New York Sea Grant Spurs Careers in Research and Extension
Education - News
May 29, 2025
May 31, 2025
The Community Engaged Internship (CEI) program has sponsored young professionals who have worked with NYSG on research and extension, supporting them as they move into the first stages of their careers. Here, we catch up with two former CEI fellows, Bella Duati and Jade Wu, who are now professionals making a difference.
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Student Fellowships Enrich Diverse Environmental Career Interests
Education - News
May 29, 2025
May 31, 2025
New York Sea Grant fellowships in 2024 provided nine students with diverse learning experiences working with scientists, students, community groups, and legal issues.
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In Photos: Student Put Light on Environmental Science in Madison County and New York State
Education - News
May 29, 2025
May 31, 2025
Through mentoring by New York Sea Grant, the Cornell Biological Field Station at Shackelton Point, and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Madison County, Cornell University junior James Hoehner developed public outreach in Summer 2024 to highlight the environmental resources of Madison County and New York State.
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A Fresh Way to Look at How Ecosystems Might Suddenly Shift
Education - News
May 28, 2025
May 31, 2025
Sarah Weisberg, a 2022 NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship recipient, completed her work in 2024. Here, we examine a new theoretical approach that she and other scientists have been working on to explain how ecosystems might respond to climate change.
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The Effort to Ensure Climate-Ready Fisheries
Education - News
May 28, 2025
May 31, 2025
Sarah Weisberg, a 2022 NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship recipient, completed her work in 2024. Here, we examine efforts that she, along with a group of scientists, have been working on to make sure managers in charge of the nation’s fisheries incorporate climate data into fisheries decisions.
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In Photos: Updates from the 2024 Knauss Fellows
Education - News
May 28, 2025
May 31, 2025
NYSG reached out to its 2024 Knauss fellows — Patrick Shea, Brianna Grimes, and Maximilian Brown — and collected updates, in their own words, as their year-long fellowships in Washington D.C. came to a close.
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Publications: Success Stories
Extension - 2025
May 26, 2025
May 31, 2025
Included in this annual review are over 40 summaries of select work conducted by our program's extension specialists and funded researchers to develop and provide stakeholder-driven, science-based information, tools, and other resources that support local communities, businesses, and individuals.
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Sea Grant’s 46th Knauss Fellowship Class in D.C. Includes Five From Universities in New York
Education – Press Release
Mar 10, 2025
May 31, 2025
The 88 finalists for the 46th class of the prestigious John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program represent all 34 Sea Grant programs nationwide.
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New York Sea Grant Provides Undergraduate Training Opportunities
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2024)
Aug 13, 2024
May 31, 2025
NY Sea Grant helps underrepresented students to receive hands-on training to address timely coastal issues.
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On YouTube: 2023 Community-Engaged Fellowship: Olivia Bonilla — My Perspective, My Field, My Future
Education - News
Mar 04, 2024
May 31, 2025
Olivia Bonilla, one of New York Sea Grant's 2023 Community-Engaged Fellowship recipients, created a video about her collegiate experiences. She also aided an ongoing study of the early life stages (eggs and larvae) of fish in the waters off the southern shore of Long Island.
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In Photos: Updates from the 2023 Knauss Fellows
Education - News
Nov 18, 2023
May 31, 2025
As we usher in the 45th class of Knauss Fellowship finalists, who begin in February 2024, we reached out to NYSG's four 2023 Knauss fellows, whose experiences wrap up by January 2024, and collected these updates.
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NYSG Students Gain Real-World Environmental Science and Law Experience
Education - News
Nov 05, 2023
May 31, 2025
Fellowships with NYSG provided eight college students with real-world experience related to the environmental sciences and environmental law in the summer of 2023.
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In Media: CCE Interns' Summer Projects Celebrated at Reception
Great Lakes Sustainable Recreational and Commercial Fisheries - News
Nov 05, 2023
May 31, 2025
During the summer of 2023 Krystal Dixon worked alongside New York Sea Grant Fisheries Specialist Stacy Furgal on lake sturgeon research.
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Students Gain Real-World Environmental Science Experience on Oneida Lake
Great Lakes Sustainable Recreational and Commercial Fisheries - Press Release
Nov 05, 2023
May 31, 2025
Through summer fellowships with NYSG two undergraduate students – Micah Ford of Arkport, NY and Krystal Dixon of New Hampton, NY – gained real-world experience with environmental science at the Cornell Biological Field Station on Oneida Lake.
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New York Sea Grant Celebrates Three 2024 Finalists in 45th Knauss Fellowship Class
Education – Press Release
Oct 09, 2023
May 31, 2025
The 85 finalists for the 45th class of the prestigious John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program represent 30 of the 34 Sea Grant programs and 66 universities.
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Jade Wu: My Experience as a Sea Grant Community Engaged Fellow
Education - News
Sep 11, 2022
May 31, 2025
This past summer, Stony Brook University student Jade Wu took part in Sea Grant’s Community Engaged Internship program as the communications fellow on the Hard Clam Selective Breeding project.
