SMEA Professor of Practice Yoshi Ota and Ocean Nexus’s international report was highlighted in a recent UW News article. The report titled, “Towards an Equitable Approach to Marine Plastics Pollution” presents how marine pollution impacts the human population and promotes an equity-focus to addressing this issue. The report features topics from COVID-19 to Coca-Cola. You can read the complete article by Hannah Hickey here. 

The School of Marine & Environmental Affairs will hold its next faculty meeting on Thursday, November 3, 12:00pm. Please see below for location details;
Ocean Sciences Building, Room 203
or via Zoom
https://washington.zoom.us/j/91358659778
A copy of the meeting agenda can be found here. Please contact Jackie Chapman (jachap@uw.edu) with any questions or for more information. 

The School of Marine and Environmental Affairs is launching their quarterly Speakers Series during the month of October. Attendees will be able to attend in-person at the University of Washington Marine Studies Building, Room 268 or virtually via Zoom.
This quarter’s lineup features three speakers offering a variety of topics:
Thursday, October 13, 12-1 pm: Laura Nelson, Post-doc Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will present “Climate Impacts on the Traditional Seafood Species and Food Security of the Makah Tribe.”
Thursday, October 27, 12-1 pm: Yoshitaka Ota, Professor of Practice, UW SMEA, Director, Ocean Nexus will offer “What is Ocean Equity?”
Thursday, November 17, 12-1 pm: Jean Flema, Director, Ocean Defense Initiative “There’s Only One Ocean.”
If you would like to attend via Zoom, or have questions about the event, please contact Michaela Miller, mcski@uw.edu. 

The School of Marine & Environmental Affairs will hold its next faculty meeting on Thursday, October 6, 12:00pm. Please see below for location details;
Ocean Sciences Building, Room 203
A copy of the meeting agenda can be found here. Please contact Jackie Chapman (jachap@uw.edu) with any questions or for more information. 

The School of Marine & Environmental Affairs will hold its next faculty meeting on Thursday, June 2, 12:00pm. Please see below for details on how to join;
In person @ Ocean Sciences Building, Room 203 or
Zoom Online Meeting
https://washington.zoom.us/j/94705406674
Phone In
1-206-337-9723
Meeting ID: 947 0540 6674
A copy of the meeting agenda can be found here. Please contact Jackie Chapman (jachap@uw.edu) with any questions or for more information. 

In just a few weeks, the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs will showcase an impressive slate of presentations featuring the hard work SMEA students have put into their theses, as well as a final Capstone Presentation for a group whose work was impacted by the pandemic. The thesis presentations happening on Friday, May 13th will be offered in a hybrid format, so people who are on campus can participate in MAR 168, while folks who need to join online can do so. 

The School of Marine & Environmental Affairs will hold its next faculty meeting on Thursday, April 7, 12:00pm. Please see below for details on how to join;
In person @ Ocean Sciences Building, Room 203 or
Zoom Online Meeting
https://washington.zoom.us/j/94705406674
Phone In
1-206-337-9723
Meeting ID: 947 0540 6674
A copy of the meeting agenda can be found here. Please contact Jackie Chapman (jachap@uw.edu) with any questions or for more information. 

The School of Marine and Environmental Affairs is continuing to make their quarterly Speakers Series available virtually to create easier access for students, alumni, and friends to participate in the presentations and discussions.
This quarter’s lineup features four speakers offering a wide variety of topics:
Thursday, April 14, 12-1 pm: Eréndira Aceves Bueno, Assistant Professor, University of Washington, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs will present “Overcoming barriers to coastal governance in Mexico”. 

The School of Marine & Environmental Affairs will hold its next faculty meeting on Thursday, March 3, 12:00pm. Please see below for details on how to join;
Zoom Online Meeting
https://washington.zoom.us/j/94705406674
Phone In
1-206-337-9723
Meeting ID: 947 0540 6674
A copy of the meeting agenda can be found here. Please contact Jackie Chapman (jachap@uw.edu) with any questions or for more information. 

Three School of Marine & Environmental Affairs Capstone Project teams will present a synthesis of their work and the findings to their client(s) on Friday, February 25th, 2022. Capstone presentations are the culminating experience of a team project that begins early in the first-year of the MMA. Students are selected to projects based on their preferences and interests, and work closely with a client and faculty advisor to tackle a real-world, practical problem or issue to produce a final report for the client.