Events at the MSC
SUMMER CINEMA BY THE SEA - 2012
All films will be screened in the Murphy Bunker at the Marine Science Center. Light refreshments will be served half an hour before the start of the program, and most films last for 1-1.5 hours. The MSC is ADA-accessible, and no reservations are required.
Tuesday, May 22nd at 7:00pm
BAG IT
Try going a day without plastic. We follow "everyman" Jeb Berrier as he embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities of our plastic world. What starts as a film about plastic bags evolves into a wholesale investigation into plastic's effects on our oceans, environment, and bodies.
Tuesday, June 19th at 7:00pm
A SENSE OF WONDER
Fifty years, ago backlash against "Silent Spring" thrust author Rachel Carson into the center of political maelstrom. In the final year of her life, Carson recounts the attacks by the chemical industry, the government, and the press as she focuses her limited energy to get her message to Congress and the American people.
Tuesday, July 24th at 7:00pm
OCEAN FRONTIERS
This new film takes us on an inspiring voyage to seaports and watersheds across the country to meet an intermingling of unlikely allies of industrial shippers and whale biologists, farmers and fishermen, snorkelers and many more, all of them embarking on a new course of cooperation in defense of the seas that sustain us.
ANNUAL RISER LECTURE
This program will take place in the Murphy Bunker at the Marine Science Center. Light refreshments will be served half an hour before the start of the program, and will last for 1-1.5 hours. The MSC is ADA-accessible, and no reservations are required to attend the lecture.
THE EVOLUTIONARY DIVERSTIY, ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY, AND FUTURE FATE OF CORAL REEFS
Friday,
April 27, 2012 at 4:00pm
Dr. Nancy Knowlton, Sant Chair for Marine Biology
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE
This program will take place in the Murphy Bunker at the Marine
Science Center. A light lunch will be served after the program - please RSVP to c.mccauley@neu.edu if you plan to attend.
Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 11 am
OCEAN POLLUTION IN AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE - IMPACTS OF EMERGING CONTAMINANTS ON MARINE WILDLIFE
Dr. Susan Shaw, DrPH
Director, Marine Environmental Research Institite (MERI), Blue Hill, Maine
Professor, School of Public Health, SUNY-Albany
MONTHLY LECTURE SERIES 2011-12
All lectures take place in the Murphy Bunker at the Marine Science Center. Light refreshments will be served half an hour before the start of the program, and most lectures last for 1-1.5 hours. The MSC is ADA-accessible, and no reservations are required.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 7pm
THE SEAWEEDS OF NAHANT
Dr. Don Cheney, Associate Professor
Marine Science Center, Northeastern University
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 7 pm
ANIMALS IN SEAGRASS BEDS
Dr. James Douglass,
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Marine Science Center, Northeastern University
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 7 pm
CONSERVATION RESEARCH IN THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
Dr. David Wiley, Research Coordinator
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 7 pm
GEOLOGIC HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF BOSTON HARBOR
Dr. Peter Rosen, Association Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Northeastern University
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 7 pm
THREE SEAS PROGRAM: THE NEXT GENERATION OF MARINE BIOLOGISTS
Dr. Sal Genovese, Program Director
Marine Science Center, Northeastern University