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Graduate Climate Conference
MBL Public Events
Event Type: Conferences.
Friday, November 7, 2025 – Sunday, November 9, 2025.
Veteran's Day - Union Holiday
MBL Public Events
Event Type: Other.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025.
MBL Falmouth Forum: “Ensuring the Future of a Seaside Community in the Face of Climate Change” - Mike Barrett and Paul Speer, Resilient Woods Hole
MBL Public Events
Resilient Woods Hole is a collaboration between three major science institutions in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and key local stakeholders—including the business, residential, and science communities, as well as the Town of Falmouth. In the face of climate impacts such as sea-level rise, coastal flooding, shoreline loss, and related challenges, the initiative seeks to ensure that the vibrant and productive village of Woods Hole continues to thrive well into the future. This first-of-its-kind partnership brings together pooled resources, scientific expertise, and management capacity to support the shared interests of the institutions and the broader community. At its core, Resilient Woods Hole reflects a commitment to preserving direct access to the sea—fundamental to the mission of each institution, which is increasingly at risk due to the accelerating impacts of climate change. The Falmouth Forum is supported by the Falmouth Forum Endowment and the Bakalar Endowed Director's Discretionary Fund.
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Virtual Information: https://mbl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jWjLqmOkThCbFuWJoB1vww. Event Type: Falmouth Forum.
Friday, November 14, 2025, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Cornelia Clapp Auditorium
7 MBL Street
Woods Hole, MA 02543.
For more info visit www.mbl.edu. New England Immunology Conference
MBL Public Events
Event Type: Conferences.
Saturday, November 15, 2025 – Sunday, November 16, 2025.
Swope Center/Clapp Auditorium.
For more info visit www.eventsquid.com. MBL Seminar Series: SES Distinguished Scientist Seminar- "Seagrasses as Ecosystem Engineers in a Changing World: Plant Adaptation, Microbiome, and Associated Faunal Communities"
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Jay Stachowicz is a community ecologist focused on how species and genetic diversity affects the functioning of entire ecosystems. He earned a bachelor’s degree at Dartmouth College in Biology and a Ph.D. in Marine Sciences at the University of North Carolina and joined the faculty at UC Davis in 2000 where he is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology. He is a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) and the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) and was awarded the UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement in 2024. Stachowicz currently serves as the Interim Director of the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute and the Director of Introductory Biology at UC Davis. Stachowicz’ research integrates approaches from ecology, genetics, evolution and microbiology to develop an integrated understanding of biological systems from genes to communities through a focus on seagrasses, especially eelgrass, which occurs throughou…
Virtual Information: https://mbl.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=ac9873b0-27a3-4aca-87a9-b38501247eda. Event Type: MBL Seminar Series.
Friday, November 21, 2025, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
Speck Auditorium
10 MBL St.
Woods Hole, MA.
Thanksgiving - MBL Closed
MBL Public Events
Event Type: Other.
Thursday, November 27, 2025.
Day after Thanksgiving - MBL Closed
MBL Public Events
Event Type: Other.
Friday, November 28, 2025.
MBL Falmouth Forum: “Cape Verdean Identity: Race, History, and the Legacy of Lustotropical Colonialism” - Dana Mohler-Faria, President Emeritus, Bridgewater State University
MBL Public Events
Abstract: The Portuguese discovered the Cape Verde Islands in the 15th century and brought Africans there as slaves to work in agriculture. The islands became a staging ground for the Western slave trade, and the Portuguese system of Luso-tropical colonialism gave rise to a unique mixed-race culture blending African and Portuguese customs and practices. Over the centuries, extended droughts and limited economic opportunity drove large-scale migration of Cape Verdeans around the world. Today, the largest Cape Verdean diaspora community is found in Southeastern New England. Dr. Dana Mohler-Faria, Bridgewater State University’s eleventh president, was the first in his family to attend college, the university’s first president of color, and the first Cape Verdean-American in the U.S. to lead a four-year institution. Before his presidency, Dr. Mohler-Faria served 11 years as Bridgewater State College’s vice president for administration and finance. He also held numerous senior roles at Mount Wachusett, Bristol,…
Virtual Information: https://mbl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A4oTe8MASKqgQ8ER54A_Kg. Event Type: Falmouth Forum.
Friday, December 12, 2025, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Cornelia Clapp Auditorium
7 MBL Street
Woods Hole, MA 02543.
For more info visit www.mbl.edu. Christmas Day - MBL Closed
MBL Public Events
Event Type: Other.
Thursday, December 25, 2025.
Falmouth Forum: “Physiology of Addiction: Preventable, Treatable, and Largely Ignored in Medicine” - Ruth A. Potee, MD, Behavioral Health Network Franklin County House of Corrections
MBL Public Events
Abstract: This lecture will discuss the brain changes that happen with addictive substances and addictive behaviors. It will discuss the three most common risk factors to developing substance use disorders and describe some of the more effective treatments currently available. Finally, the discussion will turn to the state of Massachusetts, with a forward-looking view of treatment availability and resources in 2026, Dr. Ruth Potee is a board-certified family physician and addiction medicine physician who works in western Massachusetts. She attended Wellesley College and Yale University School of Medicine and completed her residency at Boston University, where she remained an assistant professor of Family Medicine for eight years. She is currently the Medical Director for Behavioral Health Network and the Franklin County House of Corrections. She oversees 10 opioid treatment programs (OTPs), including the first fully licensed jail OTP in the country. She was named Franklin County Doctor of the Year by the…
Virtual Information: https://mbl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lbbiFCzQRXKBGrh3WPu3yQ. Event Type: Falmouth Forum.
Friday, January 9, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Cornelia Clapp Auditorium
7 MBL Street
Woods Hole, MA 02543.
For more info visit www.mbl.edu.