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28TH WOODS HOLE FILM FESTIVAL (WHFF)
28TH WOODS HOLE FILM FESTIVAL (WHFF): With 54 feature length and 110 short films, the WHFF, which runs from July 27-August 3 at seven venues within walking or biking distance of one another in Woods Hole and Falmouth, offers a diverse and exciting mixture of narratives, documentaries, and animation, submitted from around the globe—from Cape…
4 events,
Marine Policy Center Seminar: Novel Small-Scale Wave Energy Converter for Marine Monitoring Applications
Marine Policy Center Seminar: Novel Small-Scale Wave Energy Converter for Marine Monitoring Applications
Julie Fouquet & Milan Minsky, 3newable LLC Sponsored by: Marine Policy Center
MC&G Steinbach Scholar: The Building Blocks of Life: Elemental Stoichiometry Across Spatial and Temporal Scales
MC&G Steinbach Scholar: The Building Blocks of Life: Elemental Stoichiometry Across Spatial and Temporal Scales
Claudia Benitez-Nelson, University of South Carolina Sponsored by: MC&G Department
“Meet an Engineer” – Gwyneth Packard
“Meet an Engineer” – Gwyneth Packard
Get Your Questions Answered by Ocean Science Experts Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery Center & Visitor Center
4 events,
MC&G Steinbach Scholar: Neurotoxins in the Environment: Understanding the Production, Cycling and Fate of Domoic Acid Along the California Coast
MC&G Steinbach Scholar: Neurotoxins in the Environment: Understanding the Production, Cycling and Fate of Domoic Acid Along the California Coast
Claudia Benitez-Nelson, University of South Carolina Sponsored by: MC&G Department
Know Your Ocean Science Chats: Listen Closely to “See” into the Earth
Know Your Ocean Science Chats: Listen Closely to “See” into the Earth
Masako Tominaga, WHOI Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery Center & Visitor Center
Pathways of Vertical Nutrient Transports: A Decomposition of Vertical Fluxes
Pathways of Vertical Nutrient Transports: A Decomposition of Vertical Fluxes
Mara Freilich, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
6 events,
Summer Lecture Series : Super Reefs Science and the Future of Coral
Summer Lecture Series : Super Reefs Science and the Future of Coral
Anne Cohen, WHOI Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Summer Lecture Series : Why are Cape Cod Estuaries Impaired and What Can Be Done About It?
Summer Lecture Series : Why are Cape Cod Estuaries Impaired and What Can Be Done About It?
Matt Charette, WHOI Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
AOP&E Steinbach Scholar: Underwater Robot Actuation and Sensing for Unstable and Uncertain Environments
AOP&E Steinbach Scholar: Underwater Robot Actuation and Sensing for Unstable and Uncertain Environments
Maarja Kruusmaa, Tallinn University of Technology, Centre for Biorobotics Sponsored by: AOP&E Department
4 events,
A Snail Story: Phenotypic and Genotypic Divergence in Littorina saxatilis in the Gulf of Maine
A Snail Story: Phenotypic and Genotypic Divergence in Littorina saxatilis in the Gulf of Maine
Sarah E. Kingston, Bowdoin College & University of Maine Sponsored by: Biology Department
Splash Lab: Hands-On Science for Kids of all Ages
Splash Lab: Hands-On Science for Kids of all Ages
Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery Center & Visitor Center
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Children’s author Melina Mangal
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Children’s author Melina Mangal
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Children’s author Melina Mangal will be in Woods Hole on Thursday, August 1, giving two presentations about her new book The Vast Wonder of the World which is a biography of the scientist Ernest Everett Just. It is very appropriate that she should be giving these two presentations in Woods Hole…
6 events,
Summer Student Fellow Final Presentations: Microplastics in New Bedford Harbor
Summer Student Fellow Final Presentations: Microplastics in New Bedford Harbor
Sara Matsumura, Haverford College Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Summer Student Fellow Final Presentations: Metabolic Enzyme Activity over a Daily Cycle in Vertically Migrating Copepods
Summer Student Fellow Final Presentations: Metabolic Enzyme Activity over a Daily Cycle in Vertically Migrating Copepods
Nora McNamara-Bordewick, Barnard College Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
PEANUT BUTTER CLUB: Presents a discussion with WHOI Scientist Joan Bernhard and Artist/Printmaker Terry Conrad on Terry’s exhibition of works entitled Psammochthonica anoxiki (Belonging to the Sandy Anoxic Underworld): A Print Maker’s Interpretation
PEANUT BUTTER CLUB: Presents a discussion with WHOI Scientist Joan Bernhard and Artist/Printmaker Terry Conrad on Terry’s exhibition of works entitled Psammochthonica anoxiki (Belonging to the Sandy Anoxic Underworld): A Print Maker’s Interpretation
PEANUT BUTTER CLUB: Presents a discussion with WHOI Scientist Joan Bernhard and Artist/Printmaker Terry Conrad on Terry’s exhibition of works entitled Psammochthonica anoxiki (Belonging to the Sandy Anoxic Underworld): A Print Maker’s Interpretation on August 2, at noon, in Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water St., Woods Hole. A major research theme in the biological sciences is understanding…
5 events,
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Accessories and Adornment Sale
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Accessories and Adornment Sale
The library is holding their third annual “Accessories and Adornment Sale” of new and gently used jewelry and accessories for men and women on Saturday, August 3, from 10 a.m.…
