special events

April 14, 10am-3pm
NC Science Festival
UNC-CH main campus

IMS graduate students Michelle Brodeur, Justin Ridge, Ethan Theuerkauf, and Sara Coleman will present an exhibit at the NC Science Festival on the UNC main campus. They will show video of field research and live specimens in fish tanks and include some hands-on activities.
On the same day, IMS Post Doc Ben Peierls and Scientific Illustrator Alan Joyner will present an exhibit at the Earth Day Celebration at Fort Macon State Park on the NC coast. They will include a homemade microscope activity and will also show specimens under a professional microscope.

March 3, 11am-4pm
Climate Change Student Summit
Institute of Marine Sciences

IMS will host 75 middle school students from Carteret County for a Climate Change Student Summit.  IMS will be connected by live video conference to two other sites in the United States: Virginia Tech and the Crow Indian Reservation in MT. During the video conference, students at each location will discuss their thoughts on climate change and will have the opportunity to ask questions of the scientists at each online site.

After the video conference, scientists from IMS will meet with the Carteret County middle school students and review some of their projects.

This summit is designed to inspire students to continue their study of science and math, as well as to answer student’s questions about climate change.

January 9, 6-7:30pm
Rapid Testing for Beach and Shellfish Water Quality
McCurdy’s Restaurant and Deck
505 Atlantic Beach Cswy.

Join IMS Associate Professor Rachel Noble in a discussion about contaminated waters and new methods to rapidly assess beach and shellfish water quality. Read more about it here.