Save the Sound has launched a groundbreaking water testing program that will dramatically increase available data on the health of Long Island Sound. The bi-state non-profit organization already issues a closely watched “report card” on the health of the estuary. Now, the Unified Water Study: Long Island Sound Embayment Research will test water conditions in the Sound’s bays and harbors.

Read more by following the links below!

http://fox61.com/2017/05/31/study-will-sample-water-in-long-island-sound-this-summer/

http://today.uconn.edu/2017/05/save-sound-launches-unified-water-study-long-island-sound/

Sophomore marine sciences student Jessica Hinckley is the recipient of a summer undergraduate research fellowship (SURF) where she will be working on a pioneering carbon dioxide time series in Long Island Sound with Prof Penny Vlahos. Jessica will be investigating trends and responses of dissolved carbon dioxide and oxygen under various temperature and wind conditions.

Image credit Julia Kendzierski.

Marine Sciences student Matthew Lacerra was featured by CLAS as one of their outstanding students graduating in 2017.

Image credit James Harrington.

Marine Science undergraduates can apply for the Mystic Aquarium Research Experience for Undergraduates, a program designed to promote independent research with real world application.

More info can be found here: .

Sofi Jonsson’s paper about how terrestrial discharges of organic matter increase the accumulation of methylmercury in estuary environments was featured in a BBC article.

MARN 4001 students attended the annual meeting of the local group Clean Up Sound and Harbors (CUSH), presenting posters on their findings on the ecosystem of Wequetequock Cove.

You can find their posters here.

Prof. Dam was elected a 2016 Sustaining Fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLSO), the premier world association for aquatic scientists.  ASLO Sustaining Fellows are recognized as having sustained excellence in their contributions to ASLO and the aquatic sciences.

http://aslo.org/announce/fellows2016.html

Craig Tobias and Penny Vlahos win the SERDP 2016 Project-of-the-Year award for their work in studying the impact of munitions compounds in marine and estuarine ecosystems.

Read more about the project and the award here: https://serdp-estcp.mil/newsitems/details/6487c07b-cee0-498d-9d2e-9496344d6327

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With a record number of students in attendance at the 28th Conference on Severe Local Storms in Portland, OR, Tristan Kading was awarded second place for the Top Student Poster Presentation at the conference. Congratulations Tristan!