<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2020/ryan-assini-research.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>09/16/2020</pubDate><title>Graduate Student’s Research Explores DNA, Algae, and Climate Change</title><description>While researching algae in Long Island Sound this summer, Ryan Assini ’21 M.S. investigated important questions raised by climate change, and his findings could assist with conservation efforts.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>September 16, 2020</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/arts-sciences/news/blog/2020/ryan-3.jpg" alt="Picture of the Long Island Sound"/></image><image-caption>Ryan Assini’s research often brought him outdoors this summer.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2020</tag></tags></item>