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS: In July and August at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., on Saturday and Sundays, the Woods Hole Business Association offers “Weekend Science Tours.” Tours leave…
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS: In July and August at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., on Saturday and Sundays, the Woods Hole Business Association offers “Weekend Science Tours.” Tours leave…
2 events,
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS: In July and August at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., on Saturday and Sundays, the Woods Hole Business Association offers “Weekend Science Tours.” Tours leave…
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS: In July and August at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., on Saturday and Sundays, the Woods Hole Business Association offers “Weekend Science Tours.” Tours leave…
3 events,
2019 AOSE Steinbach Scholar: Sensors and Sensor Networks for Understanding Natural Flows
2019 AOSE Steinbach Scholar: Sensors and Sensor Networks for Understanding Natural Flows
Maarja Kruusmaa, Tallinn University of Technology Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
“Meet a Scientist” – John Stegeman
“Meet a Scientist” – John Stegeman
Get Your Questions Answered by Ocean Science Experts Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery Center & Visitor Center
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Poetry Reading
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Poetry Reading
Two poets with close ties to Woods Hole will be reading from their work at the library on Monday, August 5, at 7:30 p.m. David Epstein, a life-long Woods Hole summer…
7 events,
2019 AOSE Steinbach Scholar – Student Seminar/Q&A: Lessons Taught and Learned by Managing a Doctoral Program
2019 AOSE Steinbach Scholar – Student Seminar/Q&A: Lessons Taught and Learned by Managing a Doctoral Program
Maarja Kruusmaa, Tallinn University of Technology Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Ocean Respiration: New Concepts, New Significance, and New Applications
Ocean Respiration: New Concepts, New Significance, and New Applications
T.T. Packard, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain Sponsored by: MC&G Department
3 events,
AOSE Steinbach Scholar: Underwater Robot Actuation and Sensing for Unstable and Uncertain Environments
AOSE Steinbach Scholar: Underwater Robot Actuation and Sensing for Unstable and Uncertain Environments
Maarja Kruusmaa, Tallinn University of Technology, Centre for Biorobotics Sponsored by: AOP&E Department
Splash Lab: Hands On Science for Kids of all Ages
Splash Lab: Hands On Science for Kids of all Ages
Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery Center & Visitor Center
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Social Justice Book Group
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Social Justice Book Group
The next title in the library’s Social Justice Book Group discussion will be “White Fragility, Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism.” The discussion will take…
5 events,
Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Thesis: Seismic and Numerical Constraints on the Formation and Evolution of Oceanic Lithosphere
Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Thesis: Seismic and Numerical Constraints on the Formation and Evolution of Oceanic Lithosphere
Hannah Mark, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Biology Department Summer Student Presentations
Biology Department Summer Student Presentations
Poster Session to Follow Sponsored by: Biology Department
Splash Lab: Hands-On Science for Kids of all Ages
Splash Lab: Hands-On Science for Kids of all Ages
Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery Center & Visitor Center
2 events,
PEANUT BUTTER CLUB: School of the Future (part 2)
PEANUT BUTTER CLUB: School of the Future (part 2)
PEANUT BUTTER CLUB: Presents part 2 of the video “School of the Future” on Friday, August 9, at noon, in Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water St., Woods Hole. In a new age of information, rapid innovation, and globalization, how can we prepare our children to compete? Once the envy of the world, American schools are now…
Friday Evening Lectures Series: The Past and Future of Bioluminescence Research, in Light of the Contributions of Osamu Shimomura
Friday Evening Lectures Series: The Past and Future of Bioluminescence Research, in Light of the Contributions of Osamu Shimomura
Steven Haddock, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Sponsored by: MBL
1 event,
WOODS HOLE SCIENCE STROLL
WOODS HOLE SCIENCE STROLL
WOODS HOLE SCIENCE STROLL: The nonprofit organizations of Woods Hole have joined together to present a free public day of interactive science along Water Street on Sunday, August 10, from…
3 events,
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS: In July and August at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., on Saturday and Sundays, the Woods Hole Business Association offers “Weekend Science Tours.” Tours leave from the MBL Exhibit Center located at 100 Water Street in Woods Hole, MA and last about one hour. Reservations are required. Tours are recommended…
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS
WOODS HOLE WEEKEND SCIENCE TOURS: In July and August at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., on Saturday and Sundays, the Woods Hole Business Association offers “Weekend Science Tours.” Tours leave from the MBL Exhibit Center located at 100 Water Street in Woods Hole, MA and last about one hour. Reservations are required. Tours are recommended…
MIDDLE EAST LECTURE SERIES: Crisis in the Saudi-American Relationship?
