Each year a committee of faculty and students chooses the best journal articles by VIMS graduate students. This year's winners are Michelle Onofrio and Meredith Evans Seeley.
VIMS 2020 Student Awards
The following remarks were read by Dean & Director Dr. John Wells during VIMS' annual Awards Ceremony on May 14, 2021 to honor recipients of the 2020 Student Awards. Citations for the 2020 Service Awards are also available.
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.”
The Zeigler Award honors the contributions to student needs by Dr. John and Mrs. Marilyn Zeigler. This year’s recipient is Meredith Evans Seeley.