Program for the Human Environment

The continental shelf tracking (“POST”) project of the Census of Marine Life has tracked salmon the size of a banana 2500 km from pools in the Snake River in the Rocky Mountains, down the Columbia River, and up to Alaska . A press release occasioned by a paper in PLOS Biology earns attention, including a Reuters article that quotes Jesse, who chaired the POST Management Board during 2007-2008. Enjoy the astonishing animation of the salmon migration and photo gallery.

Harvard magazine runs a pleasantly Harvard-centric article about the Encyclopedia of Life , crediting alumnus Jesse with raising the funds to launch EOL.  He recalls doing a few other tasks, as well

We wish a warm welcome to our newest colleague, Smriti Rao!