The Batten School & VIMS campus will be closed on Monday, March 15 due to the National Weather Service prediction for severe weather including periods of rain, damaging winds and the potential for tornadoes.

- About
- With 500+ faculty, staff and students and three campus locations, the Batten School & VIMS are equipped to tackle pressing challenges through research, education and advisory service.
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- Research & Advisory
- Purple marsh crabs are significantly disrupting carbon cycling in salt marshes along the East Coast of the U.S., according to a study led by Batten School & VIMS scientists.
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- Batten School
- The R. Todd Stravitz Scholars Program will provide full tuition support for students pursuing the new bachelor’s degree in coastal & marine sciences at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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- Popular, free camps enable rising third through eighth graders to learn about the Chesapeake Bay, coastal ecosystems and environmental stewardship.
  
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- News & Events
- National TRAP Program funds large-scale cleanup of discarded fishing gear, first round of subawards totaling more than $1.4M supports 11 projects focused on removing derelict fishing gear from coastal waters in nine U.S. states and Palau.
  
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- Giving
- As an expression of parental pride in their daughter, Taylor Spencer ‘83 and Martha Spencer recently established an undergraduate field research endowment at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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Search the Invertebrate Collection database

You can search the more than 6,800 cataloged invertebrate lots from Chesapeake Bay and beyond in several ways:

Specify 7 database:

https://vimsfish.specifycloud.org/specify/

Four Pictures of Invertebrates as a Cover Image for VIMS Collection

InvertEBase: specimen data portal supporting a growing network of natural history collections focused on the study of invertebrate animals

https://www.invertebase.org/portal/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=60

A screenshot of the VIMS profile on the InvertEBase website.

Global Registry of Scientific Collections (GBIF): A worldwide catalogue of scientific collections

https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/ Screenshot of Global Registry of Scientific Collections website.

To request a specimen loan or additional information, please contact the collections manager of the VIMS Invertebrate Collection, Jennifer Dreyer.

E-mail: jcdrey@vims.edu