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S.U.R.F. Students make Donation to Lab

rickkeil — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:00:46 +0000

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 said he was “gratified that the undergraduate population here at the UW is so willing to work for causes they believe in” and that he was “looking forward to helping SoundCitizen mentor more undergraduates as they study and practice environmental sciences here at our great university”.

The money is being used to support undergraduate internships in SoundCitizen. “This substantial gift will help support the activites of SoundCitizen and will allow the undergraduates working in the lab to expand their analytical capabilities” said Keil.

New Faces in the Lab

rickkeil — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:30:58 +0000

Chloe Anderson, Amanda Hacking and Kelsey Powers

AOG is proud to have recruited three new undergraduates to work on SoundCitizen research. Welcome to Amanda Hacking and Chloe Anderson, both in their second year as Oceanography majors. Welcome back to Kelsey Powers, who was our summer intern in 2008. Thanks for (re) joining the team!

Rick speaks at Science on Tap

rickkeil — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:37:08 +0000

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.

SoundCitizen Program Launched

rickkeil — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:01:11 +0000

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

Clayoquot Cruise a Success

rickkeil — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:11:30 +0000

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images from leg 1: Rick, Cheryl, Kelsey P, Christine, Julie, Mitch, Miles, Shayma and Ray

Sixteen days at sea aboard the RV Barnes. Maybe that is a little too long. Thanks from Rick to Miles, Cheryl, Kelsey, Kelsey, Julie, Mitch, Christine, Brandon, Esther, Shayma and Ray for making the cruise a success. All our samples were collected, the experiment went well, and we collected many water, particle and sediment samples for analysis back in the lab.

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Images from leg 2: Rick. Miles, Kelsey M, Brandon, Esther, Shayma and Ray

Jaqui, Brittany and Rick survive 5th grade class visit

rickkeil — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:28:59 +0000

So, we are giving talks about spices pretty regularly now. Usually it is Rick or Kimberly. On Wednesday May 28th Jaqui, Brittany and Rick visited a local elementary school and gave three simultaneous spices talks to three 5th grade classes. Despite the intimidation factor of 11-year olds, we survived and perhaps even thrived. The student clapped for us – go figure! So, on the left is the latest data for Cinnamon. Click on it to see the larger version.