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RIOS Summer Interns, 2010

This year's internship program (May 31 - August 6) offered a summer research experience to 15 students who were the successful applicants from colleges and universities all over the USA.

Koi farm field trip

Aquaculture class field trip to Quality Koi's Nisei Koi Farm in Carneys Point, NJ

Breaking the Ice

Students from the winter intersession course, The Estuary in Winter, breaking the ice in the Rutgers University Marine Field Station boat basin to sample fishes in traps.

Tina Haskins, Travis Miles and Kaycee Coleman with Computer Science and Electrical Computer Engineering students from Rutgers University, accompanied by RIOS, graduate students, and summer interns all help to deploy underwater glider on an Endurance Line Mission at Tuckerton.

Gliders from Rutgers patrol Gulf of Mexico

As the Gulf oil spill approaches its third month, researchers are using a relatively new tool to track the plume: "glider" robots that use water power to zigzag through the ocean.

Rutgers' Kids at College Program

The young students from the Alan Shepard Elementary School watched and questioned as staffers from the Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences provided a briefing on the environmental crisis.

Multi-species Aquaculture Demonstration Facility

Summer student, Evan Lindsay adjusting the flow of CO2 into one of the kalwalls used to culture microalgae for oyster larvae.

Aquaculture Class

Undergraduates! As one of your “spring” classes, consider 11:628:317 AQUACULTURE (3 CR.), taught by Professors Ximing Guo and Dave Bushek, Jan. 4-15, 2010 at the Haskin Shellfish Research Lab., Bivalve, NJ

Scarlet Knight makes a trip to Washington DC.

On Saturday June 5, 2010, RU COOl faculty and students took Trans-Atlantic glider down to Washington DC to kick off Ocean Week by appearing at World Ocean Day being held in The Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History.

JC NERR Celebrates World Famous Explorer of the Oceans

Jacques-Yves Cousteau was born on June 11, 1910, in Saint André de Cubzac, Gironde in France . One hundred years later, we are celebrating the anniversary of the man who made an indelible impression on our planet and its oceans. Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie

Saphira is HOME in Marion, Massachusetts!

Jennifer Francis, a Reseach Professor I at IMCS, left the U.S. in July 2009 with her family to spend a year sailing in the northwest Atlantic. Her website documents the trip with stories, photos, and videos. The site is password-protected -- you can request the password when prompted.

Rutgers Day

More than 75,000 visitors came to Rutgers’ campuses and enjoyed a great day. Kids used the opportunity to graduate from the IMCS "Naval Academy" and get Chief Science Officer for Port Security Certificates. See more photos on Flickr!

New Book Published By Mike Kennish

An international volume that assesses the environmental conditions of coastal lagoons worldwide, it is the latest book edited by the Rutgers IMCS Research Professor and expert in estuarine and coastal marine ecology.Read More...

Perfect Score!

Jessica Kurth graduated in May (Major in Marine Science) with a perfect 4.0 GPA, the highest grade point average of any marine science student since the start of the IMCS undergraduate program!Read More...

Congratulations to Paul Falkowski

Paul Falkowski has been selected as the 2010 ECI Prize Winner by the International Ecology Institute. Congratulations! The Prize Awarding Ceremony is to be held this August in Oldendorf, Germany. Read More...

RUCOOL Joins Community Response to the Oil Spill

The COOL Team with a wide range of partners are coordinating the response to Gulf of Mexico oil spill.Visit site...

Outstanding Senior of the Year

For her achievements in deep-sea research, Jessica Ricci was presented with the Outstanding Senior in Marine and Coastal Sciences Award on May 13, 2010. Read More...

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