Hopkins Marine Station

Ninety miles from campus on 10 acres of Monterey Bay coastland is Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station, the oldest marine laboratory on the Pacific Coast and the second oldest in the United States. A division of the Biological Sciences department, the station offers undergraduate courses in marine biology. Hopkins students live in Monterey while studying and conducting research with faculty members in residence at the station.

Left: Former President Bill Clinton (middle) and former Vice President Al Gore tiptoed through the tide pools at Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey with graduate student Nancy Eufemia in June 1998. Clinton and Gore were in Monterey for the National Ocean Conference, in which participants discussed the role the ocean plays in people's daily lives. Photo: L.A. Cicero

Cypress trees and tide pools -- hallmarks of the rugged California coast -- border Hopkins Marine Station, which is located next to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Photo: L.A. Cicero

Related information:

Hopkins Website