{"id":2349,"date":"2026-09-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=2349"},"modified":"2026-09-08T19:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T19:38:09","slug":"summertime-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=2349","title":{"rendered":"Summertime Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1c666923 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nKcok7PZtxI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Labor Day, <strong>Bigelow Laboratory <\/strong>is taking a moment to reflect fondly on an inspiring summer. We are grateful to everyone who supported us this season! \ud83c\udf0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To the friends and community members who visited for our open house in July: Thank you for coming to our campus and indulging your curiosity in science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To the hundreds of folks who joined our Caf\u00e9 Sci series: Thank you for traveling the seas with our researchers and diving deeper into their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To those who attended an event at our campus, took a laboratory tour, stopped by our booth at a conference or tradeshow, or cheered us on during the Windjammer Days Parade: Thank you for getting to know us a little better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And lastly, to the sponsors, supporters, staff, and friends who helped us raise more than $800,000 at the Big Splash in July: Thank you for standing strong with bold science. We\u2019re especially grateful to Paul &amp; Giselaine Coulombe, Peter &amp; Jocelyn Handy, Leigh &amp; John Reaves, the Tagliabue Family Foundation, and Corient for their generous support of our institution during the Big Splash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ocean science takes a community, and we are grateful to be surrounded by the very best! Thank you. \ud83d\udc99<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Labor Day, Bigelow Laboratory is taking a moment to reflect fondly on an inspiring summer. We are grateful to everyone who supported us this season! \ud83c\udf0a To the friends and community members who visited for our open house in July: Thank you for coming to our campus and indulging your curiosity in science. To [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","css_class_manager_body_classes":"","css_class_manager_use_in_post_loop":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[17,18],"class_list":["post-2349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laboratory","tag-events","tag-maine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2349"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2353,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349\/revisions\/2353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}