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Lifetime Achievement Award
VIMS Professor Receives Odum Award The Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) honored Dr. Iris Anderson, a professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), with the Odum Award for her contributions to estuarine and coastal ecosystem research. The Scientific Awards Committee note that Anderson “stands out as a trailblazer and leader in the fields of shallow-water...
Read MoreSensory Impacts of Climate Change
Understanding how climate change affects sensory pathways Global climate change is affecting marine organism behavior in numerous ways, including alterations in mating, predation, and habitat selection, which could result in major ecological and evolutionary impacts. Emily Rivest from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) led a study synthesizing the results of 120 journal...
Read MoreNew Seafood Facility
A New Home for the Heart of Virginia’s Seafood Industry Virginia’s seafood industry has an economic impact of more than $550 million on the commonwealth. With such huge resources at stake, the seafood industry needs to be ready to adapt to global markets and new technologies. That’s why the Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center (AREC) is getting a...
Read MoreVIMS M.A. Opportunity
VIMS is offering a new graduate opportunity (an M.A. program) for students who want to study marine science, but intend on pursuing careers in policy, advocacy, education, business, non-profits, and other professional areas. This new program is open to all students who have an interest in marine science, including those from non-traditional academic backgrounds, such as majoring in policy,...
Read MoreNew NOAA Staff
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Welcomes Two Staff Members Sean Corson Hired as NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Director Sean Corson was officially named the Director of the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office on September 17th. Sean is no stranger to NCBO. He started with the office in 2008 as the deputy director, and has been serving in the acting director role since April 2017. In the director position,...
Read MoreNOAA Nov Workshop
Middle Peninsula Nearshore Habitat Restoration Workshop On September 24, the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office co-hosted the one-day Middle Peninsula Nearshore Habitat Restoration Workshop with the Virginia Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. The workshop goals were to build awareness among attendees of existing and proposed nearshore habitat...
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