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Staff & Center News - Complete Story Archive Stories in Recent Issues | Complete Story Archive USGS Creates Fleet of Community-Use "Recyclabikes" September 2008 USGS Woods Hole Science Center Welcomes Cheryl Hapke September 2008 Bill Normark: USGS Marine Geologist, Mentor, Winemaker June 2008 Tributes to Bill Normark June 2008 The (Slow) Ascent of the Sea Cliff June 2008 Pisces Dive P5-78, Hawai'i June 2008 USGS St. Petersburg Office Dedicates New Building to Congressman C.W. Bill Young June 2008 USGS Deputy Director Robert Doyle Addresses St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership in Florida June 2008 Sea-Otter Expert Joins USGS Staff May 2008 New Group of Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellows Includes Seven Conducting Coastal and Marine Research May 2008 USGS Extreme Storm Team Receives Christmas Week Tour of NOAA Aircraft Facility March 2008 Samples on the Move at the Woods Hole Science Center Jan. / Feb. 2008 USGS Runners Team Up for the Cape Cod Marathon Jan. / Feb. 2008 Research Vessel G.K. Gilbert Helps Celebrate USF College of Marine Science Alumni Reunion and Faculty-Recognition Ceremony Jan. / Feb. 2008 USGS Director Mark Myers Visits the Florida Integrated Science Center December 2007 Coring Demonstration Aboard the Research Vessel G.K. Gilbert November 2007 Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team Welcomes Three New Hires October 2007 Another Good Showing by USGS Paddlers in Outrigger-Canoe Races October 2007 Upcoming! New Vice President of Pacific Section SEPM Helps Plan Fall Field Trips September 2007 Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team Welcomes Peter Swarzenski August 2007 Erinn Muller Receives Master's Degree from Florida Institute of Technology August 2007 Jessica Lacy Accepts Position as Research Oceanographer in the Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team May 2007 Patrick Barnard Becomes the Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team's Newest Research Geologist May 2007 Four New Postdoctoral Fellows Will Research Coastal and Marine Topics May 2007 In Memoriam: Terry Bruns, 1946-2006 Nov. / Dec. 2006 New Member of Marine Facility Staff on West Coast October 2006 USGS Employees Make Semifinals in Local Outrigger-Canoe Races September 2006 Barry Rosen to Lead USGS in Florida August 2006 Visiting Scientist Brings Expertise in Coastal-Evolution Modeling July 2006 New Oceanographic Data System Manager in Woods Hole June 2006 Three New Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellows Will Conduct Coastal and Marine Research May 2006 Boston Harbor Pipe Dreams Come True! USGS Visits the Deer Island Sewage Treatment Plant and a Cleaner Harbor May 2006 Coastal Geomorphologist Joins Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team May 2006 USGS Scientist on Nanjing University's Advisory Committee March 2006 Scientific Leader and Researcher Terry Edgar Retires February 2006 Retirement of Gene Shinn, Pioneer in Carbonate Sedimentology and Coral-Reef Ecosystems February 2006 Taiwanese Scientists Visit the Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team February 2006 Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team Welcomes Oceanographer Andrew Stevens February 2006 USGS Citizen Soldier on the Move! Dec. 2005 / Jan. 2006 USGS Hydrologist Coauthors Book on Native-Plant Landscaping in Florida Dec. 2005 / Jan. 2006 New Hires for the Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team October 2005 Steven Schwarzbach Appointed Director of USGS Western Ecological Research Center September 2005 Visitor from India Hosted by the Woods Hole Science Center September 2005 Clean-Room Construction Begins at the USGS Woods Hole Science Center June 2005 USGS National Education Coordinator Visits Office in St. Petersburg, FL June 2005 Kurt Rosenberger Joins the Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team June 2005 In Memoriam: Polly Hastings May 2005 New Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellows to Join Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team May 2005 New Operations Assistant Joins the Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team May 2005 Getting to the CORE of Ocean Sciences—Admiral West Discusses Pew Oceans Commission