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Ready to launch the kayaks.

Countdown to Camp: Ready to Set Sail!

As one of the last training days, the Staff embarked on a kayaking trip to Shell Key.

June 7, 2017Girls Camp

OCG Staff Training Continues

Countdown to Camp: Staff Training Continues

Every year our activities, field trips, and experiments become better and more creative due to the input from our staff, directors, and our campers!

June 2, 2017Girls Camp

One billion liters of seawater would be required to gather just 25 grams of iron, yet this trace element is essential to every form of life on the planet.

Trace metal chemistry: less is more

One billion liters of seawater would be required to gather just 25 grams of iron, yet this trace element is essential to every form of life on the planet.

May 30, 2017News

Our 2017 OCG Staff

OCG 2017 Kicks Off!

Our staff of Science Mentors and Counselors are hard at work preparing the field trip sites and experiments that the campers will explore this summer!

May 26, 2017Girls Camp

Port St. Petersburg:  Marine Exploration Center

Port St. Petersburg: Marine Exploration Center

In conjunction with a renovated Port Saint Petersburg, the Marine Exploration Center is set to open by the end of this year.

May 24, 2017News

Port St. Petersburg:  Marine Exploration Center

Center for Maritime and Port Studies: Education and skills for safer harbors

An expanded use of port facilities will require an increasing number of technically trained workers, particularly as security tightens at ports around the country.

May 22, 2017News

Fish Egg DNA: Discovering new spawning grounds

New, effective DNA method for discovering fish spawning grounds

A collaboration of two labs at the College of Marine Science uses a new method to discover fish spawning grounds through analysis of the DNA in fish eggs.

May 8, 2017News

USF CMS sunset

USF CMS kicked off the 2017 New Year, with Diversity Workshop

The workshop gave an overview of the ten most salient identities: ability, age, ethnicity, race, national origin, faith, sex, gender, sexual orientation, and socio economic status.

March 28, 2017Diversity, News

Mind Open Media producer David Levin talks to Dana Wetzel, Matt Resley, and Kevan Main about the risks fish have during oil spills and how this knowledge can assist response decisions.

The Loop – Episode 10: The Risks for Fish

Mind Open Media producer David Levin talks to Dana Wetzel, Matt Resley, and Kevan Main about the risks fish have during oil spills and how this knowledge can assist response decisions.

February 4, 2017News

The Loop takes a deep dive into the Gulf of Mexico with the researchers studying the processes, mechanisms, and impacts of after two mega oil spills, Deepwater Horizon and Ixtoc I. Researchers from C-IMAGE discuss their studies with David Levin of Mind Open Media.

The Loop – Episode 9: Forensic Science

The Loop takes a deep dive into the Gulf of Mexico with the researchers studying the processes, mechanisms, and impacts of after two mega oil spills, Deepwater Horizon and Ixtoc I. Researchers from C-IMAGE discuss their studies with David Levin of Mind Open Media.

January 10, 2017News

Campers receive real laboratory experience

OCG — Final Preparation!

This time, though, the campers have real laboratory experience under their belts, and the lab projects will be presented in the same style as an academic conference, with power points, images, graphs, and even formal dress.

June 30, 2016Girls Camp

OCG girls participated in an activity called Fish Banks.

OCG Food for Thought — Fish Banks

Today the girls participated in an activity called Fish Banks, a game that simulates the fishing industry (and my personal favorite part of OCG!).

June 30, 2016Girls Camp

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Our blue planet faces a suite of challenges and opportunities for understanding and innovation. Our mission is to advance understanding of the interconnectivity of ocean systems and human-ocean interactions using a cross-disciplinary approach, to empower the next workforce of the blue economy with a world-class education experience, and to share our passion for a healthy environment and science-informed decision-making with community audiences near and far.