Eckerd College Marine Science program receives $1 million congressionally directed award

Eckerd College recently received a congressionally directed award of $1 million. The award will allow the College to purchase a 35-foot wheelchair-accessible Sightseer research vessel, a 24-foot Cape Horn research vessel, a seawater monitoring system, a laser-based flow cytometer, research lab benches, environmental chambers used for lab experiments, and other equipment from microscopes to centrifuges. Read more.