In addition to completing the Three Seas Program curriculum for graduate credit, students conduct additional coursework, a research project (but not a formal thesis), and a 6-month internship with academic research scientists, state and federal agencies, or private consulting firms. Now in its 8th year, the Marine Biology PSM Program has an impressive record: Our alumni routinely gain admission to the top Ph.D. programs in the country, publish quality research, and are leaders in their fields.

For more information about this program, click here.

Congratulations to all of our EES graduating seniors for a job well done!

We welcome our graduation class to a lunch hosted by the Department as we take time out to relax before Spring finals. Come and celebrate your accomplishment.

Food, beverages, and merriment will be provided.

Please RSVP so that we know that you are coming!
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In this blog, you’ll hear from a team of five talented graduate students who are currently studying at the Marine Science Center. You’ll not only read about some of the exciting research they are involved in, but also find out about a little bit about their other interests along the way.

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Northeastern University’s Board of Trustees recently approved the move – making the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences the new home department for MSC and related faculty members. (Marine Science and related faculty will retain partial appointments in the Department of Biology.)

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Northeastern University’s Board of Trustees recently approved the move – making the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences the new home department for MSC and related faculty members. (Marine Science and related faculty will retain partial appointments in the Department of Biology.)

The new composition of the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department will provide the combination of strengths necessary to produce significant advancements for Northeastern’s university-wide emphasis on environmental sustainability.

With the Department’s new focus on Urban Coastal Sustainability, the College of Science plans to build on the MSC to create a global center that will address the mounting troubles facing coastal cities, including sea level rise, collapsing fisheries, invasive species, pollution and security.

As part of this initiative, the College of Science has hired an expert in fisheries biology, Jon Grabowski, and introduced a new undergraduate major in marine biology.

MSC Director Geoff Trussell has been named interim chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and will help the College move this transition forward.

”We are all very excited by this opportunity and the great potential it creates.  In addition to strengthening current strategic initiatives in Urban Coastal Sustainability, this merger will better position us to further develop existing and new interdisciplinary initiatives in environmental science and policy.”

Students will not be impacted by this transition, but if there are any questions or concerns, please contact the College of Science academic advisors.

Northeastern University maintains the only major, year-round marine laboratory in the Greater Boston area. Its extensive rocky shoreline, flowing seawater system and central location within the Gulf of Maine all combine to provide outstanding resources for hands-on education and cutting-edge research in marine science.

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But her fondest memory of the underwater excursion had nothing to do with exploring the so-called “rainforests of the sea.”

That’s because midway through her deep-water dive, she experienced a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with a harmless 30-foot-long spotted whale shark.

Of meeting the largest living fish species on the planet, the senior biology major says, “Out of nowhere, this shark was right underneath me. Very rarely do you get to see them.”

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The Marine Studies Consortium teaches evening undergraduate courses in marine/aquatic sciences and environmental management. The Consortium is an association of Massachusetts higher education and research institutions whose mission is to increase understanding of coastal and marine ecosystems, and to promote policies that protect aquatic resources.

Our undergraduate academic program offers unique learning opportunities in marine and aquatic sciences, environmental policy, and environmental management. Our Biology of Fishes course is offered at the New England Aquarium. It may be the only ichthyology course in the world where students use the resources of a major aquarium at every class meeting. Other courses are offered nowhere else in New England at the undergraduate level.

For additional information: Prof. Peter Rosen, Director, Marine Studies Program, 14 Holmes Hall, x4380, email: environment@neu.edu

Consortium Course information: www.assumption.edu/msc/schedule-location.html

Undergraduate and Graduate students majoring in the sciences or math will be eligible. Please click the link below for more information. The deadline is February 1st, 2012.

http://www.northeastern.edu/ees/muckenhoupt-award/