{"id":116708,"date":"2020-04-24T10:03:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T20:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=116708"},"modified":"2020-08-07T12:10:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T22:10:27","slug":"2020-system-mop-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/24\/2020-system-mop-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> marine science students shine at virtual symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/system-mop-online.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of Marine Option Program symposium zoom meeting\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-116735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/system-mop-online.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/system-mop-online-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/system-mop-online-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seven <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/mop\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Marine Option Program<\/a> (<abbr>MOP<\/abbr>) students netted awards at the 2020 System <abbr>MOP<\/abbr> Symposium. The 37th annual symposium that highlights <abbr>MOP<\/abbr> students\u2019 marine science projects was hosted on Zoom on April 18.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Even though students weren&#8217;t able to enjoy all of the benefits of an in-person symposium, like talking story during coffee breaks or over lunch, they were able to cheer each other on using their microphones and the chat box. Students were also able to invite friends and family who wouldn&#8217;t ordinarily be able to attend to Zoom in and hear their talk live,&rdquo; said <abbr>MOP<\/abbr> Director <strong>Cynthia Hunter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sofia Ferreira Colman<\/strong> (<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo) won Best Research Presentation for &ldquo;Seascape Ecology and 3D Photogrammetry can Elucidate the Relationships between Coral Patch Characteristics and Chaetodontidae Assemblage Patterns at Laehala, Hilo.&rdquo; It is the 27th time <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo has netted the award in the past 32 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sanoma Boynton<\/strong> (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College) captured the Sherwood Maynard Ocean Impact Award for &ldquo;Cup Decomposition Rates in Salt Water.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clara Whetstone<\/strong> (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo) won Best Internship Presentation for &ldquo;Internship with Ocean Era: Hawaiian Macroalgae (limu) Culturing Techniques for Future Offshore Demonstration.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jastine Honea<\/strong> (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo) received the PaCON Award for the project involving the best use of technology with a Pacific focus. Her project is entitled &ldquo;Patterns of Morphological Variation in an Introduced Population of Peacock Grouper <em>Cephalopholis Argus<\/em> around <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>The John P. Craven Award for the most inspired and inspirational presentation by a <abbr>MOP<\/abbr> &ldquo;Child of the Sea&rdquo; was given to two students. <strong>Kainalu Steward<\/strong> (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo) won for &ldquo;Investigating Spawning of <span aria-label=\"Alamihi\">&#699;Alamihi<\/span> (<em>Metophograpsus Thukuhar<\/em>) in Relation to the Hawaiian Lunar Calendar and Tidal Changes.&rdquo; <strong>Haley Chasin<\/strong> (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa) was recognized for &ldquo;Size and Population Dynamics of Native Ghost Crabs in Response to Invasive Ants at James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge, <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Richard Chen<\/strong> (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa) took the Ana Toy Ng Award for best exemplifying the ideal <abbr>MOP<\/abbr> student.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The symposium is held each spring semester at one of the <abbr>MOP<\/abbr> campuses. It gives students an opportunity to learn about research projects in motion at other campuses and practice their presentation skills.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By <span aria-label=\"Moanikeala\">Moanike&#699;ala<\/span> Nabarro<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> students studying marine science net awards at annual symposium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[175,1318,262,660,14,9,60,947],"class_list":["post-116708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-marine-biology","tag-marine-ecology","tag-marine-science","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116708"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124459,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116708\/revisions\/124459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}