Dr. Allyse Ferrara Archives - 鶹ý News /news/tag/dr-allyse-ferrara/ Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:43:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 鶹ý Marine Biology Graduate Students Welcome First-Year MMEB Students at Annual Calypseaux Expedition /news/2023/10/03/nicholls-marine-biology-graduate-students-welcome-first-year-mmeb-students-at-annual-calypseaux-expedition/ Tue, 03 Oct 2023 21:32:39 +0000 /news/?p=9291 THIBODAUX, La. — 鶹ý marine and environmental biology graduate students traveled to Grand Isle, Louisiana from Sept. 8-10 to participate in their 2023 Calypseaux Expedition. Students conducted a beach sweep in East Grand Terre organized by Dr. Allyse Ferrara and navigated by 鶹ý bay boats R.V. Burt Wilson and R.V. Miss Dee. The Calypseaux Expedition […]

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]]> 鶹ý Received Over $8 Million in Grant Funding for 2022 /news/2023/01/20/nicholls-received-over-8-million-in-grant-funding-for-2022/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 19:51:31 +0000 /news/?p=9026 THIBODAUX, La. — 鶹ý awarded its Top 10 Grants Winner Awards for Funding Received in 2022, who combined, received over $8 million in grant funding for 2022, at the university’s Spring 2023 Convocation on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. “Rigorous academic research and creative scholarship is time-consuming, requires great attention to detail, strong adherence […]

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]]> Port of South Louisiana Donates to 鶹ý Farm to Support Coastal Restoration /news/2021/02/03/port-of-south-louisiana-donates-to-nicholls-farm-to-support-coastal-restoration/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 22:56:29 +0000 /news/?p=8345 THIBODAUX, La. — The Port of South Louisiana donated $18,000 to the 鶹ý Farm for the fifth year in a row to advance research in coastal restoration.  “If we don’t start taking care of our coast, then when these students get to be my age there won’t be a Thibodaux or 鶹ý,” said […]

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]]> 鶹ý Partners with Michigan State University on Spotted Gar Research /news/2020/12/09/nicholls-partners-with-michigan-state-university-on-spotted-gar-research/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 16:30:25 +0000 /news/?p=8316 THIBODAUX, La. — The National Science Foundation has awarded a trio of researchers, including two 鶹ý professors, $1.6 million to study how the spotted gar can improve our understanding of vertebrate evolution. An NSF Enabling Discovery through Genomics grant,  will fund advancements in captive spawning of spotted gar, and provide resources for genetic […]

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]]> Foundation Series Brings Internationally Recognized Geneticist to 鶹ý /news/2020/03/03/foundation-series-brings-internationally-recognized-geneticist-to-nicholls/ Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:30:00 +0000 /news/?p=8104 THIBODAUX, La. — A professor recognized for pioneering genetics research using zebrafish as a model will speak at 鶹ý later this month. University of Oregon professor Dr. John Postlethwait is a biologist who has spent his career connecting extreme fieldwork with fish to human health and disease. He has also used a Louisiana […]

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]]> Volunteers Needed for the 2020 Bayou Lafourche Cleanup /news/2020/02/28/volunteers-needed-for-the-2020-bayou-lafourche-cleanup/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:30:00 +0000 /news/?p=8102 THIBODAUX, La. — 鶹ý is calling on the community to volunteer in an annual effort to remove trash from Bayou Lafourche.  The Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program hosts the Bayou Lafourche Cleanup. BTNEP is located on the 鶹ý campus. Last year, the Bayou Lafourche Cleanup removed 18.45 tons of trash from Bayou Lafourche. This […]

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