This award is named for the late Robert Mallory Freeman, a former VIMS Council member and avid supporter. The winner of the Freeman Award for 2016 is Mr. Steve Johnsen.
Service Awards
The following remarks were read by Dean and Director Dr. John Wells during VIMS' annual Awards Ceremony on May 5, 2017 to honor recipients of the 2016 Service Awards. Citations for this year's Student Awards are also available.
Outstanding Employee Awards
The Outstanding Employee awards are chosen by nominations received by the Awards Committee from all faculty, staff, and students at VIMS.
The recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Employee in Facilities/Safety/Trades is Mr. Nathan Curling.
The winner of the 2016 Outstanding Employee for Technical Support is Ms. Barb Rutan.
The winner of the 2016 Outstanding Employee for Administrative Support is Ms. Dawn Fleming.
The PPFA Award for 2016 goes to Dr. Jessica Moss.
This award recognizes a faculty member who has excelled in teaching, research, or advisory service. The recipient for 2016 is Dr. Chris Hein.
Coastal landscapes facing the combined threats of sea-level rise and erosion are at risk of a diminished, fleeting blue carbon stock
VIMS’ annual report of “dead-zone” conditions in the Chesapeake Bay indicates that hypoxic, low-oxygen conditions, in 2023 were at their lowest since monitoring began in 1985
True multidisciplinary collaboration is at the heart of what is now known as the Nepal Water Initiative (NWI), a research effort led by scientists and scholars from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), the Global Research Institute (GRI), the Institute for Integrative Conservation (IIC), and the Religious Studies Department.
24th-annual contest recognizes the most noteworthy images captured by VIMS faculty, students, and staff while conducting research in the field and laboratory.
Preliminary results from an ongoing long-term survey conducted by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science suggest a poor year class of young-of-year striped bass was produced in Virginia tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay in 2023.
Results demonstrate that fiddler crabs reduce plant growth in crabs’ expanded range, with findings counter to decades of research in their historical range.
Dr. Siddhartha Mitra PhD '97 joins VIMS as associate dean for academic affairs.
Each year the VIMS community gathers to recognize exemplary performance by faculty, staff, and students. Learn about this year's honorees.
An annual survey led by VIMS researchers mapped 76,462 acres of underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in 2022. Their report, published today, documents a 12% increase in submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the regions mapped by the team, with lead researcher Dr. Christopher Patrick noting, “For the most part, we had a really encouraging year for SAV throughout the Bay.”