SkIO faculty promoted
Three University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO) faculty members have been promoted to associate professor with tenure in the Department of Marine Sciences at UGA’s Franklin College of… Read more »
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Corps Partnership
UGA’s Skidaway Institute works with local leaders and the Army Corps of Engineers to safeguard the coastline. Read the full story, published in We Are Georgia. Every few months and… Read more »
Forest management and prescribed burn activities planned on Skidaway Island
The Georgia Forestry Commission will conduct a carefully planned forest management project on approximately 75 acres of planted loblolly pine forest on the University of Georgia Skidaway Marine Science Campus… Read more »
Investigating the resilience of the AMOC, the system of currents that shapes our planet’s climate
The Atlantic Ocean contains one of the most powerful influences on our planet’s climate, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). This system, known as the Atlantic’s “great conveyor belt,” carries… Read more »
Photos: Semester at Skidaway students visit Wassaw Island
On Monday, Nov. 3, Semester at Skidaway students boarded skiffs at the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO) dock and traveled along Savannah’s coastal rivers to Wassaw Island, where they… Read more »
Photos: Semester at Skidaway students visit Sapelo Island
On Monday, Oct. 27, Semester at Skidaway students took the ferry to Sapelo Island, Georgia, where they toured the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve and the University of Georgia… Read more »
Semester at Skidaway Alumni Spotlight: Sarah Belcher
Sarah Belcher, who participated in the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography’s (SkIO) Semester at Skidaway program in fall 2022 and received a bachelor’s degree in ocean science from UGA Franklin College… Read more »
SkIO welcomes 2025 Semester at Skidaway students
The University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography is excited to welcome 13 students participating in the 2025 Semester at Skidaway Field Study Program.
Study shows how ocean structure influences zooplankton populations
The ocean’s structure, how it is layered and mixed, has a significant influence on life beneath the surface. A new study led by University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography… Read more »
From Sailing to Skidaway
Childhood ocean adventures drive UGA student’s marine science research. Grace Mann sat in her principal’s office at Salem High School in Virginia and told her principal something he surely had… Read more »