<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2025/coasts.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>09/10/2025</pubDate><title>Cutting-Edge Marine Science Center, Immersive Outreach Programs Connect the University and Greater New Haven Community to Our Blue Backyard</title><description>Since it opened last year, the University’s Robert M. Lee and Linda M. Wilkins Marine Science Center at Canal Dock in New Haven has become a touchstone for Chargers and individuals across Connecticut to learn about the life that teems in Long Island Sound.</description><hide-description/><author>Jackie Hennessey</author><author-details>Contributing Writer</author-details><hide-author/><date>September 10, 2025</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/arts-sciences/news/blog/2025/coasts-mud.jpg" alt="COASTS participants and community members discover the biodiversity of Long Island Sound."/></image><image-caption>COASTS participants and community members discover the biodiversity of Long Island Sound.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-arts-sciences</tag><tag>facility-canal-dock-boathouse</tag><tag>initiative-coasts</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-ug-marine-environmental-sciences</tag><tag>year-2025</tag></tags></item>