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Transformative Agreements for Open Access Publishing

University Libraries strives to meet The University of Southern Mississippi's mission, vision, and values by offering opportunities for open access (OA) scholarship.

University Libraries participates in several transformative agreements (also called read and publish agreements), providing affiliated authors with the option to publish in gold and hybrid OA journals at no cost. We can remove article processing charges (APC) that are normally charged by publishers to publish OA.

For COA & GCRL sited researchers, the agreement with Elsevier may be worth investigating. Eleven (11) Elsevier journals included in the agreement are in the subject area of marine and freshwater biology: Aquacultural Engineering, Aquaculture, Aquatic Botany, Fisheries Research, Harmful Algae, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Limnologica, Marine Environmental Research, Marine Genomics, Marine Pollution Bulletin, and Regional Studies in Marine Science.

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Awards and Recognitions

Faculty Senate President-Elect Dr. Eric Powell

Dr. Wei Wu is the recipient of the Applied Research Award from USM’s Office of the Vice President for Research.

Mississippi Academy of Science Update

We inadvertently omitted Dr. Wei Wu’s presentation at the 2025 Mississippi Academy of Sciences Annual Conference. Dr. Wu was part of the “ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY SYMPOSIA” session held on March 20. She and Devin Jen spoke about “The Impact of Soil Porewater Salinity and Fire Management on Salt Marsh to Pine Savanna.”

Upcoming Events

78^th Summer Field Program



1^st term classes begins May 27, instructors, and TAs

Marine Science 1: Oceanography Jennier McKinney (instructor) Samantha Bergeron (TA)

Elasmobranch Biology: Jill Hendon (instructor) Jeremy Higgs (TA)

Marine Mammals: Christina Kumar (instructor) online

Cetacean Behavior: Jeffery Siegle (instructor) Shahinur Rahman (TA)

Barrier Island Ecology: Christa Haney (instructor) Shahinur Rahman (TA)

More Upcoming Events

• 10th Annual Pirate Day in the Bay (Bay St. Louis), Friday, May 16th, at 4 pm and Saturday May 17, 10 am to 11 pm

• Billy Creel Memorial Gulf Coast Wooden & Classic Boat Show, Saturday & Sunday, May 17-18, 10 am to 6 pm

• Science on Tap, with Samantha Capers. Hops & Growlers (Ocean Springs), Thursday, May 22, 6 pm

• Night of the Mystic Moon: An Evening of Edgar Allen Poe presented by Ocean Springs Municipal Library at the Mary C. O’Keefe Center, Thursday, June 5,  5:30 pm to 7 pm

• Nature Discovery Tours (guided nature walk at Fountainebleau Trail), Hanshaw Road, 1/2 mile south of Highway 90, Saturday, June 7, 9 am to 11 am

• 20th Annual Red, White, & Blueberry Festival, OS Depot, Saturday June 7, 10 am to 2 pm

Save the Date

Tuesday, May 27th - 6 pm to 7 pm

Caylor Auditorium

Sponsored by Mississippi Alabama Sea Grant Consortium

Graduate and Post-Doc Research at GCRL

Presenters:

Hailee Nigro

Lindsay Bomgardner

Dr. Jessica Pruett

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If you missed any of our virtual GCRL Science Cafes visit our Marine Education Center’s (MEC) Facebook page at the link below.

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

703 East Beach Drive

Ocean Springs, MS 39564

Joyce Shaw, Head & Professor

 Megan Le, Library Manager

  Brennan Collins, Library Assistant

 Marjie Williams. Library Assistant