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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

Sea Research Foundation and UConn Collaborate on New "DNA, Red Tide and the Sea" Exhibit
What is DNA? How is it connected to red tide? And why is it important to know? “DNA, Red Tide and the Sea,” an interactive new exhibit at Mystic Aquarium, answers all these questions while giving guests a look at our oceans on a whole new (microscopic) level.
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Census of Marine Life maps an ocean of species (LA Times)
The Census of Marine Life project - and UConn - got a bit of media attention recently, with a front-page article in the Sunday (8/2) Los Angeles Times.
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Aqua Kids come to Connecticut
Read the CT Seagrant magazine feature on the Aqua Kids TV show and Marine Sciences faculty.
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DMS represented at the 9th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant
Professors Fitzgerald and Mason, students Susan Gichuki, Terill Hollweg, and Amina Schartup, and former postdocs Maria Andersson, Eun-Hee Kim, and Bian Liu recently attended the 9th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP) in Giuyang, China.
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