Students grow bacteria gardens
Often students grow vegetable gardens for a science project, but some local students took on an entirely different task. They grew bacteria cultures. It was one of several educational activities… Read more »
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Skidaway Institute receives research grant to study ocean currents
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography professor Dana Savidge has been awarded a research grant from the National Science Foundation for $207,450 to study ocean currents called Langmuir Supercells. Langmuir circulation cells… Read more »
Skidaway Institute's Alexander selected for prestigous leadership institute
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography professor Clark Alexander has been selected as a scholar to participate in the 2009-10 University System of Georgia Executive Leadership Institute. The Executive Leadership Institute is… Read more »
Ribbon cut — It's official!
We cut a ribbon and officially dedicated the Marine and Coastal Science Research and Instructional Center Tuesday morning. Most of the background information is in earlier posts, so her are… Read more »
‘Planet Earth in the 21st Century’ wraps up Skidaway Institute spring lecture series
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography’s spring lecture series will wrap up with a two-speaker program titled “Planet Earth in the 21st Century.” The program will be presented twice, on Monday, May… Read more »
We're moving in!
Mike Sullivan writes: The new Marine and Coastal Science Research and Instructional Center is coming to life. Four of our scientists, Marc Frischer, Liz Mann, Aaron Peck and Jim Nelson,… Read more »
Savannah State, SCCPSS and Skidaway Institute launch ocean literacy program
Savannah State University, the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) are joining hands to enhance science education in local schools through infusion of local… Read more »
The eagle has landed!
We have a pair of new and fairly frequent visitor to our campus. Two bald eagles have decided the cell phone antenna array on top of our water tower is… Read more »
Cruisin' with new grad students
The class of new graduate students in the joint Skidaway Institute-Georgia Tech program went on their first, two-day, research cruise this week. The weather was a little windy so we… Read more »
Summer activities at Skidaway
Things are fairly busy around the Skidaway Institute campus this summer. The most obvious activity is the construction on our new laboratory building. The state general assembly approved $5 million… Read more »