Graphic with HazMaTON logo showing transportation icons above stylized waves and large text reading “Now Hiring: HazMaTON Undergraduate Research Assistant,” with Minnesota Sea Grant, NOAA, and University of Minnesota logos along the bottom.

Graphic with a gold background titled “Apply Today” describing the HazMaTON Undergraduate Research Assistant duties, including working on one of three hazmat transportation research projects, needing strong research and organizational skills, and creating outreach products for a non-technical audience. Footer notes the job opened October 2, 2025 and links to z.umn.edu/haz-ug-research-asst.

🔥 LAST CALL: #HazMaTON Undergraduate Research Assistant (UMD)

Help MNSG deliver #GreatLakes hazmat + oil spill science to the public. No hazmat suit required!
15 hrs/week • $15.25/hr • Academic year position

Apply by Oct 22 or until filled → z.umn.edu/haz-ug-research-asst

Hazmat, oil spills, & data. It’s not a Netflix documentary — it’s a paid student job.

Apply to be a #HazMaTON Research Assistant w/MN #SeaGrant!

🕒 15 hrs/wk | 💵 $15.25/hr | 📍#Duluth, MN

Apply by Oct 22 👉 z.umn.edu/haz-ug-research-asst
#UMDJobs #StudentResearch #GreatLakes

Graphic with icons of a pipeline, railcar, ship, and truck above the text “HazMaTON: Hazardous Material Transport Outreach Network.” Below, a notice reads: “9/17 Webinar CANCELED.” Credit: MNSG.

🚨 Program Update: The Sept. 17 #HazMaTON webinar has been cancelled, which means the 2025 summer series has wrapped up early.

Catch recordings of past webinars on our YouTube playlist 👉 z.umn.edu/mnsg_hazmato...

Lake Champlain as seen from an overlook on a clear day. Image credit: Annacecchini/Wikimedia Commons.

Don’t miss the final #HazMaTON Summer Webinar of 2025!

Ben Fisher (USGS) will show how Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps help protect #LakeChamplain’s 587 miles of shoreline in the event of a spill.🧪

🗓️ Sept. 17 | 11 a.m. CT
🔗 Register: z.umn.edu/hazmaton25_l...

Free + open to the public!

Icons of pipeline, rail, ship, and truck above the text ‘HazMaTON: Hazardous Material Transport Outreach Network,’ with Minnesota Sea Grant logo and water drop checkmark. Credit: MNSG.

🤖 “Greetings, humans. I am HazMaTON… here to protect your water.”

Confession: Not a robot—but the Hazardous Material Transport Outreach Network is a team of specialists working to keep hazardous materials from harming our waters.🧪

🎥 Watch the #HazMaTON playlist: z.umn.edu/mnsg_hazmaton
#GreatLakes

Webinars – Hazardous Material Transport Outreach Network

Expanding the Use of Oil Detection Canines to Detect Oils Submerged Under Freshwater #IISD #HazMaTON
hazmaton.org/webinars/

Three people wearing winter jackets on a rocky shoreline with a black dog. Image credit: NOAA.

🐶Who’s a good oil detector?

Poppy the Springer Spaniel is sniffing out sunken oil like a pro — even 5 meters underwater! Join us August 15 for the next #HazMaTON webinar, where oil spill response goes to the dogs (in the best way).🧪

🔗 Register: z.umn.edu/mnsg_hazmato...

A freighter departing the Port of Duluth-Superior going under the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge. Credit: MNSG/A. Shie.

The #HazMaTON summer webinar series is BACK for 2025, starting on July 16!

Join us next Wednesday to hear from Jim Elliott, chief operating officer of the T&T Group of Companies, about the risks, responses, and recommendations for #FutureFuels.🚢🧪

🔗https://z.umn.edu/mnsg_futurefuels-webinar