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2022 Knauss Fellows: How Are They Faring?
Education - News
Sep 11, 2022
May 31, 2025
NYSG catches up with Giselle Schmitz, Liang Wu, and Celeste Naoko Zumwalt, all three of whom are NYSG’s current Knauss Fellows.
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NYSG Congratulates Sarah Weisberg, 2022 NMFS–Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Recipient
Education - Press Release
Sep 11, 2022
May 31, 2025
Weisberg, who hails from Stony Brook University and will be supported by NYSG, has earned one of the eight fellowships awarded this year through a national partnership between NOAA Fisheries and the National Sea Grant College Program.
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Law and Policy Fellows: New York Coastal Resilience Class of 2021
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2022)
Aug 14, 2022
May 31, 2025
New York Sea Grant’s New York Coastal Resilience Law and Policy Fellowship students develop information resources to support community resilience building while enhancing the students’ educational experience.
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New York Sea Grant Celebrates Five 2023 Finalists in 44th Knauss Fellowship Class
Education - Press Release
Jul 29, 2022
May 31, 2025
The 86 finalists for the 44th class of the prestigious John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program represent 29 of the 34 Sea Grant programs and 62 universities.
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New York Coastlines, Spring 2022
Publications - Articles
May 30, 2022
May 31, 2025
Check out stories from the Spring 2022 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our next issue, which is slated for release this Fall, likely in mid-late November, to our e-subscribers. We'll send you issues weeks before they're online.
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New York Sea Grant Welcomes Three 2022 Knauss Fellows, One 2021 NMFS-SG Fellow
Education - News
Apr 06, 2022
May 31, 2025
NYSG welcomes three fellows from New York universities into the 43rd class of Sea Grant’s highly competitive John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship; Another fellow is also in the latest class of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) – Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program.
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Fellowships - Sea Grant's Community Engaged Internship Program - Summer 2021
Education - News
Mar 02, 2022
May 31, 2025
In Summer 2021, New York Sea Grant partnered with SUNY Farmingdale State College on a project that aimed to integrate interests in fisheries, community science, and environmental education.
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Sea Grant's Community Engaged Fellowship Program
Education - Fellowships - CEI - Home
Mar 02, 2022
May 31, 2025
Apply for Summer '25 fellowships by March 13th: The overarching goal of this program is to broaden participation in marine and coastal professions by providing training and mentorship to the next generation of scientists, decision makers and citizens.
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NYSG Coastal Resilience Law Fellows Program
Story Maps
Dec 23, 2021
May 31, 2025
Check out NYSG's coastal resilience efforts documented for its Law Fellows Program via StoryMaps, immersive products that combine text, interactive maps, and other multimedia content.
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NYSG Creates New York Coastal Resilience Law and Policy Fellowship Program
Education - Fellowships - Law & Policy - Press Release
May 08, 2021
May 31, 2025
New York Sea Grant, three law schools announce Environmental Law and Planning Resource Guides for Buffalo, Canarsie, and Hudson River communities.
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Fellowships - Law & Policy - Products
Education - News
May 08, 2021
May 31, 2025
Products from the NY Coastal Resilience Law and Policy Program, which provides one student from each partner institution (CUNY; Pace University; and University at Buffalo School of Law) with an opportunity to collaborate with NYSG and interact with local communities.
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New York Coastal Resilience Law and Policy Fellows Assemble Resources to Help Communities
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2021)
Jan 27, 2021
May 31, 2025
NYSG led the creation of a New York Coastal Resilience Law and Policy Program, providing communities with legal information to help increase local resilience while enhancing the educational experience of law students
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How Sea Grant Benefits You
Research, Extension, Education - News
Jan 27, 2021
May 31, 2025
Under examination is nearly two dozen impacts made by New York Sea Grant's specialists and funded researchers this past year to use science in order to improve decisions made by a variety of stakeholders.
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New York Coastal Resilience Law and Policy Program Summer Fellowship
Education - Fellowships - Law & Policy - Home
Dec 08, 2020
May 31, 2025
Provides one student from each partner institution (CUNY; Pace University; and University at Buffalo School of Law) with an opportunity to collaborate with NYSG and interact with local communities.
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New York Coastlines, Fall 2020
Publications - Articles / Web Extras
Nov 10, 2020
May 31, 2025
Check out stories from the Fall 2020 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our next issue, which is currently being release in February 2021 to our e-subscribers. We'll send you issues weeks before they're online.
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NYSG's “Currents Clips” Wins 2020 Folio Award for ‘Best Social Media Public Awareness Campaign’
Currents Clips - News
Sep 22, 2020
May 31, 2025
Launched in mid-2019 as a limited series, this collection of one- to two-minute videos immerses NYSG's subscribers and followers into the program's coastal research, extension and education work.
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New York Sea Grant Congratulates Two Finalists in 42nd Knauss Fellowship Class
Education - News
Sep 07, 2020
May 31, 2025
NYSG congratulates two finalists in the 42nd class of Sea Grant’s John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. Tammy Bleier and Maya Whalen-Kipp are among the 2021 fellowship program’s 74 national finalists.
