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Let’s Talk about Science: Why and How We Need to Do Better
Observations from Scripps Oceanography science communications class on the task scientists face
![Jeremy portrait in front of Scripps Pier](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-02/jeremy_scripps.png?itok=j0USWXz5)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Jeremy Wing Ching Wong
PhD student researches the mechanisms behind earthquakes in order to understand their origins and effects
![Ryan Kich in front of Golden Gate Bridge](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-02/Ryan_Portrait.png?itok=ZPjWYFwf)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Ryan Kich
Graduate student researches the microbiomes of fish gills, and how those bacteria potentially affect fish health
![A woman leads a group of chirldren on a tour in an aquarium.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-02/Kayla-Wilson-aquarium-tour.png?itok=GA_gQt6F)
Scripps Community Outreach Program Celebrates a Milestone
Student-led, volunteer-driven SCOPE program honors two decades of scientific outreach by publishing a model of success
![Students at Scripps Oceanography campus. Photo: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-01/800-SIO_2016_09997_f_0.jpg?itok=hgjXOFtQ)
Scripps Makes Strides to Increase Diversity, Awarded American Geophysical Union Bridge Program Status
Program helps students overcome barriers to pursuing careers in geosciences
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Scripps Graduate Student Council Takes Initiative
Meet the 2021-2022 Scripps Graduate Student Council, an organization of students devoted to improving the quality of graduate student life on campus
![Erica Ferrer close-up shot](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-01/IMG_2022-1-12-132628.jpg?itok=RBGFgVrI)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Erica Ferrer
PhD candidate researches sustainability in small-scale fisheries
![Sydney Plummer headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-12/IMG_Dec22021at114721AM.jpg?itok=MQgaY9kZ)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Sydney Plummer
PhD student investigates marine phytoplankton and their influence on the environment
![Two men gaze into a wave channel through an observation window.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-12/siocomm_A_MC_ErikJepsen_SOARS_ColorEdit_2021_-DSC_7739.png?itok=2RjmcUW-)
SOARS Readies for Flight
The world’s most sophisticated ocean simulator, under construction at Scripps Oceanography, will be operational in 2022
![Pengcheng Zhang](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-11/Pengcheng_Zhang.png?itok=z3_gdQpc)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Pengcheng Zhang
Climate sciences PhD student researches the atmospheric super-rotation phenomenon on Earth
![Munk Guyot, revealed by multibeam sonar surveys made in lawnmower-like swaths.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-10/Munk-Guyot.jpg?itok=cBBLryS_)
Seamount Named for Iconic Scripps Oceanographer Walter Munk
The new Munk Guyot southwest of Hawaii was mapped by research vessel Sally Ride in 2019
![Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-10/pier-01.jpg?itok=cNy8POJJ)
UC San Diego Works to Mitigate Possible Oil Impacts from Spill off Huntington Beach
Mitigation measures under way at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Birch Aquarium to protect marine organisms while oceanographers assist in wind and current forecasts
![Nicole Adamson](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-10/IMG_Oct132021at104234AM.jpg?itok=gNwZIX9U)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Nicole Adamson
Undergraduate student examines red blood cell activity in teleost fish
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Scripps Family Members Gift $6 Million for the Naming of New Facility to Support Marine Biodiversity Research and Education
The Ted and Jean Scripps Marine Conservation and Technology Facility to open at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in Spring 2022
![Alejandro Cano Lasso Carretero portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-09/IMG_Sep272021at90844AM.jpg?itok=NMNFg1oi)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Alejandro Cano-Lasso Carretero
A Master of Advanced Studies student fuses art and science in order to understand the natural world
![Scripps Pier](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-09/IMG_Sep202021at123734PM.jpg?itok=umIHMCZ3)
Spotlighting Postdoctoral Scholars at Scripps
Meet postdoctoral scholars and learn about their research and path to science
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Scripps Oceanography Welcomes New Faculty Members
Colleen Petrik and Vashan Wright are among the most recent faculty hires at Scripps
![Susan Garcia](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-09/IMG_Sep142021at44404PM.jpg?itok=vovgP6SJ)
SURF Program at Scripps Oceanography Wraps Up Another Successful Year in 2021
Scripps’ summer research program returns to in-person learning opportunities for undergraduates after hybrid experience in 2020
![Natalie Grayson portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-09/D75_6058_v2_800x500.jpg?itok=MOWzQdf-)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Natalie Grayson
A PhD student researches how pollutants including DDT affect marine microorganisms
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Scripps Oceanography Science Communicator Lauded for Feature Story
San Diego science writing organization recognizes account of seaweed genomic research
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A Scientist's Life: Janet Sprintall
Physical oceanographer tracks circulation in one of the world’s busiest ocean interchanges
![Jesse Robinette](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-08/IMG_Aug262021at114148AM.jpg?itok=79BMlrKV)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Jesse Robinett
An undergraduate student tracks low cloudiness along California’s coast
Scripps Student Spotlight: Gene DePuy
Master of Advanced Studies student focuses on climate change adaptation and mitigation
![Physical oceanographer Paola Cessi](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-08/800-DSC_7272.jpg?itok=Tb588Fns)
A Scientist's Life: Paola Cessi
Physical oceanographer considers how water moves in the ocean and what that means for the rest of the planet
Scripps Student Spotlight: Rhys Tallentire
An undergraduate student researches coral reef biogeochemistry and its global decline
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