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  • Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute's Annual Future of the Ocean Symposium & Champions of the Ocean Awards Luncheon

    12th Annual Future of the Ocean Symposium & Champions of the Ocean Awards Luncheon

    The Great Hall

    Joint Ocean Commission Initiative Co-Chair and former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman will be among the honorees at the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute’s 12th Annual Future of the Ocean Symposium and Champions of the Ocean Awards Luncheon on December 7, 2016. The theme for this year’s symposium is America’s Ocean Future: Priorities for […]

  • A Plastic Ocean

    Free film screening and expert discussion presented by the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute and Clean Ocean Action

  • eDNA: A Forensic Approach to Fish Detection

    eDNA: A Forensic Approach to Fish Detection

    Club Dining, Magill Commons

    Monmouth and Rockefeller universities are pioneering a marine life detection technique that holds the promise of being less expensive, more humane and more revealing than other longstanding scientific methods. Faculty and students from both institutions have been conducting research in water bodies along the New Jersey and New York coasts using environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling, […]

  • Photograph of boats in a body of water

    Coastal and Ocean Champion Awards Reception

    The Great Hall

    Join the Urban Coast Institute in celebrating 40 years of New Jersey’s Coastal Management Program and honoring individuals who have made significant contributions to the program and to the conservation and sustainability of New Jersey’s coastal and marine ecosystems and communities. This year the UCI will present its Coastal and Ocean Champion Awards to The […]

  • Eagle flying over the foam of a calm ocean's waves.

    Conservation Panel and Book Signing with John Morano

    Barnes & Noble, Eatontown 180 Route 35, Eatontown, NJ, United States

    Monmouth University Professor and Eco-Adventure Series author John Morano will host a book signing and Conservation Panel with Clean Ocean Action and the Urban Coast Institute (UCI) on Oct. 27 at the Eatontown Barnes & Noble, located in Monmouth Mall. The event will kick off with a signing at 3 p.m., followed by the panel […]

  • Captain Paul Eidman, founder of Menhaden Defenders, holding a fish

    UCI Marine & Environmental Speaker Series

    Edison Atrium – Room 201

    Menhaden Defenders: Why Defend? The population of Atlantic menhaden (bunker) is at an all-time low. The loss of menhaden spells disaster for striped bass, tuna, bluefish, weakfish, osprey, whales, birds, and marine mammals. Captain Paul Eidman, founder of Menhaden Defenders, discusses the importance of rebuilding this stock. If we want to protect our game fish […]

  • Grace Saba

    UCI Marine and Environmental Luncheon Speaker Series

    Edison Atrium – Room 201

    State of Coastal and Ocean Acidification in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coastal and ocean acidification have significant scientific and societal ramifications including the alteration of ocean biogeochemistry, ecological consequences associated with altered ecosystems, and economic losses due to the decreased survival of commercially important organisms. Guest speaker Dr. Grace Saba, Assistant Professor in the Department of […]

  • Our Ocean and Beaches: A Record of Success and New Challenges to Face

    The Great Hall Auditorium

    Please Note: This event if free and open to the public, but registration is required. Event Schedule Registration & Coffee: 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. Program: 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Program Participants Moderator: Joseph M. Kyrillos,  State Senator (Ret.) and Monmouth University Public Servant-in-Residence 2018-19 PANELISTS: Chris Daggett, Former Regional Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection […]