mounted on a tripod. In his right hand, Seeley held a branch with a lapel microphone taped to the end. He was recording the honeybee swarm huddling inches away on a board nailed to the top of a post.… Read More!
Or read other entries from Carl Zimmer’s Loom.
Clivus Talks SML Compostable Toilets
GoShoals | 12:10 pm | February 27, 2012 | Announcements
In an effort to reduce costs, conserve fresh water and fuel, reduce air pollution, and eliminate polluting discharge produced by traditional toilets the Universities have added a “composting toilet” wing to the Kiggins Commons building which houses the main kitchen, dining hall, and a bank of showers and restrooms. The composters are fitted with several foam-flush toilet fixtures, each using only 3 ounces of fresh water per flush as opposed to the 1.6 gallon toilets they replaced. Fresh water used for flushing is reduced by 97%, and solids are biologically treated in the composters where the waste is reduced by 95%… read more!
There are a few new pictures included with the article – we posted about the water conservation building under construction earlier.
Rockweed Sustainability
GoShoals | 12:08 pm | February 24, 2012 | Announcements
With more than 175 species of marine life dependent on its existence, rockweed is considered by scientists to be critical to the ecosystem. But human harvesting of rockweed for use in cosmetics, fertilizers, emulsifiers and dog feed threatens not only the species, but also parts of the ecosystem. Vanessa Constant ’14, natural resources, conducted research over the summer at the Shoals Marine Laboratory to determine the rate of growth of rockweed… read more!
Shoals @ Cornell OUB Bio Info Fair
GoShoals | 10:12 am | January 26, 2012 | Events
When: Monday, January 30, 2012
Time: 4:00pm until 6:00pm
Where: Stimson Hall
Refreshments served: Talk to Shoals alums about making Shoals a part of your Cornell experience. Earn credits during the summer and fulfill major requirements on an island off the coast of Maine!
