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  • Career Choices Roundtable – presented by the School of Science Peer Mentoring Program

  • Summer Research Program Symposium

  • 7th Annual School of Science Dean’s Seminar: Dr. Camille Parmesan
    Professor at Plymouth University (UK) and National Aquarium Chair in the Public Understanding of Oceans and Human Health

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

    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 Congress and Next Administration.

    The symposium will be held from 10 a.m. to noon in Wilson Hall, and is free and open to the public.

    The awards luncheon will follow from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tickets are required to attend the luncheon, and online ticket orders will be available shortly.

    Dr. Donald Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, will receive the UCI’s Regional Champion of the Ocean Award and serve as the second symposium speaker along with Gov. Whitman.

    This year’s State, Coastal and Ocean Leadership Champion of the Ocean honorees will be David Rosenblatt, Assistant Commissioner, Engineering and Construction, at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP); and Elizabeth Semple, Assistant Director, Division of Coastal and Land Use Planning, NJDEP.

    For more information, visit the Urban Coast Institute web site or contact Danica Simmons at 732-263-5662 or via email at dsimmons@monmouth.edu.

  • Ocean Frontiers III

    Ocean Frontiers III is a truly unique and hopeful ocean film that explores the intersection of national security, marine commerce and conservation. Savor rare underwater footage of stunning marine life along the coast from Virginia to Maine and hear from a range of people who are leading the way to a sustainable and thriving ocean.

    Participate in the post-film conversation about the new Mid-Atlantic Ocean Action plan and get your questions answered by an expert panel that includes: Liz Semple, Manager, Office of Coastal and Land Use Planning, New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection; Tim Dillingham, Executive Director, American Littoral Society; Tony MacDonald, Director, Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (moderator); and others to be announced. The film showing begins at 6:30 p.m.; guests are welcome to attend a reception at 6 p.m. with light refreshments.

    This free film screening and panel discussion is being presented by the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute with the American Littoral Society, New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium, Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions, Surfrider Foundation – Jersey Shore Chapter, Green Fire Productions, and The Nature Conservancy – New Jersey Chapter.

    For more information, contact Karl Vilacoba at 732-571-3688 or kvilacob@monmouth.edu.

    Registration and More Information

  • A Plastic Ocean

    In A Plastic Ocean, an international team of adventurers, researchers, and ocean ambassadors go on a mission around the globe to uncover the shocking truth about what is truly lurking beneath the surface of our seemingly pristine Ocean. The result will astound viewers – just as it did our adventurers – who captured never-before-seen images of marine life, plastic pollution, and its ultimate consequences for human health. During its four-year production period, A Plastic Ocean was filmed in 20 locations around the world in beautiful and chilling detail to document the global effects of plastic pollution – and introduce workable technology and policy solutions that can, if implemented in time, change things for the better.

    This free film screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Bayshore Recycling Vice President of Operations Gary Sondermeyer, who will provide an important and interesting perspective on controlling plastic waste and marine debris.

    For additional information, please contact Karl Vilacoba at 732-571-3688 or kvilacob@monmouth.edu.

    Event Information and Registration

  • Film Screening: Les Saisons (Seasons)

    After traveling the world alongside migrating birds and diving the oceans in the acclaimed nature documentaries Winged Migrations and Oceans, Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud return to the lush green forests that emerged across Europe following the last Ice Age. Winter had gone on for 80,000 years when, in a short period of time the ice retreated, the landscape metamorphosed, the cycle of seasons was established and the beasts occupied their new kingdom. Les Saisons, with its exceptional footage of animals in the wild, is the awe-inspiring and thought-provoking tale of the long shared history that binds humankind with the natural world.

    The film will be introduced by Rockefeller University Professor Jesse Ausubel, who served as a science advisor to Les Saisons’ directors.

    This free and public event is being offered as part of the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute’s 2017 Spring Film Series.

    For more information, contact Karl Vilacoba at 732-571-3688 or kvilacob@monmouth.edu.

    Register Online

  • Champion of the Ocean Awards Dinner

  • Free STEM Workshop for Girls in 4th to 8th Grades

    Monmouth University’s Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering (CSSE), in partnership with Random Hacks of Kindness, Jr (RHoKJr), presents a free STEM workshop for girls in grades 4th through 8th on Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. in Edison Hall Room 201.

    Girls will have the opportunity to team up as problem solvers and innovators to develop Smartphone app prototypes to benefit local nonprofit organizations. Computer science mentors, drawn from current CSSE students, will teach the girls how to “code for a cause” as they work with representatives from local non-profits such as STEAMpark, Lunch Break, and Coastal Communities Family Success Center.

    Girl participants and non-profit representatives may sign up by clicking the link below:

    Register for STEM Workshop for Girls at MU

    If you have questions, please contact CSSE Secretary Rebecca Hanly at rhanly@monmouth.edu or call 732-571-7501.

  • eDNA: A Forensic Approach to Fish Detection

    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, an approach that allows scientists to confirm the presence of fish and other organisms by testing for trace amounts of genetic material that they shed into the water.

    Join us for a free panel discussion that breaks down the science of eDNA and provides an update on what area waterways will be studied next. Pizza and refreshments will be served.

    PANELISTS

    • Jason Adolf, Monmouth University Endowed Professor of Marine Science
    • Jesse Ausubel, Director, Rockefeller University Program for the Human Environment
    • Keith Dunton, Monmouth University Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
    • Mark Stoeckle, Senior Research Associate, Rockefeller University Program for the Human Environment

    For more information, contact Karl Vilacoba at 732-571-3688 or kvilacob@monmouth.edu.