Each year, the National Estuarine Research Reserve System hosts a FilmFest contest in conjunction with the system-wide annual meeting. The goal of the NERRS FilmFest is to highlight the Reserves, our partners, and the amazing coastal resources we protect. This year, the JC NERR submitted two films: "NERRS News - Sharing stories...

Congratulations to Schuyler Nardelli for Winning the MTS Student Poster Competition. Original Article

On behalf of Zdenka Willis, President of the Marine Technology Society (MTS), and Mary Munk, of the Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans (WMFO), it is my pleasure to inform you of your selection as recipient of the Walter Munk Scholar Award and Commemorative Lecture. This award seeks to underscore...

Julia Engdahl, recent RUCOOL Masters in Oceanography graduate, won the NOAA Professional Excellence Award during her first year as a contractor for NOAA CO-OPS (Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services). NOAA CO-OPS Director, Richard Edwing, said the following: This award provides recognition for outstanding accomplishment in furthering CO-OPS’ mission...

Congratulations to Emily on receiving award from an AFS John E. Skinner Memorial Award. The Skinner Award is intended to assist with expenses to attend the annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society.

Congratulations to Emily Slesinger who has been elected for the 2021 University and Louis Bevier Fellowship Award

Congratulations to Jessica Valenti who has been awarded the School of Graduate Studies Merit and Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership and Teaching.  This award recognizes Jessica’s excellent leadership and teaching at Rutgers, and her research in understanding the ecology of coastal fisheries and how they may respond to urbanization....

I’m please to share with you that Ximing Guo, Distinguished Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, received the Honored Life Member Award today from the National Shellfisheries Association at the 113th Annual Meeting of the NSA.  Oscar and I put forth his name with several international colleagues and the Association approved...

Janine Barr is a second year graduate student pursuing a Master’s in Oceanography with Dr. Daphne Munroe as her advisor. Based at the Haskin Shellfish Research Lab (HSRL), she is studying the ecosystem services provided by oyster aquaculture in the Delaware Bay region. Elizabeth Bouchard is a first year MS student in Ecology...

Congratulations to Vince Clementi who was awarded the NRC Research Associateship Award as part of the National Energy Technology Laboratory Methane Hydrates Fellowship Program.  As per the award: “The NRC Research Associateship award will provide Vince an opportunity to pursue his research plan in association with Yair Rosenthal, who is an...