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Stanford Researchers Dissect Squids with Kids in Washington, D.C.

Submitted by eloury on Wed, 2010-11-10 17:16

A family in Washington, D.C. dissects a Humbolt Squid with Stanford's Squids-4-Kids program (photo: J. Stewart)

by Julie Stewart, MARINE curriculum intern

I never thought that I could talk about Humboldt squid for seven and a half hours nearly non-stop. Or that I could do it for two days in a row. But it turns out that I can – this is how I spent October 23^rd and 24^th in Washington, DC at the first annual USA Science and Engineering Festival.

My Ph.D. advisor Dr. William Gilly and I went to the festival to represent Hopkins Marine Station and Stanford University through our outreach program called Squids-4-Kids. (Read more in the Stanford Daily) This is a program we formed along with our colleagues at NOAA Fisheries in Santa Cruz to send Humboldt squid to classrooms all over the nation. We also go to local classrooms and conduct dissections, which is a really fun way to interact with kids and get them interested in marine biology. We were joined in DC by Ken Baltz (one of our colleagues at NOAA) and Katharine Dickson (a undergraduate cephalopod enthusiast!). Throughout the course of the two-day festival we dissected seven Humboldt squid on the National Mall, about half way between the Capitol and the Washington Monument. (Read more....)

Tribute to a “Climate Warrior” – Stephen Schneider dies at 65

Submitted by eloury on Tue, 2010-07-20 08:19

Stephen Schneider, a leading climate expert from Stanford University, is dead at 65.

by Erin Loury, Science Communication Intern

The world of climate change science mourns the loss of a great spokesman. Stephen Schneider, a leading climatologist, died July 19th at the age of 65.

Schneider, a professor at Stanford University, served on the international research panel on global warming that received the 2007 Nobel Prize along with former Vice President Al Gore. He also worked closely with Center for Ocean Solutions staff during the 2009 climate negotiations in Copenhagen. According to his wife, Stanford professor Terry Root, Schneider suffered a heart attack while onboard a plane as it landed in London. Read more...