RU COOL

05/29/2026

Occasionally we get small groups of surprise visitors for a tour of RUCOOL. This week that surprise was a group of ninety 3rd graders from Newark that visited and got a quick tour from Ashley and Becca!

05/28/2026

Congratulations to the 2025-2026 Masters of Operational Oceanography Cohort!

Elliot Brown, Jess DeFeo, Anthony Mendoza, Conor Nixon, Patrick Spezzano, and Kayla Sullivan have successfully defended their MS in Operational Oceanography theses.
Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Rutgers University—New Brunswick

05/28/2026

https://goosocean.org/news/redwing-recovery-a-story-of-global-collaboration-and-coordination-in-ocean-observing/

On 19 May 2026, scientists, ocean modellers, navigators, and ocean observation experts came together to continue a unique mission: recovering an underwater robot that had sustained unexpected damage during an unprecedented global journey. The story began in October 2025, when Redwing, a new-generati...

05/19/2026

05/18/2026

Congrats to Marine and Coastal Sciences very own Denise Laible Brucato for receiving the Rutgers School of Graduate Studies Excellence in Student Support award this week for her work iwth our graduate program in oceanography. Well deserved!!!
Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

05/07/2026

Down at Palmer Station, Antarctica, our team recovered the RU26 glider on March 26th. This team included Mya Sharpe, Abby Tomita, and Palmer support staff, George Silva, Morgan Cassey, and Noah Vogel, assisted by our RUCOOL field team, Frank McQuarrie and Brian Buckingham back in NJ. RU26 had spent 55 days on her mission, and travelled over 900 km, avoiding any whale attacks. Recovery was smooth. The next tasks were offloading the data and sending it home safely (not to mention sending the crew home to the state safely!).
of Marine and Coastal Sciences - DMCS

05/06/2026

Rutgers has been involved with research at Palmer Station, Antarctica, for over 30 years. This winter (their summer), we had a crew down there working with a researching changes in the coastal ocean off Antarctica (see map). Back on January 30th, Mya Sharpe, Abby Tomita, and Shavonna Bent (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute), assisted by our RUCOOL field team back in NJ, Nicole Waite, deployed glider RU26. It’s COLD (notice the survival suits), but they clearly enjoy their research. This work was funded by the National Science Foundation. Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

04/30/2026

Several of our grad students had a blast leading science activities at the McKinley Community Family Night in New Brunswick, NJ earlier this month!

Families rotated in and out of our various demonstration stations, exploring how our gliders work, learning how microplastics end up in the ocean, and racing makeshift plankton!

Thank you to McKinley Community School for welcoming us!

04/28/2026

Our DMCS Grad Students led the way at Rutgers Day this past Saturday. Despite the rain, we had a load of visitors learning all about the plethora of oceanography research being performed here at Rutgers. A great day!
Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Rutgers University—New Brunswick

04/23/2026

Hugh was out in front of Martin Hall today for the kickoff to Take Your Kids to Work Day here on Cook Campus. The kids waved good morning to our drone. Let the fun begin!
Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences