Outreach Seminars

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Mondays at 1:30 PM in the Bernie Fowler Lab, Room #1101 (except as noted)

All seminars are free and open to the public

"Science for Non-Scientists"

March 25, 2013  Dr. Tom Miller, CBL Lab Director. "The Latest News at CBL".

April 1, 2013       Janet Barnes & Kathleen Davis-Ziombra.  "Invasive Species Catching a Free Ride".  Maritime Environmental Resource Center; Updates on ballast water treatment for invasive species.  Location: Nice Hall.

April 8, 2013     Dr. David Secor.  "Otoliths - Rosetta Stones for Fisheries Scientists?".  Information revealed in fish otoliths (ear stones).  Location: Nice Hall.

April 15, 2013   Debbie Hoffbeck.  Volunteer training. "Interpretation 101".  Knowing your audience and the techniques that will spark visitors interest.

April 22, 2013   Debbie Hoffbeck.  Volunteer training. "Conducting Lab Tours".  For volunteers who will be conducting CBL lab tours.  Location:  Meet at the CBL Visitor Center.

April 29, 2013   Debbie Hoffbeck.  Volunteer training. "Visitor Center Operations".   For volunteers who will be operating the Visitor Center.  Location:  Meet at the CBL Visitor Center.

May 6, 2013      Dr. Walter Boyton.  "Is the Bay Getting Better?"  Examples of improved water quality and habitats in the Bay area following strong management actions.

May 13, 2013    Dr. Helen Bailey.  "Tracking the Whales".  Whale research using satellite tracking to identify hotspots and help reduce ship strikes.

May 20, 2013    Dr. Johan Schijf.  "Trace Metals in Trees".  Using metal concentrations in tree rings to determine the cause of atypical cancers in teenagers in a small area of northern Ohio.

June 3, 2013    Dr. Hali Kilbourne.  "A report from the Field in the British Virgin Islands: Painkiller and Corals.

June 10, 2013   Dr. Chrisopher Rowe. "Aquatic Systems: Ecotoxicologial Studies of Coal Combustion Wastes"

June 17, 2013 (tentative) "Who Killed Crassostrea virginica? The Fall & Rise of the Chesapeake Bay Oysters" ( DVD: 59 minutes)

June 24, 2013   Laura Lapham.  TBD.

July 15, 2013    Hannah Pie "Oil Pollution Research".  

Aug 19, 2013    Dr. Honghsheng Bi.  "New technology for imaging zooplankton and ichthyoplankton in the Chesapeake Bay".