We are pleased to announce that the Marine Geoscience Education, Oceanographic Discovery, Undergraduate Collaboration (GEODUC) Scholars Program Team has been awarded the 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award for Teams by the University of Washington.

Every year, UW celebrates the Husky 100, recognizing undergraduate and graduate students who are making the most of their time at the University of Washington, both inside and outside of the classroom. This year in 2024, two Marine Biology undergraduates have been named as part of the Husky 100 cohort – congratulations to Aisha Rashid and Samantha-Lynn Martinez. Both double majors, Aisha is also majoring in Oceanography and Samantha-Lynn is majoring in Ecology, Evolution, & Conservation Biology. 

Out of 16,400 university programs at 1,500 institutions in 96 locations around the world, the University of Washington has five subjects in the top 10 in 2024, including Earth and Marine Sciences at number 10. 

Happy first day of spring quarter! I hope you all had a restful spring break and you get some time to see the cherry blossoms today or this week. Around the advising offices, Dani and I are happy to welcome another adviser to our team: Derya Gumustel. Dani is still working online, but she plans to be out soon for about 9 months to welcome a new baby (congrats Dani)! 

As enrollment at the UW College of the Environment continues to climb, a KING 5 reporter interviews Marine Biology student Sarah about why she chose her degree path and her experience as a UW student. 

From salmon ecologists and scientific divers to conservation geneticists and marine biologists, the halls of UW’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and Marine Biology are filled with women in science.
Some are just beginning their journey with undergraduate degrees while others are pursuing research as retired professors, and we’re celebrating them all and the diversity among them.
For the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we share thoughts from more than 20 women, about their inspirations, the barriers they’ve overcome, and tips for being women in science. 

Welcome to the next student takeover! 2nd-year marine biology student, Samantha-Lynn Martinez, took over our Instagram and unpacked her exciting journey of combining design, illustration, camerawork, and science communication with her work here at UW, as well as outside of UW with research and marine science education gigs.

Samantha worked on an honors ad hoc project about how fishes hear with her instructor and curator of fishes at the Burke Museum, Luke Tornabene, over Autumn quarter. 

Future Rivers, in collaboration with the University of Washington’s College of the Environment and EarthLab, is pleased to present our Fall 2022 Film Series screening of the documentary Picture a Scientist . This film chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists.
The showing of the film will be on Thursday, November 3 at Noon at the Ethnic Cultural Center Auditorium on the University of Washington campus, or you may view the film on your own time via various streaming services. 

One of the most recognized whales, especially in the Pacific Northwest where they live in pods, is the orca, also known as the killer whale.
Ahead of Orca Recovery Day taking place on 15 October, we spoke with killer whale researcher and expert in her field, Dr. Giles.
With a special focus on the Southern Resident Killer Whale population, found off Washington, Oregon, Northern California, and British Columbia, Dr. 

Dr Brooke Wiegel shares her postdoc research effort at Friday Harbor Labs with the Tide Bite newsletter. Many of you are familiar with the kelp forests that flourish throughout the Salish Sea and the outer coastal waters of Washington. These beautiful, giant brown algae are essential habitat-forming species – some grow from the bottom of the ocean to the surface, forming underwater forests that can extend more than 80 feet in height.