Report at USGS Office in St. Petersburg, FL May 2005 Greg Smith Named New Director of USGS National Wetlands Research Center March 2005 Robert E. Stewart Receives Gulf Guardian Award Before Retiring After 30 Years of Service to DOI March 2005 Carl Goodwin Honored Upon His Retirement from USGS February 2005 Oceanographer Joins the Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team February 2005 Birthday Blood Donor in Gainesville, FL February 2005 Students from the Netherlands Contributing to USGS Studies in Florida February 2005 Sights and Sounds of Nature at the Florida Integrated Science Center, Gainesville, FL February 2005 Building Bridges with Future Neighbors—National Marine Fisheries Service Regional Office February 2005 New Regional Executive Visits Florida Integrated Science Center Office in St. Petersburg, FL Dec. 2004 / Jan. 2005 New Regional Executive Visits Florida Integrated Science Center Office in St. Petersburg, FL Dec. 2004 / Jan. 2005 Jingping Xu Becomes a Permanent Member of the Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team Dec. 2004 / Jan. 2005 Oceanographer Joins the Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team November 2004 Students from the Netherlands Assist USGS Staff in Florida November 2004 USGS Represented in Local Parade in Woods Hole, MA November 2004 National Marine Fisheries Service Regional Office to Become USGS Neighbor in St. Petersburg, FL October 2004 Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team Welcomes New Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow October 2004 USGS Vessel Used to Test Counter-Terrorism Surveillance Equipment October 2004 Dave Reid Wins Triathlon in Santa Cruz, CA October 2004 Oceanographer Joins the Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team September 2004 Geographer Joins USGS in St. Petersburg, FL August 2004 Geologist Joins USGS in St. Petersburg, FL August 2004 Coral Reefs in Peril—USGS Scientist Interviewed for Television Report July 2004 Colonial Period Comes to Life (and Print!) with the Help of USGS Scientist Terry Bruns May 2004 Season of Giving—USGS Employees Donate Toys for Holiday Distribution March 2004 MIT Scientists Visit the USGS in Woods Hole, MA February 2004 Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team Hires Three New Scientists February 2004 Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow Joins the USGS in St. Petersburg, FL February 2004 Newly Named Coral Reef Becomes Official for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary February 2004 Birthday Surprise for Three USGS Scientists in St. Petersburg, FL Dec. 2003 / Jan. 2004 Parke D. Snavely, Jr., Emeritus Geologist and Influential Leader of USGS Marine Studies, Passes Away Dec. 2003 / Jan. 2004 The Saga of the Journey of the Model A from Valyermo to Menlo Park, CA Dec. 2003 / Jan. 2004 Tribute to Parke by Terry Bruns Dec. 2003 / Jan. 2004 Tribute to Parke by David Scholl Dec. 2003 / Jan. 2004 Farewell to Fausto—Marine Realms Information Bank Leader Leaves USGS for Academia November 2003 New Faces at the Pacific Science Center in Santa Cruz, CA October 2003 New Research Assistant to Study Landslides and Geologic Structures on the Big Sur Coast October 2003 New Administrative Assistant Joins Coastal and Marine Geology Team October 2003 Woods Hole Visitor from the National Research Council August 2003 Foreign Professors Visit the USGS' Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies in St. Petersburg, FL July 2003 WHOI Summer Fellows at USGS Center in Woods Hole July 2003 Two Summer Interns Working with the USGS National Knowledge Bank July 2003 USGS Office in St. Petersburg, FL, Tests Bloodmobile Donations June 2003 USGS' Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies Presents USGS Director with Replica of Patent for SHARQ Instrumentation June 2003 New Chief Scientist for Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology Team to Arrive in Summer May 2003 USGS Mendenhall Fellows Give Lectures in Reston, VA May 2003 Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow Joins Coral Reef Project May 2003 Scientist from the Netherlands Visiting USGS in Woods Hole May 2003 USGS Employees Find Avocation in Blacksmithing May 2003 Geochemist Frank T. Manheim Retires from the USGS May 2003 Science and Fiction—Sarah Andrews, Author of Killer Dust, Discusses Her Latest Mystery Novel May 2003 Farewell to Our Dear Friend, Joe—A Tribute to Joe Newell Feb. / Mar. 2003 Pioneer in Marine Geophysics Honored Feb. / Mar. 2003 Western Region Coastal and Marine Team Celebrates Careers of Five Retirees Feb. / Mar. 2003 Manheim Lectures on Trends in Scientific and Technological Innovation Feb. / Mar. 2003 Many Visitors to the GHASTLI Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA Dec. 2002 / Jan. 2003 USGS Scientist on Science-Museum Board in Tampa, FL Dec. 2002 / Jan. 2003 Two New Scientists Join the Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology Team Dec. 2002 / Jan. 2003 Two USGS Coastal Scientists Named to Louisiana Coastal-Restoration Advisory Board Dec. 2002 / Jan. 2003 USGS Employees Tour Neighboring Air Medical Transport Center Dec. 2002 / Jan. 2003 Programmer Guthrie Linck Improves the Marine Realms Information Bank Dec. 2002 / Jan. 2003 New Webmistress for the Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology Team Dec. 2002 / Jan. 2003 Visiting Delft Engineer Brings Modeling Expertise to USGS November 2002 Tom Parsons Succeeds Homa Lee as Acting Chief Scientist for the Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology Team November 2002 Woods Hole Field Center Staff Makes a Fine Showing in the 30th Annual Falmouth Road Race October 2002 Ginger Barth Joins the Coastal and Marine Geology Team in Menlo Park, CA October 2002 Woods Hole Field Center's Joanne Sedlock Hits the Road to Benefit Multiple Sclerosis October 2002 Dave Twitchell Leaves Woods Hole (Temporarily) for the University of Nevada October 2002 Summer of Softball at USGS' Woods Hole Field Center October 2002 Farewell to Employees at the Woods Hole Field Center September 2002 Goodbye and Welcome—a Change in the Sound Waves Staff September 2002 Cheryl Hapke's Thesis Defense at the University of California, Santa Cruz August 2002 New Employees at Woods Hole Field Center August 2002 2002 Summer Interns at Woods Hole Field Center August 2002 Sea-Survival Course in Woods Hole, MA: You Want Me to Do What? July 2002 Dave Russ Visits Woods Hole Field Center for New England Coastal Ecosystems Planning Session July 2002 Woods Hole Field Center Welcomes New Employees July 2002 New Student Interns in St. Petersburg, FL July 2002 Woods Hole Field Center Labs Pass Environmental Audit with Flying Colors July 2002 Award-Winning Student is USGS Volunteer in St. Petersburg, FL July 2002 Congratulations to USGS Student Employees June 2002 Bill Schwab is New Team Chief Scientist at Woods Hole Field Center June 2002 Woods Hole Field Center Welcomes Two New Employees June 2002 Woods Hole Field Center Visitor from University of Minnesota June 2002 Floating Support Facility—a Boat Only a Scientist Could Love May 2002 Judd A. Howell Takes the Reins of the USGS' Patuxent Wildlife Research Center May 2002 Woods Hole Field Center Runners Place in Road Race May 2002 Emmanuel Boss Speaks About Water-Column Optics in St. Petersburg, FL May 2002 Deputy Regional Director Visits Woods Hole Field Center, Speaks About Special Emphasis Program (SEP) May 2002 New Employees Join the Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology Team May 2002 New USGS Mendenhall Fellow Presents Talk at Woods Hole Field Center May 2002 St. Petersburg Field Center Hosts Visit from Japanese Land-Management Team May 2002 Triple-Header Retirement Party in Western Region May 2002 Bruce Buffet Visits Woods Hole May 2002 Bill Dillon Retires from the Woods Hole Field Center March 2002 John Hughes Clarke Delivers Talk Entitled "Imaging Water Mass Variability in Coastal Environments" March 2002 Seminar on Deltas by Postdoctoral Scholar at Woods Hole Science Center March 2002 Changing of the Guard in Western Region—Mike Carr Becomes Acting Regional Geologist, Homa Lee Becomes Acting Coastal and Marine Geology Chief February 2002 Visiting Scientist from The Netherlands February 2002 Woods Hole Field Center Gets a New Lab Van February 2002 Farewell to Two Members of the Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team February 2002 Woods Hole Field Center Visitor February 2002 New Staff at Woods Hole Field Center February 2002 Postdoctoral Scholar Presents Seminar at Woods Hole Field Center February 2002 Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team