Woods Hole Village Scavenger Hunt
2026-04-20 08:00 - 2026-04-24 20:00 (America/New_York) | MA
ALL WEEK LONG
Woods Hole Village Scavenger Hunt
Visit the local businesses on your scavenger hunt card and keep your eyes peeled for each location’s “secret special item.” Found it? Awesome! Ask a staff member to check off your card and move on to your next stop. Once you’ve completed the hunt, head back to the WHOI Visitor Center (93 Water Street) to claim your prizes—kindly donated by Woods Hole businesses’. You’ll also be entered into a grand prize drawing for a chance to win even more fun surprises! Scavenger hunt cards are available at the WHOI Visitor Center and participating businesses. Please check each business’s website for hours of operation.

There will be no MC&G Seminar today
2026-04-21 12:15 - 13:00 | MA

Physical Oceanography Department Seminar: Mixing And Subcritical Flow Of Antarctic Bottom Water in the Equatorial Western Atlantic Ocean
2026-04-21 15:05 - 16:00 | Clark 507, 360 Woods Hole Road, WOODS HOLE, MA, 02543
John Whitehead, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 507
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 507. If you wish to join virtually, you can access the Zoom link here: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/91962600638?pwd=[REDACTED]
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Splash Lab
2026-04-22 11:30 - 12:30 | Ocean Science Discovery Center, 15 School Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Splash Lab features hands-on science activities for kids of all ages with WHOI Volunteer
Cathy Francis. This event will be held at WHOI’s Ocean Science Discovery Center, 15 School Street, Woods Hole, MA

AOP&E Department Hybrid Seminar: Optical and Acoustic Perception for Robotic Exploration in Challenging Underwater Environments
2026-04-22 12:15 - 13:00 | Bigelow 114, 88 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543
Amy Phung, WHOI
Sponsored by: AOP&E Department – Bigelow 114 (New Venue)
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Bigelow 114. If you wish to join virtually, you can access the Zoom link here: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/95224364638
Meeting ID: 952 2436 4638
Dial in: 646 558 8656

Marine Mammals in our Backyard Activity
2026-04-23 11:30 - 12:30 | Ocean Science Discovery Center, 15 School Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
“Marine Mammals in our Backyard” activity with WHOI Sea Grant’s Grace Simpkins. Come learn about our local marine mammal species, what they sound like, and how we study them. Hold a sperm whale tooth, dolphin bones, baleen, and more! This event will be held at WHOI’s Ocean Science Discovery Center, 15 School Street, Woods Hole, MA

Biology Department Seminar: Large Language Models: Use Cases, Risks, and Best Practices
2026-04-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Carriage House
Joe Futrelle, WHOI
Sponsored by: Biology Department – Carriage House

Geodynamics Program Seminar Series: The Practice and Promise of Volcanic Eruption Forecasting
2026-04-23 13:30 - 14:30 | Carriage House
Heather Wright, Cascades Volcano Observatory
Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office – Carriage House

“Story Time” with Author Michelle Cusolito
2026-04-24 11:30 - 12:30 | Ocean Science Discovery Center, 15 School Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Michelle will read her book “In the World of Whales”. Plunge deep into the awe-inspiring true story of a freediver’s encounter with a newborn sperm whale and its family. This event will be held at WHOI’s Ocean Science Discovery Center, 15 School Street, Woods Hole, MA

Woods Hole's Eel Pond Cleanup Day
2026-04-25 09:00 - 12:00 | MA

There will be no seminars today
2026-04-27 00:00, 2026-05-11 00:00 | MA

Physical Oceanography Department Seminar: Mixing in The Merrimack River Plume: Towards a Partitioning of Lift-Off, Mid-Field and Frontal Mixing
2026-04-28 15:05 - 16:00 | Clark 201, 366 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Daniel MacDonald, UMass Dartmouth
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 201
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 201. If you wish to join virtually, you can access the Zoom link here: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/91962600638?pwd=[REDACTED]
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AOP&E Department Hybrid Seminar: Oceanographic Impacts of Changes in the Icescape of the Amundsen Sea (Antarctica)
2026-04-29 12:15 - 13:00 | Smith Conference Room, 86 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543
Pierre St-Laurent, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Sponsored by: AOP&E Department – Smith Conference Room
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Smith Conference Room. If you wish to join virtually, you can access the Zoom link here: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/95224364638
Meeting ID: 952 2436 4638
Dial in: 646 558 8656

Biology Department Seminar: Marine Snow and Fecal Pellets: Linking Particle Traits to Carbon Transfer Efficiency
2026-04-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543
Clarissa Karthauser, WHOI
Sponsored by: Biology Department – Redfield Auditorium

