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Passing the Torch of Scientific Knowledge through Mentorship
July 24, 2012
Category: News & Notes
Tags: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, COAST, CSU East Bay, CSU Monterey Bay, San Diego State, San Francisco State
CSU’s Council on Ocean Affairs, Science & Technology (COAST) and CSU Monterey Bay’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC) recently launched an undergraduate student summer research program that pairs CSUMB students with COAST faculty at campuses across the CSU. Undergraduates studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics are working with professors at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU East Bay, San Diego State and San Francisco State.
During their 10-week, paid internships, students are researching topics such as the influence of temperatures on sea turtles, the sleeping patterns of sea slugs, development of non-toxic coating for boats and how organisms have adapted to changes in the environment.
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COAST Reinforces CSU Marine Excellence in Washington, D.C.
June 11, 2012
Category: News & Notes
Tags: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU Monterey Bay, ocean
CSU’s Council on Ocean Affairs, Science and Technology (COAST) met with elected officials in congressional office to discuss contributions that the CSU has made to marine science during Capitol Hill’s Ocean Week 2012 in Washington, D.C. last week.
COAST representatives Krista Kamer, James Lindholm, Beth Pardieck and Dean Wendt conveyed to policy and decision makers the organization’s ability to tap CSU faculty and students’ scientific expertise to help address critical marine and coastal issues.
“We were able to show how the CSU has been building upon the success of California’s coastal research and were able to tell people what we are doing to advance marine science,” said Kamer, COAST’s director.
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CSUs tackle urban coastal crises
March 15, 2012
Category: A Closer Look
Tags: CSU Long Beach, CSU Monterey Bay, ocean, oceans, pollution, sustainability, wildlife
In California, sustainability doesn’t stop at the seashore. The state’s urban coastal waters face many environmental threats including fishing, pollution and chemical runoff. Cal State Long Beach and CSU Monterey Bay are among six California universities selected to take part in a research grant program aimed at making the state’s urban coastline more sustainable.
Long Beach and Monterey Bay researchers will join those from the University of Southern California, Stanford University, Mills College, and the University of the Pacific in an integrated program, which involves both research and public outreach—to help Californians understand and conserve their coasts.
CSU Monterey Bay’s Underwater Disco
February 17, 2012
Category: A Closer Look
Tags: COAST, CSU Monterey Bay, engineering, oceans, science education, student research
Submarines and submersibles (small subs) provide their operators with some capacity to interact with the outside world. However, you run into problems when scientists want to add a new outside tool that they can operate while safely inside. Just drilling control wire holes in the hull does not work – given humans’ pesky need to breath and the crushing pressure of deep water.
The students of CSU Monterey Bay Professor Steve Moore’s robotics class came up with a solution, and in so doing created “Squid Disco.”
The Science of Life
September 23, 2011
Category: A Closer Look
Tags: biology, Biotechnology, CSU Channel Islands, CSU Monterey Bay, CSU Northridge, CSUPERB, oceans, Sacramento State, San Francisco State, San Jose State, science education, student research, sustainability
The CSU Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology recently participated in a BayBio campaign to educate the public on the impact of life sciences on the environment, human health and the economy. A thirty second spot featuring the CSU ran on KPIX/KBCW, a CBS affiliate station, and was seen by half a million residents throughout the Bay Area and northern California.
Below are descriptions of the various campus projects highlighted in the spot. Read more »
Hook, Line and Sinkered into a Sea of Garbage
August 5, 2011
Category: A Closer Look
Tags: CSU East Bay, CSU Monterey Bay, CSU Stanislaus, fishes, Fresno State, marine, marine mammal center, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, ocean, predators, San Francisco State, San Jose State, Scaramento State
From ocean pollution to overfishing, human impacts have caused dramatic changes in coastal and marine ecosystems worldwide.
The toxic chemicals from oil spills or sewage disposal, slowly decomposing garbage and fishing gear left in the ocean are often the causes of sickness, injury and death to marine animals. Most of the waste humans produce on land eventually reaches the oceans, either through deliberate dumping or from run-off through rivers and drains. In fact, over 80 percent of marine pollution comes from land-based activities.
Since its establishment in 1966, the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) has executed in-depth marine science research and given students pursuing their Masters of Science degrees the hands-on education needed to excel in marine topics such as marine life decline.
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Illustrating an eon – or a frog
April 29, 2011
Category: A Closer Look
Tags: Cal State L.A., community, CSU Chico, CSU East Bay, CSU Monterey Bay, CSU San Bernardino, Fresno State, Humboldt State, science education
Natural-history exhibits showcase CSU’s museum-quality talents
Expect to spot naturalists sketching on napkins – and fine art on the walls – at the opening reception for “Illustrating Nature” Friday, May 6.
The annual exhibit of work by students in the CSU Monterey Bay Science Illustration Program, it will be on display at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History through June 4. (The public is invited to an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at the museum, 165 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove.)
One of several current connections between CSU campuses and science museums, “Illustrating Nature” will display 63 artworks and sketchbooks depicting Costa Rican poison dart frogs, a gravel ghost wildflower, Neanderthal jewelry production and other phenomena and organisms. 
The detailed pieces are derived from pen and ink, scratchboard, colored pencil, watercolor, gouache, acrylic and digital media. Each piece is paired with a specimen from the museum’s collection.
