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2024 Graduate Fellows Announced
Virginia Sea Grant is pleased to announce the six recipients of the 2024 Graduate Fellowship. These graduate students from across the Commonwealth are addressing important coastal resource issues.
Va. Sea Grant led team to tackle economic gaps in aquaculture.
Virginia Sea Grant and a consortium of researchers led by Virginia Tech secured a federal grant of nearly $1 million to address critical economic and marketing gaps in the U.S. aquaculture industry.
Graduate Fellow Hopes to Quantify Carbon Sink of Salt Marshes
Virginia Sea Grant Graduate Fellow uses satellite data to quantify the carbon sink of salt marshes on the Eastern Shore.
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2024 Graduate Fellows Announced
Above left to right: Alyssa Bucci, Ella DiPetto, Luke Groff, Matthew LaGanke, Rachel Kelmartin, and Savannah Lynn (Photos provided) 2024
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Va. Sea Grant led team to tackle economic gaps in aquaculture.
Virginia Sea Grant Lead Research receives $1 million federal grant to tackle economic and marketing gaps in U.S. aquaculture industry
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Graduate Fellow Hopes to Quantify Carbon Sink of Salt Marshes
Graduate Fellow Hopes to Quantify Carbon Sink of Salt Marshes Suspended 15 feet above an Easter Shore salt marsh Virginia
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Community, Inclusivity, and Connection: The Women of the Water Conference
Community, Inclusivity, and Connection: Reflecting on the 2023 Women of the Water Conference By Kaitlyn Theberge | Virginia TechBy Hayley Lemoine | Florida
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Commonwealth Fellow Looks at Threat of Sea Level Rise
Commonwealth Fellow Examines Threat of Sea Level Rise to State Assets Virginia’s tidal waters are a vital resource for the
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Aquaculture Information Exchange Launches
Virginia Sea Grant Launches the USDA and NOAA Supported Aquaculture Information Exchange Online Community Platform The Aquaculture Information Exchange (AIE)) online community
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2024 Knauss Finalist Announced
Above left to right: Kacey Hirshfeld Clayton, Allison Lepp, Natalie Lerma, Lauren Alvaro, Chelsea Gray, and Kesten, Bozinovic 2024 Knauss Fellowship
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2023 Graduate Fellows Announced
Above left to right: Daniel Lassiter, Mahshid Ahmadian, Julia Grenn, Megan Beever, Alyson Hall, Adrian Robins, and Zlatka Rebolledo Sanchez. (Photos provided) 2023 Graduate Fellows Announced
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VASG to Lead Research Into Contaminated Stormwater
VASG to Lead Research Into Contaminated Stormwater Virginia Sea Grant was awarded $458,863 in funding for the identification and mitigation
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Team Science Connects Disciplines To Tackle Big Problems
Team Science Brings together Multiple Disciplines to Tackle Big Problems Virginia Sea Grant hosted 32 graduate and post-graduate students for
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Hands-on Marine Science Lessons for Teachers
Field course gives teachers marine education experiences to bring lessons into the classroom.
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Drawing the Line on Marine Debris
Recycling program keeps harmful fishing line from entering our waterways.
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Living With Water
A phrase which once paid homage to the tradition of working on the water, now refers to the standing water that pools in peoples’ yards and drainage ditches.
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Norfolk State University joins Virginia Sea Grant
Norfolk State University Joins Virginia Sea Grant Norfolk State University (NSU) has joined the Virginia Sea Grant (VASG) community, making
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2023 Chefs’ Seafood Symposium
Seafood Symposium Shows Chefs How to create Sustainable Dishes More than 100 culinary professionals, students, and representatives of related culinary
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VASG Selected to Host Aquaculture Information Exchange
Virginia Sea Grant has been selected to develop and host an online aquaculture community platform in partnership with NOAA and the USDA.
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Clean Marina Program keeps boat fuel “burps” out of the Bay
As air bubbles escape during refueling, they push small amounts of fuel back out of the fuel tank and onto the boat — or into the water.
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2023 Knauss Finalists Announced
Four Virginia students have been chosen as finalists for Sea Grant’s prestigious 2023 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program.
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Learning jargon and learning when to ditch it
The Virginia Sea Grant Commonwealth Coastal & Marine Policy Fellowship has given me the opportunity to learn some more broadly practical jargon.
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Two students join Virginia Coastal Policy Center as Sea Grant summer interns
Janaya Belcher and Zachary Evans will join the group of students interning with VCPC this summer.