NEWS & UPDATES | SPRING 2020
COVID-19 RESPONSE
New Page: Seafood Resources
State, Federal, and other resources to support the aquaculture and seafood industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, including information about the CARES Act, webinars, and direct buying.

A white fishing boat in a harbor surrounded by buoys and several other boats.
New Page: Education at Home
In response to COVID-19 school closures, MIT Sea Grant is compiling and developing at-home educational resources, from NEAQ K-12 activities to NOAA webinars.

A person sits on a blanket reading a book on a tablet in their hand.
RESEARCH
MIT Sea Grant funds five new projects from MIT, Northeastern University, Olin College of Engineering, and Babson College, p ropelling innovations in aquaculture and monitoring .

Offshore aquaculture pens from above
Team Pulse of the Ocean develops Piezo-Acoustic Backscatter (PAB), underwater technology that enables communication and sensing at near-zero power.


EDUCATION
May 1 Deadline: Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research

MIT undergraduates with marine-related projects from any department are eligible.

A female student with a data buoy on a boat dock
Blue Lobster Bowl: Winning Team from Lexington High School
On February 29, over 120 high school students from Massachusetts and Connecticut competed in the 23rd Annual Blue Lobster Bowl.

Five students and a coach pose after winning first place at the Blue Lobster Bowl
MIT News: Understanding the Impact of Climate Change on the Ocean

MIT senior Michelle Kornberg uses her background in mechanical and ocean engineering to track how climate change has impacted underwater environments.


A female student stands in front of a row of boats lined up on a dock on the Charles River
OUTREACH
Women in Science: Visit from the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education
On March 3, a group of 35 female high school students pursuing science and engineering visited MIT Sea Grant from CIJE, which has technical curriculum in use in over 220 schools.

MIT Sea Grant Research Scientist Carolina Bastidas speaks to a group of female high school students in a lab

Ocean Plankton: Generating the Oxygen We Breathe is one image from the photographer's Space to Sea project exploring Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
Two circular images of microscopic sea creatures on the wall of the Koch Institute gallery
On Twitter: MIT Sea Grant and Woods Hole Sea Grant Visit D.C.

Program Directors Michael Triantafyllou and Matthew Charette with Abigail Archer, an extension agent with WHSG and Barnstable County’s Cape Cod Cooperative Extension in the Capitol on March 10. 

Representatives from MIT Sea Grant and Woods Hole Sea Grant stand in the Capitol
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