NOAA's Dr. Jane Lubchenco Visits NYSG & Its Partners (May 2011)

On May 24, 2011, New York Sea Grant held a "meet and greet" event in honor of Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Undersecretary of Commerce for the air and oceans. She came to Stony Brook University's School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences where she met New York Sea Grant staff and many of the faculty members and their Graduate students and got a first-hand glimpse at some of the exciting research and outreach projects New York Sea Grant and its partners are undertaking to address some of the critical issues that face New York's coastal waters. She also had an opportunity to meet some of the staff and researchers as New York Sea Grant celebrates its 40th year of "Bringing Science to the Shore"

"NOAA's focus is on oceans and atmosphere, and so that's a really nice fit for the areas of expertise that many of you bring," said Dr. Lubchenco, addressing the crowd. "Our mission for creating and using science to develop services and to provide stewardship responsibility makes it really important that we have good partners. Sea Grant is clearly one of our very important partners, but other parts of the academic community are as well. So, I welcome any opportunity to learn about the latest, coolest, most intriguing or puzzling things that you all are working on."

For more on Dr. Lubchenco's visit with Sea Grant, see: http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/article.asp?ArticleID=647

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