The annual Spoonbill Ocean Sciences Bowl will take place on Saturday, March 27th. This event is a tournament style academic competition to challenge high school students' knowledge on all things ocean science.
Despite being a virtual event (for the first time ever!), they are in need of adult volunteers. The volunteer registration deadline is Friday, February 12th (Click here for details and to register).
The St Pete Science Festival is looking for volunteers and exhibitors to participate in the February 7 School Day and February 8 Public Festival. This regional celebration of the wonders of hands-on science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) is a fun event for all ages.
If you have looked behind the Maritime and Defense Technology Hub this week you will see a new visitor - the HOS Mystique. This vessel is assisting with the deployment of two large spar buoys next week offshore in collaboration with USF’s College of Marine Science and USF’s School of Geosciences. The spar buoy is designed to measure very small geodetic motions of the seafloor in order to better predict earthquakes and tsunamis.