NSU Currents Spring 2014 Newsletter - Volume XXIV, Issue 1

14 Back Row (L–R): M.S. students Josh Stocker, Hunter Noren, Cody Bliss, and Chuck Walton; OC Professors Jose Lopez and David Gilliam; and M.S. student Charles Gandia. Front Row (L–R): M.S. students Ari Halperin and Katie Correia; OC Assistant Professors Nicole Fogarty and Joana Figueiredo; and M.S. students Charlotte Berry, Margaret Rushmore, Kellie Pelikan, and Ashley Dungan Graduate Research Presented at Benthic Ecology Meeting In March, the 43rd annual Benthic Ecology Meeting (BEM) was held at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. The BEM is one of the largest scientific meetings for marine biologists in the United States. There were more than 600 registrants at the conference consisting of the nation’s top marine ecologists, as well as up-and-coming graduate and undergraduate students. M.S. students Cody Bliss , Ari Halperin , Charlotte Berry , Josh Stocker , Ashley Dungan , and Hunter Noren successfully presented their graduate research at the meeting. These and other students were able to attend the meeting with funding inpart fromtheStudent Government Association and the Oceanographic Center’s Title V grant for supporting student outreach in science education. M.S. student Jennifer Savaro The Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Section of the Florida Academy of Sciences recognized M.S. student Jennifer Savaro’s poster entitled, “Connectivity of Reef Fishes between Mangroves and Coral Reefs in Broward County, Florida” as an Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Presentation at its 78th Annual Meeting at Indian River State College. Winning poster by M.S. student Jennifer Savaro Florida Academy of Sciences Recognizes Outstanding Poster Student presentations are judged at the academy’s contributed paper sessions by section officers, session chairs, and other regular members of the academy. Based on academy-wide guidelines, judging is generally based on experi- mental or observational design, significance of the research, delivery, and response to questions.