 August 21, 2009A Diversity of Geoscientists The unique community of Woods Hole research and education institutions collaborate to foster a more diverse workforce in the fields of ocean and environmental science. Source: Oceanus Magazine  July 8, 2009The Airplane That Studied the Ocean Ed Denton lovingly transformed a former military airplane into a flying oceanographic research machine and flew on it until it was retired in 1970. Not long after Denton retired from WHOI in 1995, he found the plane again. Source: Oceanus Magazine  April 2, 2009Three Woods Hole Scientific Institutions Forge Alliance to Address Societal Issues Three leading research centers based in Woods Hole, Mass., announce the creation of the Woods Hole Consortium, a new alliance that will bring their combined scientific power to bear on some of the major issues facing society today and spawn scientific growth and job opportunity on the South Coast of Massachusetts. The consortium comprises the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), and Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC), and focuses on the interlocking issues of climate change and ecosystems health and human well-being. Source: Media Relations  April 1, 2009WHOI Announces Completion of Comprehensive Campaign The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has successfully completed its “Depth of Leadership” campaign, the Institution’s Board of Trustees recently announced, with $194.6 million raised over the past nine years. This total represents the largest amount the Institution has ever raised in a campaign. Source: Media Relations  February 6, 2009MIT/WHOI Joint Program Celebrates 40th Anniversary In the late 1960s, a joint graduate degree program between Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology seemed like a no-brainer, but such an academic partnership had never been done before. Source: Oceanus Magazine  March 4, 2009WHOI and RTDC Announce Technology Transfer Partnership The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the Regional Technology Development Corp. (RTDC) of Cape Cod announced jointly today the signing of a technology transfer and entrepreneurial services agreement designed to accelerate the transfer of WHOI technology innovations to the marketplace. Source: Media Relations  October 22, 2008Cold Water Corals Conference to be Held in Woods Hole Scientists from North America and Europe will meet to develop the first coherent plan for studying and conserving cold-water corals in the Atlantic Ocean. The plan will lay the foundations for an international research program beginning 2010. Source: Media Relations  September 18, 2008New Marine Mammal Center Formed at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has announced the formation of a new center for marine mammal research and conservation studies. The center combines scientific expertise, state-of-the-art facilities, and technological innovations to address both basic questions about marine mammal behavior, physiology and health as well as potential effects of human activities on marine mammals and the ecosystems on which they depend. Source: Media Relations  August 26, 2008WHOI VP for Marine Operations Bob Detrick Appointed to NSF Post The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Geosciences has appointed Robert Detrick of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as its new director of the Division of Earth Sciences. Source: Media Relations  April 15, 2008Susan Avery Takes the Helm at WHOI ...and other news around the WHOI campus: Ocean Observatories Initiative Poised to Launch WHOI Scientists Earn Laurels People at WHOI Capital Campaign Heads into Homestretch Source: Oceanus Magazine  April 15, 2008Capital Campaign Heads into Homestretch Source: Oceanus Magazine  November 30, 2007OceanInsights for the Blind Oceanographer Amy Bower brought visually impaired students along on her research cruise to the Labrador Sea via the OceanInsight Web site. Source: Oceanus Magazine  October 22, 2007KAUST, WHOI Finalize Research Collaboration King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), a new world-class, graduate-level scientific research university now under development, finalized an agreement today with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to collaborate on marine research projects in the Red Sea. Source: Media Relations  September 30, 2007MIT/WHOI Graduate Program Earns Reaccreditation Source: Oceanus Magazine  September 30, 2007Building International Bridges to Explore Ridges Source: Oceanus Magazine  October 12, 2007WHOI Names New President and Director The Board of Trustees of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) announces that Dr. Susan K. Avery has accepted the position of president and director of the institution. Source: Media Relations  August 23, 2007WHOI to Lead Ocean Observatory Partnership The Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI) has awarded a $97.7 million contract to an academic partnership led by the WHOI to support the development, installation, and initial operation of the coastal and global components of the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). The WHOI partnership includes Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and Oregon State University’s College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences. Source: Media Relations  June 5, 2007Newt Merrill is Elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Source: Media Relations  April 13, 2007A New WHOI.edu On April 20 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will launch a new public website.  March 20, 2007Two Ships Passing Passengers in the Night Maneuvering 60-foot and 279-foot vessels alongside each other on a rolling ocean is not like parking two cars—especially at night, in freezing, windy conditions. Source: Oceanus Magazine  October 12, 2006Students Visit the Deep-sea Robot They Named Seven students from a California high school took a field trip to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in September, after they submitted the winning entry in a nationwide contest to name a new hybrid, deep-sea vehicle under construction at WHOI. Source: Oceanus Magazine  October 11, 2006Lessons from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will convene two special conferences this fall to learn from the devastating 2004 tsunami that left more than 220,000 people dead or missing. Source: Oceanus Magazine  October 11, 2006People Around WHOI Learn more about a new Alvin pilot, a polar birthday, and Woods Hole Diversity Day Source: Oceanus Magazine  October 5, 2006WHOI Creates Office to Encourage Applied Oceanography Engineers Honored for Pioneering Undersea Robot