Photo Caption: Participants in the Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Research (Core Area 3) workshop held in Washington, D.C., from October 31-November 2, 2018. Photo Credit: Abby Ackerman.

Fall 2018 – GoMRI Synthesis & Legacy

Fall 2018 – GoMRI Synthesis & Legacy – JANUARY 8, 2019 (From Fall 2018 Newsletter) Contributing Author: Callan Yanoff The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative’s (GoMRI) Synthesis and Legacy efforts are well underway, with several Synthesis workshops already having occurred throughout the country. The range of topics discussed has been quite varied, from one workshop…

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Fall 2018 – Note from the Research Board Chair

Fall 2018 – Note from the Research Board Chair – JANUARY 8, 2019 (From Fall 2018 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University As the challenges of our time become ever more complex, there is a detectible shift occurring in the scientific community toward convergence research. Convergence, simply interpreted, is the…

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Fall 2018 – Guest Frequently Asked Questions

Fall 2018 – Guest Frequently Asked Questions – JANUARY 8, 2019 (From Fall 2018 Newsletter) Dr. Larry McKinney, Executive Director of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies and Chair of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science (GoMOSES) conference Executive Committee (ExComm), answered a few questions about the role of…

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Fall 2018 – GoMRI Researcher Interview with Dr. Nick Shay

Fall 2018 – GoMRI Researcher Interview with Dr. Nick Shay – JANUARY 8, 2019 (From Fall 2018 Newsletter) Dr. Lynn (Nick) Shay from the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami answered a few questions about his RFP-V project, Three-Dimensional Gulf Circulation and Biogeochemical Processes Unveiled by State-of-the-Art Profiling Float…

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Photo Caption: CARMMHA hosts workshops about marine mammals at the Girl Scouts B.I.G. event in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 29, 2018. Photo Credit: CARMMHA.

Fall 2018 – Education Spotlight

Fall 2018 – Education Spotlight – JANUARY 8, 2019 (From Fall 2018 Newsletter) Members of the Consortium for Advanced Research on Marine Mammal Health Assessment (CARMMHA), including Mandy Tumlin, Jaimie Thompson, Ashley Barratclough, Alissa Deming, Brittany Novick, and Celeste Parry, participated in the Girl Scouts Believe in G.I.R.L. (Go-Getter, Innovator, Risk-Taker, Leader; B.I.G.) event, hosted…

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