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Hello Friends, It has been an amazing 50th year and I wanted to thank you all on behalf of HMSC Director Bob Cowen and the entire Hatfield Marine Science Center for being such a big part of it. Our year … Continue reading →

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For those of you paying attention, my Photo of the Week is turning into Photo of the Month, but before I change the name I will try one more time to get back on track. Today’s photos and captions come … Continue reading →

This week I’m featuring a set of photos I have been wanting to share for a long time. They feature David Varden Buchanan and friends, and appear here thanks to Dave and his wife Margy. Over the past year, these dear friends … Continue reading →

Honoring the past, celebrating the future Thank you to everyone who joined the OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, and to the many who participated in the Reunion earlier this year, contributed photos or stories, or just reconnected via this blog. As … Continue reading →

We are gearing up for our big HMSC 50th Anniversary Celebration tomorrow! Friday August 7, starting at 3pm with a talk by NOAA Chief Scientist and OSU Alumnus Dr. Rick Spinrad in the Visitor Center Auditorium – How Oceanography Saved the World. Can’t join us … Continue reading →

NEWPORT, Ore. – Fifty years ago this summer, Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center opened its doors as a fledgling research and education facility envisioned to help the depressed central Oregon coast economy revive. Today it stands as one … Continue reading →

Fifty years after OSU dedicated the Marine Science Center, Oregon State University will honor the past with a special 50th Anniversary Celebration, and look to the future with OSU’s Marine Studies Initiative. Join us! Friday, August 7 at 4:30 pm on the HMSC … Continue reading →

OSU makes plans for expansion at Hatfield Marine Science Center CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon Legislature has approved $24.8 million in state bonding to help fund a new building at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport that … Continue reading →

This week’s photo is thanks to Dan Nichol, who wrote to me back in April with his regrets that he could not attend the Reunion. He was a grad student at HMSC from ~1986-1989 and had some great memories of his time … Continue reading →