Educational Programs

The Woods Hole Research Center's education program may be divided into two major divisions, one aimed at cultivating the future leaders of environmental science through training and mentoring and the other, a program of public outreach, focused on the dissemination of information related to our core research programs.

Training

Outreach

The Polaris Project

Polaris Project

The Polaris Project is a collaborative effort involving the Woods Hole Research Center, seven universities and colleges, and the Northeast Science Station in Cherskii Russia. The project focuses on field research experience for undergraduate students in the Siberian Arctic working across five different ecosystem types at a field station in remote northeastern Russia. Learn more »

Student Partners Project

R. Max Holmes and students

Scientist Max Holmes, in concert with an international team of collaboratorshas created an innovative program - the Student-Partners Project - which will unite students, teachers, and scientists in advancing scientific understanding of the role of major arctic rivers in changing arctic and global systems. Learn more »

Mentoring Brazilian Students

Luciana Miranda Costa, Brazilian visiting scholar

Center staff members serve as thesis advisors to Master's and Ph.D. students at several Brazilian Universities US universities including Boston University, Tufts, Yale, University of Maine, Univerisity of Miami, University of Wisconsin. Brazilian students expand their educational experience by participating in a residency program at the Center. Learn more »

Building for the Future

New wing of the Ordway Campus

The Research Center moved to a new campus in March of 2003. Designed as a "high-performance building." and powered without any onsite combustion of fossil fuels, the Ordway Campus is a demonstration of how a building can be made to function as a living organism. Learn more »

Russian Visiting Scholars

Alexandra Volokitina, Russian visitng scholar

The Center's Russian Visiting Scholars Program provides Russian forest ecologists the opportunity to spend up to three months in Woods Hole learning state-of-the art technologies used in forest ecology, advancing shared goals in research on forests, and visiting other field sites. Learn more »

Warming of the Earth

Smoke

"Whereas in the past human impacts were local, reversible, and escapable through migration, they are now typically, global, irreversible, and inescapable." - Paul Ehrlich

A basic guide to the issues and stakes involved in the issue of climate change. Learn more »

Summer Interns

Linda Wan, summer intern

Under the auspices of a variety of educational programs, summer undergraduate interns are contributing to ongoing research projects in the Howland Forest in Maine and Harvard Forest in Massachusetts. Learn more »

Staff Essays

Cape Cod barrier beach

Staff members of the Research Center are uniquely positioned to comment on the intricate relationship between science and policy. Essays cover topics ranging from climate disruption to the war on terrorism. Learn more »

Diversity

The Woods Hole Research Center joins with other local scientific and educational institutions to develop programs for the recruitment, retention, and mentoring of minority workers and students. Learn more »

Seminar Series

Featuring some of the world's leading experts speaking on the most pressing issues of global environment. Learn more »