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The virtual faculty seminar allowed professors to share their latest contributions to oceanography research. Note: This faculty picture was taken at CMS pre-COVID.

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The faculty seminar is an opportunity for our professors to share their latest research with our community. Due to COVID, the presentations were held online but the event still provided a chance to learn. The image to the left was taken pre-pandemic.

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BLOGS & PERSPECTIVES

Tsunami sensing buoy recovered in Tampa Bay

Monday, October 11, 2021

An interdisciplinary group of scientists and engineers at USF developed a new type of buoy capable of detecting tiny changes in the ocean floor that can be precursors to large natural events such as tsunamis.

USF CMS Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Monday, October 11, 2021

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs through October 15th, I did a Q&A with members of our Hispanic/Latinx/a/o community here at USF CMS.

Fishing and processing vessels from the then German Democratic Republic (GDR) targeting spawning Atlantic herring on Georges Bank, September 1974.

When you come to a fork in the road – take it!

Friday, October 8, 2021

Steve Murawski traces the milestones of his nearly 50-year-long career in ocean science – and shares invaluable lessons he has learned along the way.

The RV Ronald H. Brown will be transporting the members of the GOMECC cruise throughout the Gulf of Mexico for 42 days.

GOMECC cruise departs for another turn around the Gulf

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

The annual ocean monitoring cruise departs on a 42-day journey with three CMS students on board.

CMS in the News

100 years later, Tarpon Springs Hurricane reminds Tampa Bay it can happen here

Sunday, October 17, 2021

The Tarpon Springs Hurricane struck Oct. 25, 1921, with a storm surge that peaked at 11 feet, inundating areas along Tampa’s Bayshore Boulevard.

The City of St. Petersburg has officially entered into a lease with the St. Pete Innovation District to create a Defense and Maritime Technology Hub.

It’s official: Maritime and Defense Tech Hub on the way, tenants announced

Friday, October 15, 2021

After months of planning and negotiations, a five-year license agreement has officially been approved between the city and the Innovation District to bring a much-anticipated Maritime and Defense Technology Hub to St. Petersburg.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Science Mentors Bella and Kylee present the fisheries data to the campers.

Keeping Good Company: Fish Banks Simulation

On the last Wednesday of OCG the campers participated in a team activity called “Fish Banks,” a simulation game in which the girls acted as hypothetical fishing companies.