WHOI Scientists Provide Congressional Testimony Source: Oceanus Magazine  October 4, 2006Engineers Honored for Pioneering Undersea Robot Source: Oceanus Magazine  October 4, 2006WHOI Scientists Provide Congressional Testimony Source: Oceanus Magazine  June 23, 2006New WHOI Class Helps Students Communicate with Public Graduate students learn how to talk the talk when they're not talking with other scientists Source: Oceanus Magazine  June 23, 2006People Around WHOI Source: Oceanus Magazine  June 23, 2006WHOI President and Director Robert Gagosian Steps Down Source: Oceanus Magazine  December 21, 2005A Touchstone for Marine Chemists and Students Retires John Farrington touched the lives of hundreds of graduate and undergraduate students. He helped scores of young scientists launch their careers with postdoctoral scholarships. He won the admiration of colleagues for his leadership in the study of organic geochemistry in the ocean. In November, the chemical oceanographer and longtime dean and vice president for Academic Programs at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution stepped aside from his post. Source: Oceanus Magazine  December 21, 2005Institution Receives Surprise Bequest The latest news from around the Institution includes: the second-largest donation in WHOI history; training and awards for mid-career journalists; a new fund for graduate student training in seagoing skills; and a successful program for undergraduates. Source: Oceanus Magazine  December 21, 2005WHOI Opens New Research Facilities For the first time in 15 years, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has added significant office and laboratory space to its Quissett Campus. This fall, scientists, technical staff, and students started moving into more than 67,000 square feet of new space, a 25 percent increase in the Institution’s scientific facilities. Source: Oceanus Magazine  December 5, 200510,000 Earth & Ocean Scientists. Five days. What’s the sound of ten thousand scientists talking shop? To find out, check our daily blog from the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting. Beginning today (Monday, Dec. 5), Hugh Powell posts daily reports from the meeting floor by 10 a.m. EST. Source: Oceanus Magazine  September 8, 2005The Improbable Voyage of Al Woodcock Al Woodcock, perhaps the last man to sail on the maiden voyage of WHOI's first research vessel Atlantis in 1931, died Feb. 26. He was 99. A self-educated farm boy from Georgia, Woodcock was also a keen observer of the natural world. He ascended to the scientific staff at WHOI and published seminal papers on "Observations of Herring Gull Soaring," "The Swimming of Dolphins," and "Sea Salt in a Tropical Storm." Starting in 1949, he published a series of seven pioneering papers on sea-salt particles and their role in the formation of fog and rain. His research gained the profound respect of the nation's foremost scientists. Source: Oceanus Magazine  August 26, 2005Anything-But-A-Boat Regatta Shoveling and splashing toward a finish line ringed with spectators in Woods Hole, WHOI employees and students revived a tradition this summer: the Anything-But-A-Boat Regatta, which was first run to celebrate WHOI’s 50th year in 1980. Source: Oceanus Magazine  August 26, 2005Cartwheeling Grad Student Earns Panteleyev Award Margaret Boettcher knows a fast stress reliever: turn upside down. "Handstands and cartwheels make people happy," said Boettcher, who has taught fellow WHOI graduate students and postdoctoral researchers her relaxation methods—even on geology field trips to volcanoes. Source: Oceanus Magazine  August 26, 2005Joyce, Evans Give Testimony on Oceans to Congress WHOI scientists Rob Evans and Terry Joyce testified June 8 before the House Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, chaired by Wayne Gilchrest (R-Md.) in a continuing effort to help educate the U.S. House of Representatives on the oceans. Source: Oceanus Magazine  August 25, 2005Anderson Addresses UN Ocean Commission Senior Scientist Don Anderson of the WHOI Biology Department was invited to deliver the Bruun Memorial Lecture in June at the 23rd annual meeting of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Social, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Source: Oceanus Magazine  June 30, 2005Newest Alvin Pilot Comes Aboard Gavin Eppard became WHOI’s newest Alvin pilot on March 21, 2005. Source: Oceanus Magazine  June 30, 2005Hart Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences Senior Scientist Stanley Hart of the WHOI Geology and Geophysics Department has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest learned societies in the nation. Source: Oceanus Magazine  June 30, 2005Guy Nichols: Transforming Institutions Guy Nichols never shied away from tough jobs. And he never lost sight of the fact that an organization needs all its people, not just those at the top. Source: Oceanus Magazine  June 30, 2005WHOI Announces $200 Million Capital Campaign A total of $118 million donated or pledged; $82 million left to raise—that was the tally as WHOI emerged from the “quiet” phase of its capital campaign and announced the public phase at its Board of Trustees meeting in January. Source: Oceanus Magazine  June 30, 2005A Tropical Research Paradise WHOI Trustees Frank and Lisina Hoch have issued a one-to-one $1.125 million challenge to seize new opportunities and expand the Institution’s research in tropical regions. Source: Oceanus Magazine  June 30, 2005Institution Celebrates 75th Birthday in 2005 WHOI celebrates 75 years of ocean research, education, and exploration this year with several events planned for August and September. Source: Oceanus Magazine  June 30, 2005Pittenger Fellowship Awarded to Naval Graduate Student WHOI presented its first Rear Admiral Richard F. Pittenger Fellowship in March to Ensign Allison Berg, a master's degree candidate in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program. Source: Oceanus Magazine  June 30, 2005Remembering a Scientist/Student/Artist Celeste Fowler joined the MIT/WHOI Joint Program (JP) in June 2003 and quickly made her presence felt. Source: Oceanus Magazine  June 30, 2005WHOI Associates Have a New President In May 2005, Carl Peterson was named president of the WHOI Associates, whose membership supports research at WHOI. Source: Oceanus Magazine  May 26, 2005Risks and Remedies from the Sea Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have embarked on a novel collaboration to investigate harmful algal blooms, ocean-borne pathogens, and potential pharmaceuticals from marine sources. Source: Oceanus Magazine Last updated: November 18, 2009 | |||||||||||||
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