Press Kit
Sea Education Association (SEA) is a leading non-profit, independent educational institution focused on environmental studies and the world’s oceans.
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Founded 45 years ago (in 1971)
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Based in the oceanographic research community of Woods Hole, Massachusetts on Cape Cod
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One of six scientific research institutions in this vicinity
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Full-time faculty in oceanography, history, anthropology, public policy, and nautical science
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Dedicated to educating the next generation of ocean scholars, stewards, and leaders
SEA Semester is our flagship academic study abroad program.
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Captions & Credit
In captions, ships should be identified as: “SSV Corwith Cramer, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA” or “SSV Robert C. Seamans, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA”
Please use the following photo credit: “Photo(s) courtesy of Sea Education Association | SEA Semester® | www.sea.edu.”
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SEA in the News
Below are highlights from recent news articles featuring SEA Semester. To view more, click here.
SEA Semester’s Dr. Deb Goodwin Comments on Sargassum Inundation
Posted on: July 08, 2019
SEA Semester in the NEWS
“Why Waves of Seaweed Have Been Smothering Caribbean Beaches”
By Ed Yong
The Atlantic
Since 2011, blooms of Sargassum have wreaked havoc on tropical shores. A new study explains why this is likely a new normal.
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Study by SEA Collaborator & Boston Univ. Biologist Randi Rotjan Finds Microplastics in Coral
Posted on: June 27, 2019
SEA Semester in the NEWS
“BU Researchers Find Another Threat For Corals: Plastic”
WBUR
By Barbara Moran
“Boston University biologist Randi Rotjan has been studying coral reefs for more than a decade. A couple years ago, she started to notice tiny bits of plastic ‘in all of our samples from everywhere,’ she says. To understand how corals grow, she decided she was going to have to study how plastic gets into their bodies, how much is there and how it affects them.”
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Elsaesser Fellow Jonathan Harris Explores Historic Structures, Fortifications along Gulf Coast
Posted on: June 26, 2019
The expedition continues! Jonathan Harris, C-112, winner of the 2019 Armin E. Elsaesser III Fellowship, has added a number of blog posts and photographs chronicling his ongoing research project, “Pirates, Blockades and Commerce: an expedition to explore the maritime history, fortifications, and lighthouses of the Gulf Islands National Seashore.”
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SEA Semester is Popular Choice for Oberlin Students
Posted on: June 24, 2019
SEA Semester in the NEWS
“Oberlin Students Engage in Experiential Learning at Sea”
by Erin Ulrich ’18
Oberlin News
Founded in 1971, Sea Education Association (SEA) is a nonprofit organization that provides college students with interdisciplinary learning opportunities through its study abroad program, SEA Semester.
Students enrolled in SEA Semester programs study ocean-related themes within the broader context of humans’ impact on the natural world.
This past spring semester, Mechteld (Mecky) Kuijpers ’20 conducted research aboard the SSV Robert C. Seamans, a 134-foot Pacific research brigantine. Through SEA Semester: Oceans and Climate, Kuijpers and a group of students from the United States and international colleges and universities sailed from New Zealand to Tahiti over the course of six weeks.
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Email: communications@sea.edu
