Oregon State opens Marine Mammal Institute
January 23rd, 2007 at 12:27 pmFrom OSU News:
Building on the success of its marine mammal research and outreach program, Oregon State University has created a new Marine Mammal Institute, and announced plans to expand its faculty and broaden the scope of its research in ecology and conservation.
The new institute will be a focus of campus fund-raising efforts that would nearly double its endowment of more than $7 million, say officials of the OSU Foundation.
OSU’s research in the study of threatened and endangered whale species has been internationally recognized over the past three decades, primarily through the pioneering studies of Bruce Mate, who directs the institute. Mate was the first scientist to use satellites to track whales, and specialized tags developed at Oregon State by his team have led to new discoveries and a wealth of data on blue, gray, humpback, bowhead, right, fin, sperm and other whale species.
THIS JUST IN: OSU Marine Mammal Institute will be highlighted on “Animal Planet” on Feb 5th.
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August 1st, 2007 at 7:29 pm
I heard that the the institute has already received a grant of $750,000 from the Joint (petroleum) Industry Program, Office of Naval Research and the Minerals Management Service for a project with OSU oceanographer Kelly Benoit-Bird, a specialist in acoustics and marine community behavior, to study sperm whales and squids in the Sea of Cortez off Mexico. I know they’re also in collaboration with the National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association helping out retired marine engineers.
June 24th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
[...] sure to read the previous blog postings on OSU’s Marine Mammal Institute and the marine biology [...]