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![UC San Diego undergraduate students present their work to SCMA Co-director Isabel Rivera-Collazo. Photo by Nan Renner, Birch Aquarium.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-06/student_impact_birch_aquarium_2024.jpg?itok=XK9UtHoS)
Birch Aquarium’s UC San Diego Student Impact 2023-2024
UC San Diego students are an integral part of Birch Aquarium
![A Lion’s Mane Nudibranch attach itself to kelp to catch planktonic creatures in their magnificent “mane.”](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-04/melibe.jpg?itok=qp2eomTO)
Searching for Sea Slugs in San Diego
Our local tide pools are teeming with life and the perfect place to participate in the City Nature Challenge.
![Guests Explore a labyrinth of cyanotype-printed giant kelp by photo-based artist and marine scientist Oriana Poindexter](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-02/hold-fast.jpg?itok=gyITMJBo)
Hold Fast Immersive Art Exhibition Now Open at Birch Aquarium
Hold Fast connects local kelp forests and climate change through the intersection of science and art.
![Scripps Pier](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-01/scripps-pier.jpg?itok=Ihr0f60J)
Lecture Series Highlighting Climate Change Research Reopens to Public
Birch Aquarium is hosting a conversational series based on Scripps Oceanography science told through diverse perspectives.
![Students look at the Pacific Ocean over the railing of Scripps Pier.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-07/scholarship_kids_on_pier.jpg?itok=1s4KH3oy)
Birch Aquarium Reports Record Scholarship Year
The aquarium distributed more than $375,000 in scholarships to 22,000+ Pre-K-12 students this school year
![Students gather plankton samples for analysis with downtown San Diego buildings in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-04/seaport-fieldtrip.jpg?itok=obIFf9Lx)
Local Students Experience On-the-Water Field Trip in Seaport Climate Science Program
Educators from Birch Aquarium and San Diego Unified Lead Pilot Program To Inform Design of Future Seaport Learning Center