Events Archive
RISER LECTURE 2013
BOTTOMS BENEATH THE ICE: REFLECTIONS ON 100 YEARS OF BENTHIC ECOLOGY AT McMURDO SOUND, ANTARCTICA
Friday, April 26, 2013 at 4:00pm
Dr. Paul Dayton, Professor Emeritus
Scripps Instititution of Oceanography, University of Californa San Diego
MONTHLY LECTURE SERIES 2012-13
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 7pm
MORPHOLOGY AND FUNCTION OF BARRIER BEACHES
Dr. Lindley Hanson, Profesor
Department of Biology, Salem State University
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 7 pm
WRITING ABOUT THE SEA
Deborah Cramer
Writer, Author, Environmentalist
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 7 pm
THE EASTERN OYSTER: AN ICONIC FISHERY AND VALUABLE HABITAT
Dr. Jonathan Grabowski, Associate Professor
Marine Science Center, Northeastern University
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 7 pm
THE OCEAN LITERACY PRINCIPLES: MARINE EDUCATION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
Carole McCauley, Outreach Program Coordinator
Northeastern University Marine Science Center
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 7 pm
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE REASONS FOR CLIMATE GRIDLOCK
Dr. Susan Solomon, Professor
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2012 ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE
Please join us on Saturday, October 13, 2012 from 10 am to 3 pm for our annual Open House. This exciting day includes:
- Guided Tidepool and Geology walks
- Marine Research Exhibits
- Marine Life Exhibits
- Touch Tanks
- Tours of the Vertebrate Studies Center, WWII Bunker, and Solar Observatory.
- Children's activities
- Beach cleanup as part of Massachusetts Coastsweep 2012
All ages are welcome, and the event is free and open to the public. The MSC is ADA accessible.
SUMMER CINEMA BY THE SEA - 2012
All films will be screened in the Murphy Bunker at the Marine Science Center. Light refreshments will be served half an hour before the start of the program, and most films last for 1-1.5 hours. The MSC is ADA-accessible, and no reservations are required.
Tuesday, May 22nd at 7:00pm
BAG IT
Try going a day without plastic. We follow "everyman" Jeb Berrier as he embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities of our plastic world. What starts as a film about plastic bags evolves into a wholesale investigation into plastic's effects on our oceans, environment, and bodies.
Tuesday, June 19th at 7:00pm
A SENSE OF WONDER
Fifty years, ago backlash against "Silent Spring" thrust author Rachel Carson into the center of political maelstrom. In the final year of her life, Carson recounts the attacks by the chemical industry, the government, and the press as she focuses her limited energy to get her message to Congress and the American people.
Tuesday, July 24th at 7:00pm
OCEAN FRONTIERS
This new film takes us on an inspiring voyage to seaports and watersheds across the country to meet an intermingling of unlikely allies of industrial shippers and whale biologists, farmers and fishermen, snorkelers and many more, all of them embarking on a new course of cooperation in defense of the seas that sustain us.
2012 RISER LECTURE
This program will take place in the Murphy Bunker at the Marine Science Center. Light refreshments will be served half an hour before the start of the program, and will last for 1-1.5 hours. The MSC is ADA-accessible, and no reservations are required to attend the lecture.
THE EVOLUTIONARY DIVERSTIY, ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY, AND FUTURE FATE OF CORAL REEFS
Friday, April 27, 2012 at 4:00pm
Dr. Nancy Knowlton, Sant Chair for Marine Biology
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE
This program will take place in the Murphy Bunker at the Marine Science Center. A light lunch will be served after the program - please RSVP to c.mccauley@neu.edu if you plan to attend.
Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 11 am
OCEAN POLLUTION IN AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE - IMPACTS OF EMERGING CONTAMINANTS ON MARINE WILDLIFE
Dr. Susan Shaw, DrPH
Director, Marine Environmental Research Institite (MERI), Blue Hill, Maine
Professor, School of Public Health, SUNY-Albany
MONTHLY LECTURE SERIES 2011-12
All lectures take place in the Murphy Bunker at the Marine Science Center. Light refreshments will be served half an hour before the start of the program, and most lectures last for 1-1.5 hours. The MSC is ADA-accessible, and no reservations are required.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 7pm
THE SEAWEEDS OF NAHANT
Dr. Don Cheney, Associate Professor
Marine Science Center, Northeastern University
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 7 pm
ANIMALS IN SEAGRASS BEDS
Dr. James Douglass, Post-Doctoral Researcher
Marine Science Center, Northeastern University
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 7 pm
CONSERVATION RESEARCH IN THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
Dr. David Wiley, Research Coordinator
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 7 pm
GEOLOGIC HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF BOSTON HARBOR
Dr. Peter Rosen, Association Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Northeastern University
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 7 pm
THREE SEAS PROGRAM: THE NEXT GENERATION OF MARINE BIOLOGISTS
Dr. Sal Genovese, Program Director
Marine Science Center, Northeastern University
2011 OPEN HOUSE
Please join us on Saturday, October 1, 2011 from 10 am to 3 pm for our annual Open House. This exciting day includes:
- Guided Tidepool and Geology walks
- Marine Research Exhibits
- Marine Life Exhibits
- Touch Tanks
- Tours of the Vertebrate Studies Center, WWII Bunker, and Solar Observatory.
