In this premier marine science graduate program, students have the resources of two world-class institutions—Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution—at their fingertips. With unmatched access to instruments, ships, technology and scientific guidance, our students can tackle some of the biggest scientific and engineering questions of our world.
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A Torrent of Crabs Running to the Sea
Like a sci-fi movie, when the rainy season begins, hordes of bright red and purple land crabs emerge en masse from burrows in coastal Panama and swarm toward the shore. MIT/WHOI Joint Program student Joanna Gyory decided to find out who they were and what they were doing.
Holography and Oceanography
Now plankton have paparazzi, too. MIT/WHOI Joint Program student Nick Loomis has engineered a way to use holograms, or laser-generated three-dimensional images, to reveal private details of tiny plankton in seawater.
Mysteries at High Latitudes
In the seas east and south of Greenland, the ocean and the atmosphere are a constantly interacting unity, and they operate in ways found nowhere else on Earth.
Events and Announcements
2010 Commencement
WHOI's Joint Program commencement and related activities were held on June 4 and 5. On Friday, June 4, an alumni association meeting was held followed by a career panel discussion with current students. In the evening, a lobster bake was held under the tent in McKee ballfield. On Saturday, June 5, despite a terrible thunderstorm moments before, the graduation ceremony proceeded as planned. Four students were awarded master's degrees, and fourteen students recieved doctoral degrees. Eighteen recent alumni (received degrees between 2006-2009) were recognized as well. Dr. Rita Colwell gave an inspirational speech to the graduates, and a luncheon followed the ceremony. The next commencement at WHOI is scheduled for 2015.
Panteleyev Award
Since 2002, the George "Gera" P. Panteleyev Award is annually conferred on the graduating student who best exempliefies the graduate education experience and graduate student life at WHOI. The 2010 recipient is Kristin C. Pangallo.
2010 H. Burr Steinbach Visiting Scholars
The 2010 H. Burr Steinbach Scholars have been invited. Read more about Dr. John Craven, Prof. Jochem Marotzke and Dr. Christopher Scholin and view the schedules of their visits.
Student Awards
At various times throughout the year, MIT/WHOI Joint Program students may receive recognition for a poster, a presentation or receive a fellowship of some kind for their research.
See a list of the most recent awards the Joint Program students have received. »