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An EPP/MSI scholar's internship analyzing Antarctic images

October 14, 2022

Using machine learning to identify penguins

Three penguins stand on a rocky coast. One penguin looks off to the distance with its wings spread. Another stands stoically, and a third looks at the first one, wings spread. The penguins have black backs and white fronts, with the exception of black markings that look like a helmet with a thin chin strap running under their chin.

How a scholar helped modernize forecasting software used in NOAA offices across the U.S.

October 6, 2022

My summer internship on messaging a sensitive and complex topic — pediatric vehicular heatstroke

September 27, 2022

Lily Muller researched how to create accurate and effective warning communication products about pediatric vehicular heatstroke deaths

StoryMap: The pandemic and air quality

September 26, 2022

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness

Sustainability, Environmental, and Economics (SEE) of Oysters

September 21, 2022

Lady's Island Oysters provides seed to local oyster growers. The final products are large, single oysters, which don't compete with the wild harvested cluster oysters in the area.

Can crickets tell the temperature? The answer is in their chirp!

September 21, 2022

A digital painting of a cricket standing on the pointer of a temperature gauge with it's wings up. The temperature gauge points to 82 degrees Fahrenheit and approximately 29 degrees Celcius.

My summer research experience with NOAA Fisheries

September 20, 2022

Alison Novara learned about experimental design and execution and the breadth of NOAA Fisheries' work during her summer at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Alison sits at a lab bench, holding a scallop in one gloved hand and examining it with a pair of forceps in the other. A tray with weighing tins and a laptop with a data sheet open are on the lab bench.

Scholars diving for research and outreach

September 13, 2022

Hard at work above and below water at Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Gracia SCUBA diving. She holds onto a large camera on a tripod that is placed on the ocean floor. The camera's flash is going off.

Preparing to apply for the EPP and Hollings undergraduate scholarships

September 1, 2022

Get a head start on your application!

A group photo of over 100 college-aged NOAA scholars taken outside of the NOAA headquarters office.

My summer internship at a National Weather Service forecast office

August 30, 2022

Gabby Brown learned about National Weather Service operations both in the office and out in the field during her summer internship with the Weather Forecast Office in Columbia, South Carolina.

Three women and a large steel pool of water the size of a kiddie pool in front of them surrounded by a flat rural landscape. Gabby is holding a pickaxe, the woman in the center holds a hose that is filling the pool, and the other holds a shovel. All three smile at the camera.

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