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Running for six decades is the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s (NEFSC) bottom trawl survey, one of the longest running of its kind in the world. The data collected from the trawl when it operated in the Gulf of Maine and Massachusetts Bay is what Hannah Tucker immersed herself in this summer, as part of her NOAA Hollings Scholarship internship.
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In his famous words, Oscar Wilde proposed that life imitates art, meaning that art can shape our understanding of life and inspire us to act in certain ways. So why not science too? Marjorie Wonham, Associate Teaching Professor in UW Marine Biology and SAFS, at Friday Harbor Labs, has published a new study in BioScience outlining the six reasons why integrating arts and sciences in higher education is an effort worth undertaking.
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Autumn Marine Studies (AMS) 2026
Marine Mammals of the Salish Sea (FHL 375, 5 credits)
Research in Marine Biology (FHL 470, 6 credits)
Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Marine Organisms (BIOL/FHL 471, 5 credits)
Behavioral Ecology of Marine Invertebrates (FHL 4xx, 5 credits)
(optional) Marine Sciences Seminar (FHL 490, 1 credit)
Pelagic Ecosystem Function of the San Juan Archipelago 2026
Full-term fall quarter courses where students engage in advanced undergraduate research in a small cohort of students.
Welcoming Andrea Burton, new Assistant Teaching Professor in Marine Biology and SAFS
We welcome Andrea Burton to Marine Biology and the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (SAFS), our newest faculty member. Andrea starts this month as an Assistant Teaching Professor. As a specialist in climate change biology, using molecular and ecological approaches to examine adaptive response to changing conditions, Andrea joins us from UCLA where she was a lecturer.
Read moreNext stop, Croatia. A study abroad to research the Adriatic’s marine mammals and sea turtles
About to embark on a study abroad adventure is Ellie Thomas, a Marine Biology undergraduate heading into her third year of study at the University of Washington. On 1 September, Ellie will be flying (and driving and boating) more than 5,000 miles away to Veli Lošinj, a small town on one of the western islands of Croatia, nestled in the Adriatic Sea.
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