MIDDLE EAST LECTURE SERIES: Crisis in the Saudi-American Relationship?
MIDDLE EAST LECTURE SERIES: Presents a talk titled “Crisis in the Saudi-American Relationship?” by F. Gregory Gause, III, head, International Affairs Department, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, on August 11 at 5:00 p.m. These talks are held at the Church of the Messiah, 22 Church Street, Woods Hole, Mass., and are…
2 events,
“Meet a Scientist” – Jing He
“Meet a Scientist” – Jing He
Get Your Questions Answered by Ocean Science Experts Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery Center & Visitor Center
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: B J Atwood-Fukuda, author of poetry and prose
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: B J Atwood-Fukuda, author of poetry and prose
B J Atwood-Fukuda, author of poetry and prose, will be reading from her recent work on Monday, August 12, at the library at 7:30 p.m. B J’s reading this year--her…
5 events,
Know Your Ocean Science Chats: Microplastics in the Ocean: Fact or Frenzy?
Know Your Ocean Science Chats: Microplastics in the Ocean: Fact or Frenzy?
Mark Hahn, WHOI Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery Center & Visitor Center
3 events,
How Arctic Sea Ice Decline and Indian Ocean Warming Affect the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)
How Arctic Sea Ice Decline and Indian Ocean Warming Affect the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)
Alexey Federov, Yale Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
Splash Lab: Hands-On Science for Kids of all Ages
Splash Lab: Hands-On Science for Kids of all Ages
Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery Center & Visitor Center
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: musical performance by Falmouth creative native Brian Engles
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: musical performance by Falmouth creative native Brian Engles
The library is pleased to host a musical performance by Falmouth creative native Brian Engles on Wednesday August 14, from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. His solo project Racing Days is…
2 events,
Splash Lab: Hands-On Science for Kids of all Ages
Splash Lab: Hands-On Science for Kids of all Ages
Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery Center & Visitor Center
2 events,
PEANUT BUTTER CLUB: Storm That Drowned a City
PEANUT BUTTER CLUB: Storm That Drowned a City
Presents the video “Storm That Drowned a City” on Friday, August 16, at noon, in Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water St., Woods Hole. In less than 12 hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Louisiana coast, leading to more than a thousand deaths and transforming a city of over one million into an uninhabitable…
0 events,
1 event,
DREAM TALE PUPPETS
DREAM TALE PUPPETS
DREAM TALE PUPPETS: Will present “Judy Saves the Day” by Sarah Nolen, on Sunday, August 18, at 4:30 p.m., at Woods Hole Community Hall, 68 Water Street, Woods Hole, Mass.,…
1 event,
“Meet an Engineer” – Mike Jakuba
“Meet an Engineer” – Mike Jakuba
Get Your Questions Answered by Ocean Science Experts Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery & Visitor Center
6 events,
Schmitt Symposium on Ocean Salinity and Mixing: Session 1: Salinity Dynamics
Schmitt Symposium on Ocean Salinity and Mixing: Session 1: Salinity Dynamics
R.Xin Huang, WHOI. Potential Spicity and its Application to Water Mass Analysis and Climate Study Julian Schanze, ESRI. The fate of Rain: Salinity Physics in the Intertropical Convergence Zone Arnold…
8 events,
Schmitt Symposium on Ocean Salinity and Mixing:
Schmitt Symposium on Ocean Salinity and Mixing:
Session 3: Mixing John Toole, WHOI. The High Resolution Profiler: A Retrospective Jim Ledwell, WHOI. Tracer and Microstructure Working Together Will Fortin, LDEO. Always Something New: Ray Waves into Seismic…
Marine Policy Center Special Seminar: The Maritime Environment 2050
Marine Policy Center Special Seminar: The Maritime Environment 2050
Jesse Ausubel, The Rockefeller University Sponsored by: Marine Policy Center
Schmitt Symposium on Ocean Salinity and Mixing
Schmitt Symposium on Ocean Salinity and Mixing
Special lunch time seminar Jubao Zhang, Boston College. Random Walks from Oceanography to Finance
4 events,
G&G Summer Student Fellow Presentation: The Cycling of 231Pa and 230Th in Benthic Nepheloid Layers
G&G Summer Student Fellow Presentation: The Cycling of 231Pa and 230Th in Benthic Nepheloid Layers
Siyuan-Sean Chen, University of Bristol, UK Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
