- The 5th Annual Cooperative Research Program (CoRP) Science Symposium took place August 12-13, 2008 at Gilfillan Auditorium on the Oregon State University campus. The theme for the Symposium was “Data-Model Fusion – Use of Satellite Data with in situ Data and Models,” covering everything from simple data-model comparisons to complex data assimilation. The above link provides an agenda with links to presentations, and a poster and participant list.

- The summer SMILE Teacher Workshop was held in LaSells Stewart Center August 11-13, 2008. The theme for this year's after-school activities is "Ocean Science: Microbes to Whales". 2008-09 teacher lesson plans can be found here. Activities from previous years can be found here.

- The CIOSS Year 5 Annual Progress Report has recently been completed and can be viewed here.

- The annual SMILE Highschool Challenge was held April 17-18, 2008 at Western Oregon University and Oregon State University. The 13 SMILE highschool after school clubs gathered to participate in an intense 24 hour challenge that focused this year on tsunami awareness and preparedness. The teams prepared Public Service Announcements, including posters and short video presentations seen here. A Highschool Challenge narrative (pdf) can be found here.

- Recent projects by CIOSS Fellows and others can be found in the navigation menu under Reports & Publications/CIOSS Fellows Projects. CIOSS is housed with the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS), and these projects can be found in their online magazine called "Ocean & Air".