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ORTA News

Florida A&M University (FAMU) Developmental Research School (DRS) NOAA Day and FAMU STEM Day

Article Provided By ORTA Team NOAA and partners group picture at DRS NOAA Day Event. (Left to right) Brian Mitchell (AFRL), Katie Geddes (OAR/ORTA/Groundswell), Kenneth Vierra (OAR/ORTA), Darrin Moore (OAR/ORTA), Lalah Choice (FAMU), Fiona Horsfall (OAR/ORTA), Andrea Pugh (FAMU), Keeli Otto (OAR/CFO/ESD), Hanna Odahara (OAR/AOML), LTJG Justin Blancher (OMAO) and Andrew Peck (OAR/ORTA). (Credit: NOAA)

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NOAA Office of Research, Transition, and Application (ORTA) Conducts Outreach with NOAA Offices and Local Partners in Miami

By: Katie Geddes, ORTA Above: Attendees in the ORTA-AOML Research Transitions Meeting.  From left to right (starting in the back row): Gregory Foltz, Kathryn Sellwood, Jason Sippel, Wayne Mackenzie, Gary Dreyzin, Andrew Peck, Briana Yancy, Katie Geddes, Shirley Murillo, Mary Solokas, Abby Arnold, Fiona Horsfall, John Walker, Kevin White, Bryan Cole, Nicole Miller, Kelly Goodwin,

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NOAA’s Climate Program Office 2-Day Workshop

Article and Figures Provided By ORTA/UxSRTO and CPO Teams NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO) was established in 2005 to provide strategic guidance and oversight for the agency’s climate sciences and services program. Through integrated observations, monitoring, and data management, CPO works to understand and describe the state of the climate system, understand and predict climate

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ORTA Bridging Program Project helps Accelerate Technology for Monitoring Body Condition of Seals in Alaska

NOAA Fisheries’ Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory’s Michael Cameron is leading an innovative project to investigate the use of small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS) to monitor the body condition of Arctic seals. Monitoring the body condition of seals in Alaska is increasingly important considering the rapid changes in the Arctic environment as a

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NOAA Support of the Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems-II

Article and Figures Provided By ORTA/UxSRTO Team Figure 1: Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems-II (CCME-II) scholars and NOAA staff participate in a Center-Wide Core Competency Course (CWCC) at the Florida Institute of Oceanography (Photo Credit: NOAA). NOAA’s Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems-II (CCME-II) is a program dedicated to recruiting, educating, training, and graduating

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NOAA Hollings Scholarship Program Career Fair

Article and Figures Provided By ORTA/UxSRTO Team Figure 1. Mary Solokas (UxSRTO/John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow) talking to students at NOAA Hollings Scholarship Program Career Fair (Photo Credit: Chris Zimmer). On June 1, 2023, Kenneth Vierra and Mary Solokas from the Office of Research, Transition, and Application (ORTA) and UxS Research Transition Office (UxSRTO),

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