EOS.ORG — Spotted seatrout, one of the most popular fish to catch on the shores of Texas, carried on their nightly baby-making ritual despite the havoc of a category 4 storm above.
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Graduate School
Can You Express Your Science in 17 Syllables?
EOS.ORG — Researchers are taking to Twitter to tell the world about their research through the lines of haiku. Now it’s your turn!
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Hack Weeks Gaining Ground in the Earth and Space Sciences
EOS.ORG — Workshops that fuse traditional learning with Silicon Valley–inspired “hack sessions” are giving scientists a new venue to build community and sharpen their skills.
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Pupil of the Pacific
ELEMENTS — At the end of my shift each day, I couldn’t fall asleep. I tossed and turned in my bunk, my mind reeling from everything I had learned. It pained me to know that, although I needed the sleep, I was missing the action back on deck.
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Live Radio: Let’s Talk Science
Jenessa guests on the radio show Inspiration Dissemination to talk science. She speaks about her masters in science research at Oregon State University in ocean modeling, her past escapades in science, and the ways she copes with graduate school.
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Heat and Oxygen Exchange – [Guest Post]
Article written about Jenessa’s research by the Inspiration Dissemination Radio Show preceding her guest appearance.
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Photos from the Field: Hawaiian Research Cruise
Photographs of five days of science near the islands of Hawaii.
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Earning Her Sea Legs
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY — Graduate student Jenessa Duncombe describes her first research cruise to Hawaii, where she and fellow students will be taking measurements to understand how the island’s strong winds affect the upper layer of the ocean—from turbulence to ocean nutrients to plankton.
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Three Minute Thesis Competition: “Finding Order in Turbulence”
How much can be conveyed in just three short minutes? This question is the premise of Oregon State University’s annual Three Minute Thesis competition.
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