EPP and Hollings scholar blog

Each summer, EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholars complete summer internships across NOAA. On the scholar blog, they share their experiences by describing their projects, creating art, writing science communication pieces, and more.

My internship on changes to dolphin diet over time and impacts of sea surface temperature

October 12, 2023

Sarah wears a lab coat and lab goggles, standing at a large lab hood. She is looking through a sample in a metal sieve. The sample she sorts is a red liquid with remnants of digested food parts. Another tray nearby contains pieces of digested food sorted out of the liquid.

What's the buzz? My internship studying sperm whale foraging using passive acoustics

October 5, 2023

EPP/MSI scholar explores her interests in new ways during her summer internship

September 28, 2023

Working on bird time: A day in the life of a Hollings scholar

September 20, 2023

Ellie faces away from the camera, sitting cross-legged on an unpopulated crushed-shell beach. She concentrates on photographing black birds that gather on the beach closer to the breaking waves.

An EPP/MSI scholar's internship contributing to Mission: Iconic Reefs

September 13, 2023

The model offers an aerial view of the site as if taken underwater in crystal clear water. There is a central raised area in shades of tan and brown, like sand interrupted by rocks and coral, that gives way to what appear to be deeper areas on either side colored a light greenish-blue.

An internship studying how climate stress influences decisions at oyster farms in the Pacific Northwest

September 7, 2023

A close up of a hand holding an oyster close to the size of the person's hand. In the background, a person watches Nick take the photo.

Using my Hollings internship to try something new — education and outreach

August 31, 2023

Several children are working on a craft at a table with spread out crafting supplies for coloring and pasting paper. Laura is talking to two of the students; she looks like she is explaining the craft.

Guest post: How my internship in the Department of Commerce allowed me to learn about and gain interest in NOAA

August 24, 2023

A summer forging new paths at NOAA professionally and scientifically

August 22, 2023

Courtney poses in a lab, smiling and holding a gray, crescent shaped plate of whale baleen that appears to be a few feet long in her gloved hands. The baleen plate looks hard and fibrous.

An internship listening to cetaceans: Using passive acoustic monitoring to measure habitat use

August 15, 2023

Cassidy is sitting at a work desk, looking at the camera. One of her hands rests on a laptop with data on it, while she uses her other hand to point to a computer monitor displaying multiple waveforms.

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