Dr. Charlie Rolsky, executive director of the Shaw Institute, will be visiting the Parker Ridge retirement home to deliver a talk about the research that his team is currently conducting. He'll also discuss marine wildlife prevalent in the Blue Hill Bay area and how his team is working with partners to help stranded marine mammals.
Sludge: A PFAS Uprising is a new documentary film about family farmers in Maine that spoke out about toxic forever chemicals poisoning their land, water, livestock and bodies ... only to lose everything. Following the 32 minute film will be a panel discussion.
The Shaw Institute and Blue Hill Heritage Trust invite you to join us Saturday, September 10th from 11am-1pm pm for a Beach Cleanup Day. Be a part of Plastic Oceans International event, Trees and Seas festival by helping to clean up a beautiful property which is under conservation with BHHT. Plastics collected at this event […]
The Dauphin Sea Lab Foundation's keynote speaker, on October 25, will be Dr. Charles “Charlie” Rolsky, the Executive Director and Senior Research Scientist for the prestigious Shaw Institute in Blue Hill, Maine. In his leadership role there, he continues to build on their strong reputation and legacy of researching links between environmental contamination and human […]
It's a delight to once again open our doors to the public as part of the Blue Hill Downtown Trick or Treat event.
Our executive director, Dr. Charlie Rolsky, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Trash Free Waters Program is hosting a webinar on micro- and nanoplastics in human health as part of the Trash Free Waters webinar series. The webinar is tentatively scheduled for November 30, 2023 from 12:00p.m-1:30pm ET. The agenda will include several speakers followed by […]
As part of Blue Hill Heritage Trust's (BHHT) mission to teach and practice a stewardship ethic, BHHT will host an open house event at the Shaw Institute. Through presentations and demonstrations, participants will learn about the Shaw Institute's work on fecal bacteria levels around the Blue Hill Peninsula to address public and ecological health. Snow […]
Charlie the Shark returns to the Blue Hill Public Library to once again read for the kids and teach them about the value of our oceans.
Dr. Charlie Rolsky, executive director and senior research scientists of the Shaw Institute, will be at Arizona State University to deliver a talk at the ASU Biodesign Center for Sustainable Macromolecular Materials. He'll be discussing "Microplastics: too small to worry about or a bigger problem than we think?".
Friends from the Field Webinar Series: Putting together the pieces of the PFAS puzzle Free, Virtual event Join us to hear from Associate Scientist Michelle Berger and Dr. Charlie Rolsky, executive director of the Shaw Institute, on their local work investigating forever chemicals known as, PFAS, in the town of Surry and beyond. Find out […]
Dr. Charlie Rolsky, Executive Director & Senior Research Scientist at the Shaw Institute, will be presenting at the prestigious ACS Spring 2024. The conference runs March 17 - 21, in New Orleans, and Dr. Rolsky's talk will take place Thursday, March 21, 2024 from 9:20 AM - 9:40 AM ET. TOPIC: Characterizing Human Exposure to […]