Graduate Research Opportunities - The School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, invites applications from qualified students to our master’s and Ph.D. programs to work on interdisciplinary problems related to ocean observation modeling and prediction in any of the following three areas:

SMAST's first Ph.D. candidate defends - Ayan Chaudhuri (at center in photo) reached a personal milestone last week when he successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, "Response of the Gulf Stream, Gulf Stream Warm-Core Rings and Related Shelf Water Entrainment to the North Atlantic Oscillation."

UMass to share in $2.1 million NOAA award - Two UMass Dartmouth scientists are part of a research team that has been awarded $2.1 million for regional ocean observation by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

UMass hosts Atlantic observation system planners - The School for Marine Science and Technology of UMass Dartmouth hosted a consortium of 20 universities and organizations last week to plan the initial stages of a system to monitor the changing conditions and health of coastal waters from Massachusetts to North Carolina.

Center of Excellence Founded - The John Adams Innovation Institute has awarded a $300,000 grant to two University of Massachusetts campuses to develop a Center of Excellence in Applied Ocean Observation Systems.

UMass Oceanographers Funded to Study Effects of North Atlantic Oscillation - UMass Dartmouth oceanographers Drs. Avijit Gangopadhyay and James Bisagni have been awarded $450,000 by the National Science Foundation to investigate the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems.