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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.

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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.