Have you ever wondered what is it like to be Rick? Aaaaargh! Pity on you! Well, some time it is awesome to be a professor of oceanography, and some time it isn’t. To celebrate all things related to Rick’s life as an oceanographer, COSEE has just launched a web site. The site is dedicated to [...]
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All about Rick and His Job
December 13th, 2010 · Comments Off
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Anna Belcher wins awards
October 24th, 2010 · No Comments
Congratulations Anna! Miss Anna Belcher, who came to UW in 2008-2009 as an exchange student from the UK’s University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Science, and who returned in summer 2010 for three research cruises (Hawaii, Clayoquot and Washington Margin), has won two major awards. In addition to receiving her MSci Oceanography degree [...]
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S.U.R.F. Students make Donation to Lab
February 9th, 2010 · Comments Off
Our AOG lab is the happy recipients of a substantial donation by UW’s undergraduate club S.U.R.F. This group of amazing undergraduates and alumni from the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences put on a benefit rock concert last fall, and donated all the profits to our citizen science group SoundCitizen. In a private interview, Rick [...]
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Rick speaks at Science on Tap
June 8th, 2009 · No Comments
Rick was the speaker at the June “Science on Tap” at TS McHugh’s in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. Many new friends turned out to hear about SoundCitizen and our research in Puget Sound. Missed it? You can view the video on Seattle’s KCTS Public TV. Sponsored, in part, by the Seattle Science Center.
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SoundCitizen Program Launched
November 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Our citizen-action program SoundCitizen was officially launched on Saturday November 22nd. In cooperation with COSEE-OLC, Sea Grant, and the Seattle Aquarium, we now have more than 200 chemical sampling kits in the hands of everyday citizens. Check out the program – Soundcitizen.org
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Rick named 1st Fleming Fellow
May 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Rick has been named the first Richard H. Fleming Fellow in the School of Oceanography. Richard Fleming was the director of the School when it established the world’s first undergraduate degree in Oceanography in 1951, and he valued strongly the importance of our undergraduate program. The Fleming Endowment honors Richard Fleming’s vision for quality undergraduate [...]
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Shifting Baselines Video mentions our work!
April 21st, 2008 · Comments Off
Rick has been using the awesome Shifting Baselines media in his teaching for years (I especially like their earlier work featuring Jack Black, such as the Ocean Symphony). Now, in collaboration with the Puget Sound Partnership, Shifting Baselines has produced a new 5-minute flash video about Puget Sound.
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