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The WHOI Marine Mammal Center Is Born …
The WHOI Marine Mammal Center Is Born … A new center has been established at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)…
Read MoreWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution Will Lead Coastal and Global Observatories Effort
A Cooperative Agreement signed today by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership (OL) gives Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and its partners approval to begin construction on ocean observing infrastructure at coastal sites offshore of southern New England, Oregon, and Washington, and at high latitude open-ocean sites in the Atlantic,…
Read MoreA Diversity of Geoscientists
The statistics are stark: From 1973 to 2003, only 313 Hispanic Americans, 135 African Americans, and 49 Native Americans earned…
Read MoreThe Airplane That Studied the Ocean
Airplanes don’t typically come to mind when people think of ocean science. But for 25 years, beginning in 1945, Woods…
Read MoreThree Woods Hole Scientific Institutions Forge Alliance to Address Societal Issues
Three leading research centers based in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 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…
Read MoreWHOI 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. The total included a $28-million anonymous gift given in 2002 to…
Read MoreAir France Flight 447 Updates
WHOI-Led Team Locates Wreckage of Air France 447 The WHOI-led team searching in the Atlantic Ocean for the wreckage of Air France flight 447, which crashed in 2009, has confirmed locating pieces of the aircraft, reports the French air safety authority known as BEA. The pieces have been identified by the BEA safety investigators as…
Read MoreWHOI 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. The alliance is a unique outsourcing arrangement intended to immediately and cost-effectively enhance licensing…
Read MoreMIT/WHOI Joint Program Celebrates 40th Anniversary
It was 1968. On university campuses, the Beatles blared from dorm-room stereos, and VW Beetles infested parking lots. The times…
Read MoreCold Water Corals Conference to be Held in Woods Hole
On October 24, 2008, scientists from North America and Europe will meet at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) 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. As part of the Trans-Atlantic Coral Ecosystem…
Read MoreNew 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…
Read MoreWHOI 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. Detrick is currently a senior scientist and vice president for Marine Facilities and Operations at WHOI, and will begin his NSF position on Nov. 3, 2008.…
Read MoreSusan Avery Takes the Helm at WHOI
With the first hints of autumn reaching Woods Hole last October, change of a different sort was in the air.…
Read MoreCapital Campaign Heads into Homestretch
With $180 million already committed, the WHOI $200 million Depth of Leadership campaign has reached 90 percent of its goal,…
Read MoreOceanInsights for the Blind
WHOI physical oceanographer Amy Bower brought along a few extraordinary passengers when she set out to the Labrador Sea aboard…
Read MoreKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology and 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.
Read MoreWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution 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.
Read MoreWHOI Earns Reaccreditation
WHOI has been reaccredited as a degree-granting institution by the organization responsible for accrediting New England colleges and universities. The…
Read MoreBuilding International Bridges to Explore Ridges
In January 2007, WHOI scientists Jian Lin, who grew up in China, and Chris German, who grew up in England,…
Read MoreWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution Will Lead Partnership to Establish Coastal and Global Observatories for Ocean Observatories Initiative
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,…
Read MoreNewt Merrill is Elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Newton P.S. Merrill, senior executive vice president (retired) of The Bank of New York, has been elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Merrill was elected at the Board’s spring meeting May 18 in Woods Hole. He succeeds James E. Moltz, who served as chairman for nine years.…
Read MoreWelcome to the New WHOI.edu
April 13, 2007 We hope you enjoy this newly designed WHOI.edu website. We’re proud of the new site. This redesign uses a more efficient “back end” engine to make it easier and faster for us to post new content. We put a lot of effort into how to best reorganize our site, including a number…
Read MoreTwo Ships Passing Passengers in the Night
Into the frigid darkness, following two days of stormy weather, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s coastal research vessel Tioga left port…
Read MoreStudents 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…
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