William & Mary has received a $100 million donation that aims to help coastal communities adapt to changing temperatures, rising seas and more intense storms.
This May 19, 2018 photo provided by William & Mary shows undergraduates enrolled in William & Marys field course marine science minor exploring a mudflat at low tide on Virginias Eastern Shore. The university announced Wednesday July 24, 2024, that its expanding a new major in marine science, hiring more faculty and deepening research into coastal resilience with a $100 million gift from philanthropist Jane Batten.
“These challenges are local, they're national and they're international,” Rowe said. “And what we specialize in is high impact science for solutions. That speaks to what policymakers need, what city managers need, what homeowners need.” Students will make use of the university's Virginia Institute of Marine Science, known as VIMS, which has spent more than 80 years researching and developing solutions for coastal communities.
“We’re kind of one degree of separation from almost everything that touches coastal life,” said Derek Aday, VIMS' director and dean of the new Batten School. “We have the largest seagrass restoration project in the world. We have the longest running shark survey in the world. We have some of the best comprehensive flood modeling.”
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