Marine Biology faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates participate in a wide range of outreach activities locally, nationally, and internationally.

2014

Ashley Marranzino (Webb Lab) presented her MS work on the sensory biology of deep sea fishes and publicized URI marine-related undergraduate degree programs at NEOSEC (2014 Ocean Literacy Summit), Woods Hole.

Dr. Jacqueline Webb did a presentation on the BS Marine Biology Program for delegation from KNUST (Swame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana (organized by the Coastal Resources Center at GSO).

Dr. Brad Seibel and PhD student Abigail Bockus (both originally from Kansas) participated in the Parka Project (Planting AntaRctica in KAnsas). They took live calls from their field site in Antarctica from teachers and students in 19 high schools in Kansas, conducted a teacher training workshop, held a mini symposium for HS student researchers, gave a talk on ocean acidification, and judged student posters. 

Graduate students Ashley Marranzino and Lauren Carter (both in the Webb Lab) were instructors for Narragansett Bay Classroom.

Dr. Nathan Bird (post-doc) and graduate students Ashley Marranzino and Lauren Carter (Webb Lab) participated in the Groundhog Day shadowing program with Narragansett Middle School in which two students visited to learn what researchers do on a typical day in the lab.

2013

Dr. Brad Seibel was a Scientist on the E/V Nautilus on a cruise with Dr. Robert Ballard off the coast of Grenada (2013).  He interpreted biological observations made by ROV’s (unmanned submersibles) for the public via the website Nautiluslive.org.

Dr. Brad Seibel gave talks on “Life in Extreme Environments” to middle school and high school students at the Paul Cuffee School in Providence.

Selected Activities Prior to 2013

Dr. Jacqueline Webb gave a talk on “How Fishes See” at a meeting of the RI Saltwater Anglers Association.

The Webb Lab hosted a middle school teacher working on the sensory biology of the oyster toadfish, Opsanus tau.