- Children's activities
- Beach cleanup as part of Massachusetts Coastsweep 2011
All ages are welcome, and the event is free and open to the public. The MSC is ADA accessible.
NU student shuttle - A free shuttle from the Wonderland MBTA station will be available to current Northeastern University students. Advance reservations for the shuttle are required.
SUMMER CINEMA BY THE SEA - 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 7:00 pm
FROM THE BOW SEAT
A documentary exploring fundamental issues impacting the Gulf of Maine, including depletion of cod stocks, puffin seabird restoration, and sustainable lobstering. Filmed by a family with teenagers, this documentary is geared towards educating and inspiring the younger generation to active stewardship.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 7:00 pm
TAPPED
An unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water. Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? This behind-the-scenes look into the world of bottled water includes powerful portraits of the lives affected by this industry
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 7pm
SWIM FOR THE RIVER
Braving whitewater, sewage, snapping turtles, hydroelectric dams, homeland security patrols, Christopher Swain became the first person to swim the entire length of the Hudson River from the Adirondacks to New York City, highlighting how ordinary citizens can and do make a difference with regard to their environment.
2010-11 Lecture Series
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 7pm
UNCOVERING THE BUZZ ABOUT BEES: THE ECOLOGY OF BEES OF EASTERN NEW ENGLAND
Sean Kent, PhD Student
Department of Biology, Northeastern University
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 7 pm
EFFECTS OF OCEAN WARMING ON MARINE SPECIES: HISTORY & EXPERIMENTS FOR PREDICTING THE FUTURE
Dr. Cascade Sorte, Instructor and Post-Doctoral Researcher
Department of Biology, Northeastern University
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 7 pm
RESTORING AQUATIC HABITATS – FROM THE SOURCE TO THE SEA
Tim Purinton, Acting Director
Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration
2011 ANNUAL RISER LECTURE
Friday, April 29, 2011 at 4:30pm
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AS THE CENTRAL ORGANIZING CONCEPT IN
MARINE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Dr. Emmett Duffy, Loretta and Lewis Glucksman Professor of Marine Science
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary
2010 Marine Science Center House
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Come to the Northeastern University Marine Science Center's annual Open House!
Includes:
-Guided Tidepool and Geology walks
-Marine Research Exhibits
-Marine Life Exhibits
-Touch Tanks
-Tours of the Vertebrate Studies Center, WWII Bunker, and Solar Observatory.
-Children's activities
All ages welcome! Cost:Free
SUMMER CINEMA BY THE SEA - 2010
Tuesday, May 25 - "The Cove"
This academy award-winning documentary is about a team of scientists, activists, and divers who undertook significant risk to investigate and expose a secret dolphin harvesting operation in Japan.
Tuesday, June 22 - "Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez"
For twenty years, Riki Ott and the fishermen of the little town of Cordova, Alaska have waged the longest legal battle in U.S. history against one of the world's most powerful oil companies. They tell us about the environmental, social and economic consequences of the black wave that changed their lives forever.
Tuesday, July 27 - "The Fish Belong to the People"
Director Will Hyler will present this feature length documentary, which follows a group of family fishermen in Port Clyde, Maine as they work to save their fishing grounds from government, market structure, and themselves.
Tuesday, August 31 - "The End of the Line"
A selection of the 2009 Sundance, Toronto, and Seattle Film Festivals, and narrated by Ted Danson, this film delves beyond the surface of the seas to reveal a troubling truth beneath: an ocean increasingly empty of fish, impacted by decades of overexploitation.
EVENT LOGISTICS
- Please note that these events are free and open to the public. There is no need to RSVP.
- Screening will take place at the Marine Science Center, 430 Nahant Road in Nahant, MA 01908.
- The events will begin at 7pm, and popcorn will be served beginning at 6:30.
- Films will vary between 1-2 hours in length, and may be followed by an optional discussion led by the film's producer and/or an expert in the subject area.
