Ocean Voice Celebrates Women in Science & Engineering

The Ocean Explorium invites you to participate in our Ocean Voice Speaker Series: Celebrate Women in Science and engineering, throughout the month of March. A successful career in science and engineering is an assembly of parts: Education, training, resources and opportunity must all be within reach. At the Ocean Explorium, our mission is to make ocean science education accessible to all. We believe that solutions come from inspiration, research, thought and technology. Not gender. Our goal is simple; to inspire tomorrow’s scientists and engineers… today.

During the month of March, participants in our Ocean Voice! speaker series will learn about the personal journeys and accomplishments from local, women scientists and engineers. Their success stories celebrate their achievement and hard work and serve as a model for future generations of women.

Increasing our understanding of science and technology will only strengthen our life, our work and our world.

March 3, 7pm
Whirls, Blooms and Fumes: The Oceans at Work
Dr. Amala Mahadevan
Boston University
The oceans exhibit a rich and evolving field of swirling eddies. Its uppermost layers contain almost as many plant cells as are present on land. How does the eddying ocean with its blooming phytoplankton influence our climate? How might this change in the centuries to come?

March 10, 7pm
Dr. Sheri N. White
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Off to Sea and Into the Deep: Exploring Hydrothermal Vents in the Submersible Alvin

March 17, 7pm
Brenda Berube
Interim chair, 
Science, technology, engineering, and math department, UMass Dartmouth
Women in the Technical Workplace—Where did it All Begin?

March 24 7pm
Nancy O'Connor
Careers in Marine Biology
Professor and chair, biology department, UMass Dartmouth

March 31 7pm
Concluding panel discussion,
hosted by the students of Our Sisters’ School

Made possible through funding from the Women’s Fund of The Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts