EPP/MSI and Hollings scholar blog: Project summary

Scholar blog posts — Project summary

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.

An internship analyzing low or depleted oxygen in U.S. coastal waters

November 17, 2023

Roxanne sits in a cubicle, facing the camera and smiling. There are two monitors and an open laptop on her desk displaying documents and data.

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.

EPP/MSI scholar explores her interests in new ways during her summer internship

September 28, 2023

Alison stands next to a presentation title slide.

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

September 13, 2023

An internship studying how climate stress influences decisions at oyster farms in the Pacific Northwest

September 7, 2023

Nick stands in what looks to be a lab for processing field samples. He grins, holding a large tray with oyster shells. His field boots and active transition lenses implied he's just brought them inside.

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.

An EPP/MSI scholar's internship improving pulse thunderstorm forecasting and warning

August 7, 2023

Scholar educates about ocean life by drawing connections to culture, art, and STEM concepts

December 14, 2022

Two children facing away from the camera lean in front of a bench and work on small jigsaw puzzles. From the other side of the bench, Abigail helps one of the children, gesturing to a piece in front of them. She wears a fabric mask over her mouth and nose, as advised by the CDC during the covid-19 pandemic.

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