Welcomes Two New Postdocs Dec. 2001 / Jan. 2002 Student and Visiting Scientist Join Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team Dec. 2001 / Jan. 2002 New Hire in GIS and Data Management Dec. 2001 / Jan. 2002 Woods Hole Field Center Visitors Dec. 2001 / Jan. 2002 Richie Williams Places in the Cape Cod Marathon Dec. 2001 / Jan. 2002 Richie Williams Speaks on Science and Religion November 2001 Farewell to Ardis Greatorex November 2001 Welcome to Chris Sherwood November 2001 USGS Mendenhall Post-doctoral Research Fellowship November 2001 WHFC Visitors November 2001 WHFC Employees Participate in 10K October 2001 Quenton Smith-Costello Chosen for Western Region Special Emphasis Program Advisory Committee September 2001 Science Seminars at the National Wetlands Research Center September 2001 USGS/NOAA Underwater Memorial and Tribute to Captain Roy Gaensslen August 2001 New (Returning) Employee: Eric Thompson July 2001 NAGT Summer Interns in Menlo Park July 2001 New Interns at Woods Hole Field Center July 2001 Garald Parker Memorial at the Green Swamp, Florida July 2001 Farris Re-elected to STC Executive Board in Louisiana July 2001 WHFC Visitors June 2001 Physics Honors Day Talk Presented by Amy Farris May 2001 Woods Hole Staff Members Participate in Falmouth Road Race May 2001 Farris New National President of Communications Group May 2001 Dr. Ingo Pecher Visits Woods Hole Field Center May 2001 USGS Director's Office of Communications Visits Florida Field Centers May 2001 Job Announcement: NOAA-USGS Benthic Habitat Postgraduate Researcher Position May 2001 Job Announcement: Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship Research Opportunities May 2001 Public Art Dedication at St. Petersburg Field Center February 2001 Rich Signell Begins Three-Year Sabbatical February 2001 Harley Knebel Retires February 2001 Welcome Aboard to Jessie Lacy February 2001 Director of Biological Resources Division (BRD) Conte Anadromous Fish Center Visits WHFC February 2001 Senior Leadership Team Members Visit Woods Hole Field Center Dec. 2000 / Jan. 2001 Visitors from the USGS Director's Office and NOAA Dec. 2000 / Jan. 2001 Suspension Modeling Presentation Dec. 2000 / Jan. 2001 Expert Witnesses from CMG at Environmental Trial in Los Angeles November 2000 Two Long-Time Coastal and Marine Geologists Retire November 2000 U.S. Geological Survey Participates in Celebration of Viking Expedition to North America October 2000 Invited Lecture October 2000 Congratulations October 2000 Woods Hole Field Center Visitors October 2000 Presentations September 2000 Arrivals September 2000 Visitors—National Ocean Bottom Seismometer Facility Discussions September 2000 Talk at Woods Hole Field Center August 2000 New Babies in Western Region August 2000 Woods Hole Field Center Visitors July 2000 Field Course on "Carbonate Geology of Florida Bay, the Keys and Reef Tract" June 2000 Visitors to the Woods Hole Field Center June 2000 New Post-Doc in Western Region May 2000 New Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) Interns in Woods Hole May 2000 Talk by Richie Williams May 2000 Ellen Mecray Completes the Boston Marathon May 2000 Visitors May 2000 Two Talks at Woods Hole Field Center May 2000 Personnel Training at the Woods Hole Field Center May 2000 New Staff at St. Pete Field Center May 2000 Presentations March 2000 BRD Researchers Join St. Petersburg Field Center March 2000 Woods Hole Community Activities March 2000 Bill Dillon and Bill Winters Interviewed by BBC Radio March 2000 Colloquium to Honor Ernest Manheim February 2000 WHFC Arrivals February 2000 Lisa Robbins Presents Keynote Address at Enviroday February 2000 Woods Hole Field Center Visitors January 2000 Woods Hole Field Center New Arrivals January 2000 CMGP's Alan Cooper to be Co-Chief Scientist on ODP Cruise in Antarctica December 1999 Knauss Fellows Class of 1999 Visit and Tour Reston USGS Facility December 1999 Woods Hole Field Center Visitors December 1999 Tea & Crumpets Seminar Series December 1999 Staff News December 1999 John Bratton (WHFC) is in the News November 1999 Woods Hole Field Center Arrivals November 1999 Woods Hole Field Center Visitors November 1999 Massachusetts Bay GIS Tutorial Provided at Woods Hole Field Center October 1999 Continuation of Tea & Crumpets Series at