Geodynamics Program Seminar Series: Lava Flow Emplacement Dynamics and Hazard Assessment in Hawai‘I
2026-04-30 13:30 - 14:30 | Clark 507, 360 Woods Hole Road, WOODS HOLE, MA, 02543
Hannah Dietterich, Alaska Volcano Observatory
Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office – Clark 507

G&G Department Hybrid Seminar: Filth, Sir! Filthy, Mr. Christian! Still Filthy!’: How the Little Ice Age Influenced the Mutiny Aboard HMS Bounty
2026-05-01 11:00 - 12:00 | Clark 237, 360 Woods Hole Road, WOODS HOLE, MA, 02543, United States
Alan Condron, WHOI
Sponsored by: G&G Department – Clark 237
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 237. If you wish to join virtually, you can access the Zoom link here: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/96361110860?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 963 6111 0860
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Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Thesis: Vertical Transport and Transformation of Biogeochemical Properties in the Upper Ocean
2026-05-04 13:00 - 14:00 | Clark 507, 360 Woods Hole Road, WOODS HOLE, MA, 02543
Kathleen Abbott, MIT-WHOI Joint Program
Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office – Clark 507
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 507. If you wish to join virtually, you can access the Zoom link here: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/cjP1EGFzTa65W9_v-bgGxA

WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY (WHPL)
2026-05-05 08:00 - 2026-05-09 17:00 | Woods Hole Public Library, 581 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543
What is justice? Where does tyranny come from, and why does democracy seem so fragile? Can reason tame politics — or not? These are urgent questions for so many folks today; they are also at the core of Plato’s Republic, one of the wildest and most radical works of political philosophy ever written. Come to the library to join a discussion of the first book in this text, led by Justin Reynolds, PhD, and Ana Keilson, PhD, of the Gull Island Institute, on Tuesday, May 5, from 6-7:30 p.m. This session will serve as a teaser and introduction to the text. Depending on interest, the group may continue to read and discuss the Republic over the course of the summer. The first book may be read by itself as a free-standing dialogue (which some scholars believe it originally was). Please email whpl_mail@clamsnet.org to request a .pdf of the 30-page reading in an accessible modern translation. The annual Plant Sale at the library is one of the highlights of spring in Woods Hole. The sale has been running since the mid-1970s and has become a vital source of operating funds for the village library. This year the sale will be held rain or shine on Saturday morning, May 9, from 9 a.m. to noon on the library lawn, 581 Woods Hole Road, spreading to the adjacent Museum lawn at 579 Woods Hole Road. Ample parking for the event will be available down the street in WHOI’s Challenger Lot. Cash or credit cards are accepted as payment. Many of the plants in the sale are donated, so the sale is one of the best places to find locally successful perennials, as they are dug from local gardens where they have become too successful and need to be thinned. People donate not only their perennials, but also shrubs, ferns, herbs, small trees, and other garden plants to this annual fundraiser. This year, the sale will feature a lovely selection of stewartias, freshly dug from a prolific local source. Interesting varieties of tomatoes, vegetables, herbs, and many pollinator-friendly flower seedlings are grown by the Plant Sale Committee and gardeners in the community, especially for the sale. Shoppers looking for a perfect last-minute Mother’s Day gift may also purchase a beautiful spring bouquet of tulips. If you would like to donate plants, they can be dropped off in the library courtyard on Thursday and Friday, May 7 and 8. Pots and soil, as well as labels, are available at the library in the courtyard. Perennials, shrubs, small trees, house plants, and seedlings, as well as tubers, corms, and bulbs, are all welcome. Please be sure to label donated plants with name and color. For questions, please get in touch with the WHPL Plant Sale Committee by emailing whpl.plantsale@gmail.com or calling the library at (508) 548-8961.

MC&G Department Hybrid Seminar: Chemical Weathering in the Kasai River Basin: Coupling between Inorganic and Organic Carbon Cycling
2026-05-05 12:15 - 13:00 | Carriage House
Yi Hou, ETH Zurich
Sponsored by: MC&G Department – Carriage House
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Carriage House. If you wish to join virtually, you can access the Zoom link here: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/SEgYhJloR-K5XLHyA5Kz1A

Physical Oceanography Department Seminar: Surface Active to Passive Fronts in the Central California Current System
2026-05-05 15:05 - 16:00 | Clark 201, 366 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Joyce Cai, University of Washington
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 201
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 201. If you wish to join virtually, you can access the Zoom link here: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/91962600638?pwd=[REDACTED]
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AOP&E Department Hybrid Seminar: Uncertainty Quantification in Ocean Acoustic Inversion and Localization
2026-05-06 12:15 - 13:00 | LOSOS Conference Room
Stan Dosso, University of Victoria
Sponsored by: AOP&E Department – LOSOS Conference Room
This will be a hybrid seminar held in LOSOS Conference Room. If you wish to join virtually, you can access the Zoom link here: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/95224364638
Meeting ID: 952 2436 4638
Dial in: 646 558 8656

