The UCI's signature annual event returns Dec. 7 with a panel discussion focused on ocean priorities for the next administration and Congress. Following the symposium we'll present Champion of the Ocean Awards to former New Jersey Gov.
Christine Todd Whitman, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science President
Donald Boesch, and the NJDEP's
David Rosenblatt and
Elizabeth Semple. The symposium is free and open to the public; tickets are required for the awards luncheon.
Over 100 leading figures in marine science gathered in New York City on Oct. 20-21 for the 2016 National Ocean Exploration Forum, "Beyond the Ships: 2020-2025," hosted by The Rockefeller University and Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute. At the forum, scientists and ocean explorers presented an array of amazing discoveries from recent expeditions and discussed how emerging technologies such as drones and ROVs will transform the field over the next decade.
The UCI awarded its highest honor, the National Champion of the Ocean Award, to world-renowned ocean explorer Dr. Robert Ballard during a special ceremony in New York City on Oct. 21. Ballard recounted some of his discoveries from over 50 years and 150 expeditions at sea, including the wrecks of the Titanic, the Bismarck, the USS Yorktown, and President Kennedy's PT-109.
Pedram Daneshgar and Richard Bastian are trying to see the forest through the tree cores. The Monmouth University School of Science researchers and a student team have been extracting samples from tree trunks in the pristine coastal woods of Sandy Hook and Island Beach State Park in search of evidence that may reveal trends in climate change and severe weather along the Jersey Shore.
Painter Lucy Kalian and photographers Mark Ludak and Ira Wagner discussed the motivations and stories behind their exhibitions at Monmouth University during a Sept. panel moderated by UCI Director Tony MacDonald. All three collections were inspired by the ocean and coastal resilience issues.
Monmouth and Rockefeller universities are pioneering a marine life research technique that promises to be less expensive, more humane and more revealing than some longstanding scientific methods. Since the spring, faculty and students from both institutions have been gathering data that will reveal what fish species live in New York-New Jersey coastal water bodies using environmental DNA (eDNA) testing.
More than 3,000 maps showing populations and abundance for individual species of fish, birds and marine mammals along the East Coast are now available on the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal's new searchable Marine Life Library.
Read more about using the new Marine Life Library or
click here watch an instructional
"How Tuesday" webinar co-hosted by the UCI's Karl Vilacoba.
Monmouth University hosted a free coastal community resilience training course on Nov. 4 designed to provide state and local government agency staff and other stakeholder groups with background on natural hazards. Approximately 40 participants took the course, which provided guidance for assessing community resilience and developing next steps for improved resilience.
The Monmouth University School of Science invites outstanding applicants for the position of Endowed Professor of Marine Science. This is a position at the Associate Professor or Professor level in the Department of Biology.
The Urban Coast Institute's mission is to serve Monmouth University and the public as a forum for research, education and collaboration in the development and implementation of science-based policies and programs that support stewardship of healthy, productive and resilient coastal ecosystems and communities.
The Urban Coast Institute
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ uci@monmouth.edu | (732) 263-5662
