Tory O'Connell Archives

Sitkan denied permission to visit children detained on US border

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jul 2, 2019 | Local News, Syndicated

Tory O’Connell spent the weekend outside a US Customs and Border Protection detention center in Clint, Texas. The center holds children under the age of 18 whose parents are seeking asylum in the United States. Read More

Grant application in the works for landslide warning system

by KCAW News | Jan 9, 2018 | The Morning Interview

A collaborative research team has formed around landslide prediction, with an interest in developing a warning and response system for Sitka. They'll hold meetings at the Sitka Sound Science Center on January 10th and 12th to seek public input. Read More

Rob Harcourt: Where the wild things swim

by KCAW News | Apr 22, 2015 | The Morning Interview

Rob Harcourt is a professor of Marine Ecology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He's in Sitka as a Scientist in Residency Fellow (SIRF) at the Sitka Sound Science Center. Harcourt uses advanced tagging techniques to study ocean animals and their habitat -- everything from jellyfish to blue whales. He'll be speaking tonight (6PM Wed Apr 22, Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center, free) on climate change and penquins: "Will Happy Feet feel the heat?" With SSS research director Tory O'Connell.Downloadable audio. Read More

Research team studies connectivity, at home and sea

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Mar 4, 2014 | Local News, Syndicated

Two preeminent oceanographers will be in Sitka for the month of March. Jackie Grebmeier and Lee Cooper will be catching up on their writing, visiting classrooms, and mingling with the public -- basically, enjoying the novelty of staying in one place for a solid month. Read More

Sitka science fellow studies whale sounds

by Anne Brice, KCAW | Mar 25, 2013 | Local News, Syndicated

The Sitka Sound Science Center has a new fellow in town for its scientist-in-residency program. Alison Stimpert studies the sounds that animals make. It’s a field called bio-acoustics. Read More