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The Marine Sciences Program is located on UConn's coastal campus at Avery Point, on the shores of Long Island Sound. Our Program includes the Department of Marine Sciences and the Marine Sciences and Technology Center. Within this program, faculty, staff, and students carry out cutting-edge research in coastal oceanography using cross-disciplinary approaches. We offer both undergraduate and graduate degrees that are characterized by an interdisciplinary foundation, high faculty-to-student ratio, and individualized plans of study and research. Our program offers the intimacy and support of a small campus, coupled with the resources of a top-notch public university and internationally renowned scientists.

Marine Sciences News

UConn program gives 7th-graders an early start
Oceanography graduate student Becky Gladych helped middle school students with a project during a summer biology class through the University Pals program at the University of Connecticut in Stamford. The program gives Stamford and Norwalk middle school students a taste of college.
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Apex Awards of Excellence awarded to Evan Ward, Sandy Shumway, Peg Van Patten, and Deb Schuler
Apex Awards for Publication Excellence have been made in its twentieth annual competition for communications professionals. The competition is open to all communications professionals from industry, academia, non-profits, health care, etc.
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Senjie Lin and Marine Sciences: PNAS ms gets high interest
Senjie Lin, Assoc. Prof. of Marine Sciences, has been notified by the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that his PNAS paper, "Spliced leader RNA trans-splicing in dinoflagellates" is one of our 30 most-read papers online during the month of May 2008. Congratulations to Senjie!
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Scientists Get A 'Gander' At State's Geological Past (The Day)
Connecticut's geological story just became known in the last 20 to 25 years, said Lewis, who teaches at the University of Connecticut's Avery Point campus and works with the Long Island Sound Resource Center. It was then that geologists started to understand the role of plate tectonics in shaping the oceans and the continents, and advances in the ability of computers to analyze rock in different ways enabled experts to unravel the events of millions of years ago as never before.
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  • Goat Trimming at Avery Point
    Date: Fri, Jun 6, 2008 Time: 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM Description: Trimming goats, not sheep. FUN! FUN! FUN!
      
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