A Semester at Skidaway
The Semester at Skidaway domestic field study program brings undergraduate ocean science majors to the Georgia coast, where they take courses and build their research skills through a series of… Read more »
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That’s a wrap on the November DolLAYER cruise
The November cruise is officially complete for DolLAYER. We were able to go back to the sites where we saw the large bloom of diatoms earlier in the trip. We… Read more »
SkIO welcomes Semester at Skidaway undergraduate students
The University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO) is proud to welcome the seven undergraduate students participating in the 2024 Semester at Skidaway Field Study program.
SkIO welcomes Nicholas Foukal to faculty
The University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO) is proud to welcome physical oceanographer Nicholas Foukal to its faculty. Foukal will begin his role as an assistant professor on… Read more »
Johnson High School educators join cruise on the R/V Savannah
Educators from Johnson High School plan to use what they experienced on the R/V Savannah to mold future lessons and projects. In late June, several dozen miles off the Southeast… Read more »
SkIO Student Spotlight: Michael Sheridan
Originally from Northwest Ohio, Michael Sheridan is a master’s student and research assistant in Clifton Buck’s lab at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO). Sheridan received his… Read more »
Natalie Cohen named 2024 Simons Early Career Investigator
Dr. Natalie Cohen, University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO) scientist and assistant professor of marine sciences in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a… Read more »
Evening @ Skidaway Dec. 12
The problem of plastic pollution in our environment has caught the public’s attention in recent years. Rapidly increasing production of plastics for bottles, containers, clothing and other materials has led… Read more »
Explosion of plastic pollution topic of Evening @ Skidaway program
IMPORTANT UPDATE: The venue for this program has been changed to the newly renovated McGowan Library Auditorium! The problem of plastic pollution in our environment has caught the public’s attention… Read more »
Tour the Earth by satellite in Evening @ Skidaway program
During the five years it has been in orbit, the SeaHawk-1 CubeSat nanosatellite has captured thousands of images of the Earth as scientists used it to study the ocean. Now… Read more »