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  • 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.