G&G Summer Student Fellow Presentation: Benthic δ18O Evidence for the Transfer of Common Era Surface Temperature Anomalies Via North Atlantic Deep Water
G&G Summer Student Fellow Presentation: Benthic δ18O Evidence for the Transfer of Common Era Surface Temperature Anomalies Via North Atlantic Deep Water
Mariya Galochkina, Rutgers University Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
BGC-Argo Observations and Ecosystem Forecasting for the Western Pacific Ocean
BGC-Argo Observations and Ecosystem Forecasting for the Western Pacific Ocean
Fei Chai, University of Maine Sponsored by: Biology Department
3 events,
PEANUT BUTTER CLUB: Inside the Megafire
PEANUT BUTTER CLUB: Inside the Megafire
Presents the video “Inside the Megafire” on Friday, August 23, at noon, in Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water St., Woods Hole. The California wildfires of 2018 took a worrisome trend to a new extreme, claiming scores of lives and over a million acres. Scientists investigate how forestry practices, climate change, and drought may contribute to the…
WOODS HOLE HISTORICAL MUSEUM: Oyster Talk and Tasting
WOODS HOLE HISTORICAL MUSEUM: Oyster Talk and Tasting
Will hold its annual “Oyster Talk and Tasting” on Friday, August 23, from 5-7 p.m., on the museum grounds at 579 Woods Hole Road. The first part of the evening…
0 events,
1 event,
MIDDLE EAST LECTURE SERIES: Iran-US Relations — Is Transforming Animosity into Friendship Possible?
MIDDLE EAST LECTURE SERIES: Iran-US Relations — Is Transforming Animosity into Friendship Possible?
Presents a talk titled “Iran-US Relations -- Is Transforming Animosity into Friendship Possible?” Seyed Hossain Mousavian, specialist, Middle East Security and Nuclear Policy, Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton…
1 event,
“Meet a Scientist” – Marissa Kellogg
“Meet a Scientist” – Marissa Kellogg
Get Your Questions Answered by Ocean Science Experts Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery & Visitor Center
4 events,
Nutrient and Carbon Export to the Coastal Ocean Driven by Surface Water-Groundwater Exchange
Nutrient and Carbon Export to the Coastal Ocean Driven by Surface Water-Groundwater Exchange
Joe Tamborski, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department
Know Your Ocean Science Chats: Deploying and Maintaining the Ocean Observatories Initiative’s Irminger Sea Array
Know Your Ocean Science Chats: Deploying and Maintaining the Ocean Observatories Initiative’s Irminger Sea Array
Sheri White, WHOI Sponsored by: WHOI Discovery & Visitor Center
Summer Student Fellow Presentations: Sea Surface Height Variance Spectra of Internal Waves
Summer Student Fellow Presentations: Sea Surface Height Variance Spectra of Internal Waves
Weiguang Wu, University of California, San Diego Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department
1 event,
Standard-Target Sonar-Calibration Method: The Science – and Challenges in Communicating This
Standard-Target Sonar-Calibration Method: The Science – and Challenges in Communicating This
Ken Foote, WHOI Sponsored by: AOP&E Department
3 events,
WHOI Joint Program Student Short Talks: Functional Traits Provide New Insight into the Succession and Resilience of a Hydrothermal Vent Invertebrate Community Recovering from Volcanic Disturbance
WHOI Joint Program Student Short Talks: Functional Traits Provide New Insight into the Succession and Resilience of a Hydrothermal Vent Invertebrate Community Recovering from Volcanic Disturbance
Lauren Dykman, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Sponsored by: Biology Department
WHOI Joint Program Student Short Talks: Early Exposure to HAB Toxins and Later Life Consequences
WHOI Joint Program Student Short Talks: Early Exposure to HAB Toxins and Later Life Consequences
Alia Hidayat, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Sponsored by: Biology Department
WHOI Joint Program Student Short Talks: Is Productivity Enhanced at the Middle Atlantic Bight Shelf-Break Front?
WHOI Joint Program Student Short Talks: Is Productivity Enhanced at the Middle Atlantic Bight Shelf-Break Front?
Andrew Hirzel, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Sponsored by: Biology Department
2 events,
PEANUT BUTTER CLUB: First Horse Warriors
PEANUT BUTTER CLUB: First Horse Warriors
PEANUT BUTTER CLUB: Presents the video “First Horse Warriors” on Friday, August 30, at noon, in Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water St., Woods Hole. Horse riding played a key role in human expansion and civilization. But when and how did people first master these animals? Scientists use archeology and genetics to uncover clues about the first…