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In November 2024, Marine Biology student, Mollie Ball, gave her first research presentation at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science’s (SACNAS) National Diversity in STEM Conference in Phoenix, and clinched the Outstanding Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation award.
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In a conversation with transfer student John Plinka, we found out about what brought him to UW Marine Biology and what drives his passion for social consciousness and scientific advancement. After a whirlwind first year in the program, John shares more about what being a transfer student is like as an older student, and his plans for the future after graduation.
Read moreHollings scholar to study Skagit Bay’s large jellyfish during summer 2025 internship
Awarded the Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship for 2024-2026, a key part of this program is a summer internship with a NOAA lab. Megan Cosand’s 2025 summer internship will be studying the phenology of two large jellyfish species in Skagit Bay, which is roughly an hour’s drive north of the UW Seattle campus.
Read moreExamining the future of fishery-independent surveys as a Hollings Scholar
One of two UW Marine Biology students who were chosen as NOAA Hollings Scholars for 2024-2026, the next step for Hannah Tucker was to apply for her 2025 summer internship. Taking place over 10 weeks, Hannah’s internship will be exploring the future of fishery-independent surveys in the northeast in Woods Hole, Massachusetts (MA). We caught up with Hannah about how she chose the internship, what it will involve, and what she’s most looking forward to regarding the experience.
Read moreExploring a warmer, saltier sea during a study abroad program
Hundreds of thousands of US students take part in study abroad programs each year, earning credits towards their degrees while immersing themselves in different cultures around the globe. For Isabella Robinson, a third year student majoring in Marine Biology and French with a QSCI minor, a study abroad program took her to a much warmer and saltier sea than the Puget Sound which neighbors the University of Washington...The Mediterranean Sea.
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