SPRINGFIELD — Wildlife biology student Liz Harris had never sailed the ocean before she adopted a 135-foot brigantine sailboat as a classroom. Harris conducted first watch on deck as she and her fellow classmates set sail before dawn. Navigational stars and the Milky Way blanketed the dark sky. “I had never seen that many stars before. I realized, wow, I’m really in the … [Read more...] about Making waves in research and the sea