VIMS Internal Events

Graduate students Jennifer Beckensteiner and Vaskar Nepal update the VIMS community on their research.

"Recent observations of sediment transport and deposition on a tide-dominated mega delta" by Rip Hale, Old Dominion University, hosted by Courtney Harris, VIMS

All VIMS staff are invited to view a live stream of the W&M Staff Assembly Spring 2017 General Meeting as Sam Jones, John Poma and Babs Bengtson will share updates and answer your pre-submitted questions about recent topics that affect you. 

Speakers and topics:
Ken Czapla - "Spatial patterns in salt marsh responses to fertilization"
Itchika Sivaipram - "Effect of warming temperature on timing of peaks abundance of crab zoeae in lower Chesapeake Bay"

Speaker is Louis Plough, University of Maryland, UMCES 

Graduate students Amanda Bromilow and Bianca Santos update the VIMS community on their research.

"Oceanography and ecological physiology: an interdisciplinary approach to global change biology" by Emily Rivest, VIMS

Speakers:
Fei Da, Bruce Pfirrmann

Fund your sustainability idea, research, program or initiative! Projects should relate to sustainability environmentally, socially, and/or economically, those featuring the intersectionality of these factors are encouraged. 

Graduate students Zoemma Warshafsky and Dan Crear update the VIMS community on their research.

Effect of pH on nutrients release and algal bloom in the Back River, Upper Chesapeake Bay" by Nicole Cai, VIMS

and

"An alternative hypothesis for harmful algal bloom by Cochlodinium Polykrikoides in the Lower Chesapeake Bay" by Zhengui Wang, VIMS

Learn about W&M's international students.

Speakers and topics:
Karrina Nunez - "A high-resolution model for simulating the impact of climate change on tidal marsh habitats"
Miguel Semedo - "Impacts of manure fertilization and antibiotics on greenhouse gas emissions from grasslands"

Speaker is Bill MacIntyre , VIMS.

Graduate students Taylor Goelz and Joseph Matt update the VIMS community on their research.

"Cohesive sediment distribution in an idealized estuary" by Danielle Tarpley, VIMS