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.
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We're sorry to report the death of another alumna, Amy Samuels, after a long illness. Amy graduated in 1997 with a doctoral degree in Biological Oceanography from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. More information about Amy's life and research can be found in her obituary.
A celebration of Amy’s life will be held in the spring of 2009. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Dolphins of Monkey Mia Research Foundation, c/o David and Kayo Burmon, 21 Colchester Road, Weston, MA 02493, or to the Lily Caiming Samuels Education Trust, P.O. Box 117, West Falmouth, MA 02574.
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40th Anniversary of MIT/WHOI Joint Program
On May 8, 1968, MIT's Howard Johnson and WHOI's Paul Fye signed a two-page Memorandum of Understanding on the R.V. Chain establishing the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering. To commemorate the the Joint Program birthday, MIT and WHOI held a science symposium at MIT on Thurday, September 25, 2008, featuring JP alumni as speakers followed by a reception. On Friday, September 26, a career discussion and cookout was held at WHOI. Thanks to all who joined us to make this a special occasion.
Four of the presentations from the Science Symposium may be viewed online:
Experimental Hydrodynamics from Fish Swimming to Breaking Waves by Prof. Alexandra Techet, MIT
Fluxes in the field, of a field in flux by Prof. Peter Franks, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dinosaur forecast: cloudy, and other lessons from past warm climates by Prof. Eli Tziperman, Harvard University
Speed Bumps in the Carbon Cycle: Substrate Structural Effects on Carbon Cycling by Prof. Carol Arnosti, University of North Carolina