Biology Department Seminar: Biological–Physical Coupling in a Dynamic Ocean: Through the Lens of Mid-Trophic Levels
2026-05-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543
Mei Sito, WHOI
Sponsored by: Biology Department – Redfield Auditorium

Geodynamics Program Seminar Series: Lessons From a Restless Caldera: Studying the Past, Present, and Future of Volcanic Activity at Santorini Volcano, Greece
2026-05-07 13:30 - 14:30 | Carriage House
Tamsin Mather, University of Oxford
Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office – Carriage House

MBL Falmouth Forum: Myths and Realities of US Healthcare
2026-05-08 19:30 - 20:30 | Cornelia Clapp Auditorium
John W. Rowe, Columbia University
Sponsored by: MBL – Cornelia Clapp Auditorium
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Cornelia Clapp Auditorium. If you wish to join virtually, you can register here: https://mbl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7p8q1qX7RomC2mD3xbEoGQ#/registration
Join Us for Dinner
An optional buffet dinner precedes each Falmouth Forum lecture.
6:00 PM: Swope Center, 5 North Street, Woods Hole
Tickets: $42/each or reserve a table of eight
Purchase tickets in advance HERE on sale two weeks prior to the event.
Dinner tickets are available until they sell out or until 5:00 pm on the Wednesday prior to the event. We regret that no tickets will be sold at the door.

MC&G Department Hybrid Seminar: Exploration of Ocean Biogeochemical Cycling Through Isotopic Measurements of Organic Nitrogen
2026-05-12 12:15 - 13:00 | Carriage House
Yeongjun Ryu, Princeton University
Sponsored by: MC&G Department – Carriage House
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Carriage House. If you wish to join virtually, you can access the Zoom link here: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/SEgYhJloR-K5XLHyA5Kz1A

Physical Oceanography Department Seminar: Title to be announced
2026-05-12 15:05 - 16:00 | Clark 201, 366 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, United States
Yan Sun, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department – Clark 201
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Clark 201. If you wish to join virtually, you can access the Zoom link here: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/91962600638?pwd=[REDACTED]
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AOP&E Department Hybrid Seminar: Multi-Agent and Multimodal Autonomy Methods for Maritime Domain Awareness
2026-05-13 12:15 - 13:00 | Smith Conference Room, 86 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA, 02543
Luke Overbey, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic
Sponsored by: AOP&E Department – Smith Conference Room
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Smith Conference Room. If you wish to join virtually, you can access the Zoom link here: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/95224364638
Meeting ID: 952 2436 4638
Dial in: 646 558 8656

MBL Seminar Series: Coral Responses to Thermal Stress: Adaptive Capacity and the Potential for Intervention
2026-05-14 11:30 - 12:30 | Speck Auditorium
Yvonne Sawall, ASU BIOS
Sponsored by: MBL – Speck Auditorium
This will be a hybrid seminar held in Speck Auditorium. If you wish to join virtually, you can access the link here: https://mbl.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=c9e866a7-7e09-445a-afb8-b4390109016e

The Fortress, The River, and The Garden: A New Metaphor for Knowledge Symbiosis
2026-05-15 09:30 - 10:30 | Cornelia Clapp Auditorium
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Ladd Thorne Indigenous Knowledge Program (LT-IKP) is pleased to invite you to our inaugural LT-IKP Seminar, featuring Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, acclaimed author, scientist, and educator.
Friday, May 15, 2026
9:30–10:30 AM
Clapp Auditorium, Lillie Building
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
The Fortress, The River, and The Garden: A New Metaphor for Knowledge Symbiosis
Dr. Kimmerer will explore new paradigms for knowledge exchange and ecological understanding, offering a thoughtful perspective on how different ways of knowing can exist in relationship with one another.
This session is intended for the WHOI community and Corporation Members as part of the May Joint Meeting of the Board and Corporation.
RSVP Here
Dr. Kimmerer will also offer an evening presentation open to the public at 6:00 PM. We kindly ask that you register for only one of the two sessions. Please note that the evening talk takes place in Redfield auditorium and has highly limited seating.
A limited book signing with Dr. Kimmerer will take place from 4:30–5:30 PM in Redfield Auditorium, including books for sale from 8 Cousins Bookstore.
We hope you will join us for this special and meaningful conversation.
For questions, please contact the following:
For general event questions and questions about Organizational Development Programming or the LT-IKP: Natalie Nevarez, Chief Organizational Development Officer at natalie.nevarez@whoi.edu
For event logistics: Jessica Costello, Director of Events at jessica.costello@whoi.edu
