Press Release Archive

2019

• • 2019 Jingle Shells Arts and Crafts Festival
  • Seymour Center Volunteer Program Celebrates 40th Anniversary; Receives
    Recognition at 2019 Be the Difference Awards
  • Student Research and Education Awards—Call for Proposals Open to UC Santa Cruz Students Through November 15, 2019
  • Ken Norris Memorial Lecture—“Saltwater Intrusion along the Monterey Bay: Is Our Groundwater Too Salty?”
  • John Laird to Receive 2019 Global Oceans Award
  • Land of the Jaguars: A New Presentation by Frans Lanting & Chris Eckstrom

2018

• • 2018 Jingle Shells Arts and Crafts Festival
  • A Whale of a Weekend: Art Installation and Marine Conservation Film Festival at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center
  • Ken Norris Memorial Lecture—“Oil and Gas Development Off California’s Coast–Is More in Our Future?”
  • Gary Griggs to Receive Global Oceans Award
  • Into Africa: A New Presentation by Frans Lanting & Chris Eckstrom

2017

• • 2017 Jingle Shells
  • Presentation and Book Signing: “The Edge: The Pressured Past and Precarious Future of California’s Coast” with Kim Steinhardt and Gary Griggs
  • Ken Norris Memorial Lecture—“Coho Salmon—Saving a Species Living on the Edge“ 

2016

• • Jingle Shells Arts and Crafts Festival
  • Ken Norris Memorial Lecture—“Understanding Coral Reefs Through Marine Science and Woolly Sculptures“ 

2015

• • Three marine scientists discuss “Disturbing Trends—Encouraging Signs” at the annual Ken Norris Memorial Lecture 

2014

• • Seymour Center Docent Training 2015, share your passion for the ocean 
  • “When Ocean Science is the Family Business,” 2014 Ken Norris Memorial Lecture
  • 2014 Endowment Challenge to benefit Seymour Marine Discovery Center
  • Friends of Long Marine Lab supports 16 student research projects

2013

• • “Doctor Ocean” –– A Lively Discussion with Three Marine Wildlife Veterinarians
  • Chancellor’s Challenge—2013 Matching Campaign (June 2013)
  • Bryant Austin — Photographing “Whale Scale” (June 2013)
  • Celebrate Mother’s Day with a preview of the new mother and calf whale sculpture at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center (May 2013)
  • Coastal Commission funds projects at UCSC Arboretum and Seymour Center (February 2013)

2012

• • Seymour Center offers guided tours on the Santa Cruz wharf (July 2012)
  • Seymour Center presents lecture on harmful toxins in the sea (March 2012)

2011

• • Panelists to discuss renewable energy from the ocean in annual Norris Lecture November 10 (October 2011)

2010

• • Seymour Center presents lecture on marine mammals and conservation (November 2010)
  • Seymour Center presents lecture on Gulf Coast oil spill (October 2010)
  • New shark pool marks Seymour Center’s 10th anniversary on Sunday, October 10 (September 2010)
  • Marine experts to discuss a decade of ocean discoveries in annual Norris Lecture on Thursday, October 7 (September 2010)
  • Seymour Center presents lecture on climate change and wine (September 2010)
  • Seymour Center presents lecture on climate change and coastal erosion (August 2010)
  • Science Sunday at the Seymour Center–Life and Death on the Central Coast: Thriving elephant seals and declining sea lions–what’s going on? (February 2010)

2009

• • Seymour Center Docent Training 2010, share your passion for the ocean (October 2009)
  • 2009 Ken Norris Memorial Lecture Series; Sea Otters ~ Barometers of Ocean Health (September 2009)
  • Seymour Marine Discovery Center Open Seven Days a Week in August (July 2009)
  • Friends of Long Marine Lab’s Annual Whale of an Auction, a Benefit for the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, set for Saturday, June 20 (June 2009)
  • Friends of Long Marine Lab will honor alumnus Brent Constantz with Global Oceans Award (February 2009)