MIT, MIT EAPS, News, WHOI | September 13, 2017

WHOI To Present Public Scientific Symposium In Spanish & Portuguese

WHOI scientists Gabriela Farfan and Luis Valentin-Alvarado are co-organizers for a public scientific symposium in Spanish and Portuguese scheduled for this weekend at WHOI. (Photo: Andrea Carter/Enterprise)

By Andrea F. Carter | The Falmouth Enterprise

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to host its first bilingual (Spanish/Portuguese) ocean science symposium, “Oceanos: WHOI en Español e Português”. The event will take place on Saturday, September 16, from 2 to 5 PM at WHOI’s Quissett Campus, in the Clark Laboratory, Room 507.

The symposium was arranged by MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student, Gabriela Farfan, and WHOI research assistant Luis Valentin-Alvarado, who were, ” inspired by their own experience to reach out to people [not just scientists, but those in the surrounding community] who may normally not have exposure to science in their native tongue.”

Read the full story in The Falmouth Enterprise.