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Over 800 MIT/WHOI Joint Program degrees have been awarded since the Program's inception in 1968. Graduates are working all over the world in diverse areas including research institutions, liberal arts colleges and high schools, museums, government, private industry, non-governmental organizations, and science journalism, just to name a few.

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What Makes the Great Ocean Currents Flow?

MIT/WHOI Joint Program student Stephanie Waterman was interviewed about her research for an audio slide show produced by Ari Daniel Shapiro, a recent Joint Program graduate.  Stephanie researched the Gulf Stream and Kuroshio for her doctoral thesis.  She is heading to the UK for postdoctoral work.

Joint Program Students Featured in Oceanus

Noxious Corals, Flippered Robots, and 'Talkative' Bacteria
Oceanus Volume 47, Number 1, 2008
Eleven MIT/WHOI Joint Program graduate students describe their scientific pursuits in this issue.
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