Summer 2016 – Note from the Research Board Chair

Summer 2016 – Note from the Research Board Chair – JULY 29, 2016 (From Summer 2016 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University Women in Oil Spill Science and Those Recruited Through the GoMRI Program Historically women have not played a major role in oceanography and oil spill research, mainly because…

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Summer 2016 – Education Spotlight

Summer 2016 – Education Spotlight – JULY 29, 2016 (From Summer 2016 Newsletter) ECOGIG brought their Ocean Discovery Zone Exhibit to the 2016 Atlanta Science Festival which took place in the Olympic Centennial Park in Atlanta and had over 17,000 attendees. Visit ECOGIG’s Facebook page for photos from the event and ECOGIG’s Vimeo page for…

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Dr. Frank Hernandez. Photo provided by Dr. Hernandez.

Summer 2016 – GoMRI Researcher Interview with Dr. Frank Hernandez

Summer 2016 – GoMRI Researcher Interview with Dr. Frank Hernandez – JULY 29, 2016 (From Summer 2016 Newsletter) Dr. Frank Hernandez from the University of Southern Mississippi answered a few questions about his RFP-II project, Resolving Deepwater Horizon Impacts on Highly Variable Ichthyoplankton and Zooplankton Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, and his role…

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CRGC’s community health workers and their supervisors participate in community resilience training led by RAND. Photo Credit: CRGC.

CRGC Helps to Build Resiliency Among Gulf Coast Communities

CRGC Helps to Build Resiliency Among Gulf Coast Communities – JULY 29, 2016 (From Summer 2016 Newsletter) Contributing Author: Elizabeth Thornton, CRGC Outreach Coordinator The Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC) is unique among the GoMRI-funded consortia; their efforts primarily focus on assessing and addressing the social, economic, and public health impacts of the Deepwater…

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