ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) offers many summer internships and programs for midshipmen to take part in each year. One of those internship opportunities is a program called Training and Research in Oceanic... Read more
The Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Department invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the field of Atmospheric Science or Meteorology to begin in the fall 2022 semester. The successful candidate will teach... Read more
Research conducted by two Class of 2019 oceanography majors was recently published in Atmospheric Research Letters, a peer-reviewed and highly regarded scientific journal organized by the Royal Meteorological Society. MIDN 1/C (now ENS)... Read more
Faculty members in the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Department are embarking upon a new voyage: to learn Python.
The Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Department has traditionally... Read more
MIDN 1/C Nina Cartwright was named a Student Award Winner at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society in Boston, MA in January 2020 for her presentation titled “Extreme blocking in the North Atlantic... Read more
During the 2018 U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) second summer block, Midshipman 1/C T.R. Sheehy, an oceanography major, interned at the University of Washington (UW) Polar Science Center in Seattle, WA. The Polar Science Center, part of... Read more
The Oceanography Department at the United States Naval Academy (USNA) invites applications for an Instructor of Practical Applications (IPA) in Laboratory and Field Data Collection and Analysis position beginning August 2019. USNA is a... Read more
Congratulations to Dr. Gina Henderson, an associate professor in the Oceanography Department at the U.S. Naval Academy, on a first author publication in Nature Climate Change. The review article titled... Read more
During the U. S. Naval Academy’s (USNA) winter break, Midshipman 2/C T.R. Sheehy, an oceanography major, had the opportunity to visit McMurdo Station, Antarctica as part of Operation DEEP FREEZE. Operation DEEP... Read more
Dr. Cecily Steppe, Professor and Chair of the U.S. Naval Academy Oceanography Department, was elected to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (MARACOOS) Board of Directors at the... Read more
In early November, three members of the Oceanography faculty presented research at the 24th biennial meeting of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) held from November 5-9 in Providence, RI. The conference was... Read more
Three first class midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Oceanography Department are having the experience of a lifetime flying with the U.S. Air Force 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron... Read more
Oceanography majors MIDN 2/C Renee Loucks and 2/C Erin Torrez interned at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) in Pearl Harbor, HI during the second summer block. JTWC is joint U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force command that issues... Read more
Dr. David R. Smith, retired Associate Professor and former Chair of the U.S. Naval Academy Oceanography Department, will be awarded the prestigious Charles Franklin Brooks Award from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) at... Read more
The U.S. Naval Academy Oceanography Department was featured in the July 2017 issue of Sea Technology, a magazine focusing on marine business, science, and engineering. During the Summer of 2016, the Oceanography... Read more
On Monday, June 26, 2017, MIDN 1/C Emily Cecchini, an oceanography major, and MIDN 2/C Chandalar Pensley, an ocean engineering major, departed for Seattle, Washington to begin their internship at the University of Washington’s... Read more
During Zero Block, from May 12-26, 2017, seven Midshipmen, MIDN 2/C Greg Gruseck, Major Henry, Keely Martin, Shannon Mcallister, Darby Minton and Ally Warnimont, and MIDN 1/C Colin Hackbarth, participated in the U.S. Naval Academy... Read more
MIDN 2/C Casey Densmore, an honors oceanography major, is one of thirteen students selected as a Trident Scholar for the 2017-2018 Academic Year. His project is titled, “Exploring the Propagation of the Madden-Julian... Read more
On Thursday, March 9, 2017, four Midshipmen, MIDN 3/C Erin McDonnell, MIDN 2/C Brittney Bruns, MIDN 2/C Colin Hackbarth and MIDN 2/C Aaron Wickard, along with Associate Professor Bradford Barrett of the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA)... Read more
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) recently signed a new Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the University of Delaware (UD) College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE). Dr. Joseph P. Smith and CAPT... Read more
In February 2017, midshipmen, faculty, and staff from the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Oceanography Department traveled to Kaneohe Bay, HI with researchers from the Remote Sensing Division of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) to... Read more
Ten Midshipmen majoring in oceanography at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) presented research at the 2017 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting. The AMS Annual Meeting took place from January 21-26, 2017 in... Read more
Oceanographer of the Navy Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet spoke with oceanography majors during a visit to the U.S. Naval Academy Oceanography Department on 01 February, 2017. Rear Adm. Gallaudet addressed topics including the future... Read more
The 2017 Plebe Major Briefs were an undisputed success for the U.S. Naval Academy Oceanography Department. Throughout the day, over 100 interested Plebes visited the Oceanography Department displays in Sampson 102 and 103.... Read more
Dr. Gina Henderson, Dr. Bradford Barrett, and Dr. Joseph Smith of the U.S. Naval Academy Oceanography Department presented research at the 2016 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. The AGU Fall Meeting was held from... Read more
