Last April, a 6 foot, 120 pound robot called RU27 left the coast of New Jersey with a mission to be the first remote controlled vehicle to traverse the Atlantic Ocean underwater. Here’s the story of whether it made that world record.

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Tags: Atlantic Crossing, COOL room, David Kaminsky, Ethan Handel, Glider, investigador, Josh Kohut, RU27, rutgers university, Shannon Harrison

Rutgers University students are piloting one tiny, yellow, torpedo-shaped glider across the Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey to Spain. The journey is bound to be full of excitement and danger.

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Tags: Glider, oscar schofield, RU27, rutgers university, scarlet knight, scott glenn

Janice McDonnell and Jim Yoder describe the urgent need to translate ocean science into formal and informal educational opportunities across the country, engaging scientists, educators and kids everywhere.

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Tags: COSEE, education, janice mcdonnell, jim yoder, ocean gazing, rutgers university, woods hole oceanographic institution

Scott Glenn and Oscar Schofield have a passion for creating the next generation of ocean explorers. In this episode, they’ll share their deep commitment to education and why they feel it’s going to help ocean science in the long run.

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Tags: broader impact, COOL room, COSEE, oscar schofield, rutgers university, scott glenn