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Fellowships - Home
Education - News
Jul 15, 2020
May 31, 2025
Homepage for Sea Grant's Fellowships
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In Media: Study Examines Efficiency of Medicine Removal from Wastewater Treatment Plants
Research - News
Feb 14, 2020
Jul 15, 2020
The study, funded by New York Sea Grant, was published as the cover story in the journal Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
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In Media: SBU Grad Student Selected for Competitive Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
Education - News
Feb 14, 2020
May 31, 2025
Awardees are graduate students at Stony Brook University, Cornell University and Brooklyn College
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New York Sea Grant Congratulates Three 2020 National Knauss Marine Policy Program Finalists
Education - News
Sep 28, 2019
May 31, 2025
Awardees are graduate students at Stony Brook University, Cornell University and Brooklyn College
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Rebecca L. Shuford Named Director of New York Sea Grant
General - Press Release
Jun 11, 2019
Jul 15, 2020
Becky is a New York native, originally from Brooklyn, and has a life-long history with and love for NY’s coastal ecosystems and communities.
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May 08, 2019
May 31, 2025
This is a new series of one to two minute video summaries that immerse NYSG's Web site visitors, social media followers and NY Coastlines subscribers into the program's coastal research, extension and education stories.
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On YouTube: In Program’s 40th Year, Two from New York Named Knauss Finalists in 2018
Education - News
Aug 12, 2018
Jul 15, 2020
Both of NYSG's 2019 Fellows -- Sam Chew Chin and Chellby Kilheffer -- were of the 46 nationwide named as Knauss Executive Fellows, having received their work assignments during a week-long placement week in mid-October.
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Two from New York Become Coastal Storms Research Fellows
Education / Research - News
Oct 08, 2017
Jul 15, 2020
In this unique one-year program, Fellows work with academic advisors and outreach mentors who offer guidance ranging from input on framing research question to communicating results to target audiences, and ensuring their research leads to broader societal impacts.
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Through a Sea Grant Fellowship, Shark-Obsessed Teen Becomes the Expert
Education / Research - News
Oct 08, 2017
Jul 15, 2020
Since inception, NYSG has been supporting graduate students—over 800 of them—including its current director, Bill Wise, and recently-retired Great Lakes fisheries specialist, Dave MacNeill.
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In Photos: Two from New York Named 2018 Knauss Fellowship Finalists
Education - News
Aug 09, 2017
May 31, 2025
Two from NY will serve among the 61 nationwide in the 2018 round of finalists for this prestigious fellowship program. Both will be placed in either the executive or legislative branches of the federal government in November 2017.
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New York Sea Grant’s Knauss Fellow Spreads Ocean Optimism Internationally
Education - News
Apr 12, 2016
Jul 15, 2020
Learn more about our current fellow, who is in NOAA's Climate Program Office, and take a look back at the efforts of other fellows through the years.
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New York Sea Grant Welcomes Helen Cheng as Jamaica Bay Coastal Resilience Specialist
Jamaica Bay / NYC - Press Release
Feb 23, 2016
Aug 04, 2020
a new outreach program zeros in on community engagement and research efforts to enhance resilience for the communities within the Jamaica Bay Watershed.
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Lang Selected for Knauss Fellowship Class of 2014
Education - News
Apr 22, 2014
Jul 15, 2020
The competitive fellowship recruits students from 33 Sea Grant programs nationwide to complete a one-year paid fellowship in either the legislative or executive branch of the U.S. government in Washington D.C.
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Former Fellow Wins 2013 "America's Science Idol" Competition
Education - News
Aug 13, 2013
Jul 15, 2020
This past February, Stony Brook University (SBU) Master’s graduate Tom Di Liberto won "America's Science Idol" competition at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Boston, MA. In 2008, while at SBU, Di Liberto was the recipient of the "Mattice Sea Great Scholar Travel Award."
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Off to Washington for Two New York Knauss Fellows
New York Coastlines, Summer 2013
Aug 10, 2013
Jul 15, 2020
For the class of 2013, New York Sea Grant is happy to announce two Fellows were selected for the prestigious Knauss Fellowship program named in honor of one of Sea Grant’s founders, former NOAA Administrator, John A. Knauss.
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Graduate Students - The Foundation of Cornell's Future
Education - News
Mar 29, 2012
Jul 15, 2020
As reported in New York Sea Grant's Winter 2012 New York Coastlines and featured in Cornell University's Spring 2012 Ezra, Jillian Cohen is our program's 2012 Knauss Fellow. Cohen joins the staff on the US House Committee on Natural Resources where she’ll work closely with the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs which has jurisdiction over fisheries management, wildlife conservation, estuarine protection, and Sea Grant programs.
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Four Decades Supporting Scholars, Fellows, Stewards and Youth
New York Coastlines, Winter 2012
Mar 01, 2012
Jul 15, 2020
Since the 1970s, New York Sea Grant has funded more than 600 research projects, and more than 600 graduate students, many of whom are in a position of influence relative to the marine and Great Lakes districts, whether in government, academia or industry.
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