11/14/2025 | Education

New Education Resources!

The Education Team has new resources to spark curiosity and conversation!

A group of students look closely at the ground on a beach

Funding Opportunity with Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School

Cathleen Stone Island Outward Bound School and Stone Living Lab are inviting proposals for curriculum development on Cathleen Stone Island!

Living Seawalls in Practice: A Workshop on Science-Informed Design in California

The Stone Living Lab's Co-Director Katie Dafforn presents to the Living Seawalls workshop in San Francisco.

Efforts to Protect Harbor from Floods Lifted by $10M Donation | State House News Service

With several “king tides” in the near-term forecast, the Stone Foundation is donating $10 million over the next five years to help a local lab expand its work on nature-based methods of adapting places like Boston Harbor to flooding from climate change.

A woman kneeling on granite steps, holding a meter stick in the surrounding floodwaters.

Wicked High Tides are coming to Boston!

This fall, Boston will experience a spectacular tidal event: the Perigean Spring Tides (also called King Tides). These “wicked high tides” result in high tides that are 2-4 feet higher than normal. This natural phenomenon occurs a few times each year, and gives us a window into how sea level rise will soon start affecting our daily lives.

Exploring Nature-Based Coastal Innovation: Reflections from the Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems in Hong Kong

The Stone Living Lab's Co-Director Katie Dafforn presents to the International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems (BECoME) in Hong Kong.

A Summer In Place: Exploring Boston with the Teacher Institute!

In this week-long course, we explore the intersection of place-based learning, participatory science, and climate change within the local context of Boston Harbor. Read on to see what we did each day!

From Boston to Brest: Stone Living Lab Presents at the International Temperate Reefs Symposium (ITRS) in Brest, France

The Stone Living Lab's UMass Boston graduate team presents at the International Temperate Reefs Symposium (ITRS) in Brest, France.

We’re Hiring! Data Scientist/ Senior Data Scientist

Apply to be our next Data Scientist with UMass Boston!