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The Center for Ocean Leadership (COL) is the newest University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Community Program (UCP). COL connects, convenes, and supports collaboration within the ocean science and technology community, represented by a network of affiliate institutions from academic, non-profit, and commercial sectors.

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Wind turbines off the shore of Rhode Island. Image: Shaun Dakin, Unspalsh

Center for Ocean Leadership to Support Research into Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy on Wildlife in U.S. Atlantic Waters

The Center for Ocean Leadership (COL), a community program of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), has established a partnership with the Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind (RWSC) to facilitate research related to offshore wind and wildlife in U.S. Atlantic waters.

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Sonya Legg

Sonya Legg Named Director of Center for Ocean Leadership

Legg joins COL from Princeton University, where she is Associate Director of the Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System.

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Our team has a proven track record of shaping the future of ocean science and technology through discovery, understanding, and action.

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The Center for Ocean Leadership enhances ocean discovery through community-wide research programs we manage and support.

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