St. Petersburg October 1999 USGS in Partnership with Journalism Center October 1999 National Academy of Sciences / NRC Review October 1999 Woods Hole Field Center Arrivals and Departures October 1999 Woods Hole Field Center Visitors October 1999 Jim Hein Elected President of IMMS September 1999 Lisa Robbins Attends Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Ceremony September 1999 Visitors September 1999 New Coastal & Marine Team Associate Program Coordinator August 1999 The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship and the USGS August 1999 Peter Barnes Begins New Assignment August 1999 Graduate Student Defenses August 1999 Woods Hole Field Center Arrivals August 1999 Woods Hole Field Center Visitors August 1999 WHFC Staff News July 1999 Visitors July 1999 New Staff July 1999 New Team Chief Scientist for St. Petersburg June 1999 Woods Hole Field Center a Multi-Agency Center June 1999 New York City Estuary System Tour June 1999 House Testimony on Gas Hydrates Bill June 1999 New Staff June 1999 Visitors June 1999 New Staff May 1999 Bring Your Kids to Work Day May 1999 Visitors to GHASTLI Lab May 1999 Steve Colman Detailed to National Science Foundation May 1999 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Training May 1999 Clean-Up of Boston Harbor March 1999 New England Fishery Management March 1999 Woods Hole Field Center Visitors March 1999 Upcoming Events at the Menlo Park Field Center March 1999 Tom Chase Memorial February 1999 Japanese Gas Hydrate Researchers Visit Woods Hole February 1999 Wetlands Lecture February 1999 Visit by Pat McCrory February 1999 Video Week in St. Pete February 1999 Arrivals & Departures—Menlo Park Field Center February 1999 Arrivals & Departures—Woods Hole Field Center February 1999 New Director Visits Menlo Park January 1999 Eastern Region Council Visits Woods Hole January 1999 Stories in Recent Issues | Complete Story Archive

Monthly Newsletter Mailing List: Sign up to receive monthly email updates: Recent Highlights: USGS Woods Hole Welcomes Hapke September 2008   Bill Normark Passes Away June 2008   Tour of NOAA Aircraft Facility March 2008   Samples on the Move Dec. 2007 / Jan. 2008   USGS Director Mark Myers Visits the Florida Integrated Science Center December 2007   Coring Demonstration Aboard the R/V G.K. Gilbert November 2007   Good Showing by USGS Paddlers in Outrigger-Canoe Races October 2007   New Vice President of Pacific Section SEPM Helps Plan Fall Field Trips September 2007   Pete Swarzenski Joins Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team August 2007   New Research Oceanographer Joins Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team May 2007   New Research Geologist Joins Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team May 2007   In Memoriam: Terry Bruns, 1946-2006 Nov. / Dec. 2006   New Member of Western Marine Facility Staff October 2006   Barry Rosen to Lead USGS in Florida August 2006   Visiting Scientist Shares Expertise in Coastal-Evolution Modeling July 2006   New Oceanographic Data System Manager in Woods Hole June 2006   New Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellows May 2006   USGS Visits Deer Island Sewage Treatment Plant May 2006   Terry Edgar Retires February 2006   Gene Shinn Retires February 2006   Native-Plant Landscaping in Florida Dec. 2005 / Jan. 2006   New Hires for the Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team October 2005   Steven Schwarzbach Appointed Director of USGS Western Ecological Research Center September 2005   Clean-Room Construction Begins at Woods Hole Science Center June 2005   In Memoriam: Polly Hastings May 2005   Florida Integrated Science Center, Gainesville, FL February 2005   USGS Vessel To Test Counter-Terrorism Equipment Halley Interviewed for Local Television July 2004   Colonial Period Comes to Life May 2004   Birthday Surprise Dec. 2003 / Jan. 2004   Parke Snavely Passes Away Dec. 2003 / Jan. 2004   WHOI Summer Fellows at USGS Center in Woods Hole July 2003   Mendenhall Fellows Lecture in Reston, VA May 2003   Andrews Discusses Latest Novel May 2003   A Tribute to Joe Newell Feb. / Mar. 2003   Floating Support Facility—a Boat Only a Scientist Could Love May 2002   Bill Dillon Retires from the Woods Hole Field Center March 2002

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