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- With 500+ faculty, staff and students and three campus locations, VIMS is equipped to tackle pressing challenges through research, education and advisory service.
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- Research & Advisory
- VIMS celebrates 50 years of shark research, a milestone for marine conservation.
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- Batten School
- Research published in Nature Communications by Ph.D. student Mary Bryan Barksdale shows coastal landscapes are at risk of a diminished, fleeting blue carbon stock.
  
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- Marine Science Day 2024 drew 2,000+ with educational exhibits and hands-on activities for all ages.
  
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- News & Events
- A new report by VIMS emphasizes a collaborative approach to mitigating sudden oyster mortality syndrome.
  
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- Giving
- Lifetimes dedicated to environmental science inspired Fu-Lin Chu Ph.D. '82, P '97, P '12 and William Chu P '97, P '12 to create a fellowship for graduate students in the School of Marine Science.
  
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REU student Stacy Aguilera pilots a VIMS research vessel on the Patuxent River. Photo by Cassie Bradely.

REU student Stacy Aguilera at a bulkhead development site, standing on a suction pipe to drive it as deep as possible into the sediment to suck up burrowing organisms such as clams and ribbon worms. Photo by Cassie Bradely.

Use the scroll arrows above to view photos taken by REU students during their 10 weeks of field and laboratory research at VIMS. For first-hand accounts of their research experiences, view the REU blogs.