EPP/MSI and Hollings scholar blog: Internship line office — National Ocean Service

Scholar blog posts about internships in the National Ocean Service

Gaining professional connections and lab skills: An internship on the impact of 'forever chemicals' on grass shrimp

November 21, 2023

Makayla stands at a lab bench, looking down at a lab tray that looks to contain shallow water. She holds a transfer pipette in one gloved hand and a sampling vial in the other. She wears protective goggles and an apron.

Illustrating internship research findings of trash use by birds

November 17, 2023

One person's trash is another bird's building material

Eleanor poses with a smile as she uses her hands to gently part a section of a large shrubby plant.

Photo essay: Reflecting on interviews with oyster farmers during my internship

November 17, 2023

Grace and the oyster farmer stand on a dock with boats docked on either side. Grace looks at the oyster grower, who is speaking and gesturing towards his boat.

Food for thought: Learning from an internship project on diets of harvested Alaskan fish

November 16, 2023

Seraina smiling at the enclosed helm of a boat. She is dressed for fieldwork in cold weather and wears a personal floatation device.

A day in the life of a scholar researching crab trap efficiency in Alaska

November 8, 2023

Two people hold up wire traps in ankle-deep water in a bay. The water around their knee-high boots is turbid with kicked up sediment.

An internship growing my skills as a science researcher, educator, and communicator

October 19, 2023

Three people in fieldwork clothes squat down in a mangrove forest, proudly posing behind a soil core that is nearly as long as a meter stick they are using to measure it.

Working on bird time: A day in the life of a Hollings scholar

September 20, 2023

Ellie stands at the helm of a center console boat, driving with a smile on her face in calm inland waters. They are cruising at a slow speed judging by the wake. She wears a personal flotation device and equipment is stored neatly to the sides of the boat.

An EPP/MSI scholar's internship contributing to Mission: Iconic Reefs

September 13, 2023

Using my Hollings internship to try something new — education and outreach

August 31, 2023

Several children are working on a craft at a table with spread out crafting supplies for coloring and pasting paper. Laura is talking to two of the students; she looks like she is explaining the craft.

An internship listening to cetaceans: Using passive acoustic monitoring to measure habitat use

August 15, 2023

Cassidy is sitting at a work desk, looking at the camera. One of her hands rests on a laptop with data on it, while she uses her other hand to point to a computer monitor displaying multiple waveforms.

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