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   <image:caption>Kory Evans</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/departmental-seminar-13</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/image-coming-soon-placeholder_0.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>image-coming-soon-placeholder</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/student-travel-award-seminar-5</loc>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/screenshot_2025-11-03_at_2.59.58_pm.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Doug Rasher</image:caption>
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 <url>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/screenshot_2026-01-06_at_12.13.09_pm_0.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Patrick Heimbach</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/jun_zheng_seminar.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Jun Zheng, Nanjing University of Information Science &amp; Technology</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/gsa-fall-pumpkin-carving</loc>
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  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/college-natural-sciences-utmsi</loc>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/pumpkin.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Variety of pumpkins. </image:caption>
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 <url>
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 <url>
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  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/gsa-costume-contest</loc>
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   <image:caption>Sofia Armada Tapia portrait picture. </image:caption>
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 <url>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/thanksgiving-lunch-campus-community-event</loc>
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 <url>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/cookie-swap-campus-community-event</loc>
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 <url>
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 <url>
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 <url>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/2018_0829-wetz-michael-5111.jpg</image:loc>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/foto_camacho_04.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Víctor F Camacho Ibar </image:caption>
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 <url>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/dissertation-defense-5</loc>
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 <url>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/isler-portrait.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>I. Volkan Isler</image:caption>
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 <url>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/ginny_catania_featured.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Ginny Catania Headshot</image:caption>
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  <lastmod>2026-03-24T15:25:52-05:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/screenshot_2026-03-24_at_3.18.14_pm.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Natalie Cohen Headshot</image:caption>
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 <url>
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  <lastmod>2026-02-19T14:22:56-06:00</lastmod>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/image-coming-soon-placeholder_0.png</image:loc>
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  <lastmod>2026-03-02T11:56:10-06:00</lastmod>
  <priority>0.5</priority>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/alvarez_headshot_2025_low_res.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Dr. C.J. Alvarez</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/cuevasjackie_headshot2481.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Dr. Jackie Cuevas</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/pooleheadshot.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Dr. Megan Poole </image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/sackeyheadshot.jpeg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Donnie Johnson Sackey</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/aqueouspreformance.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>aqueous Preformance Flyer</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
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   <image:caption>Rosemary Candelario</image:caption>
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  <lastmod>2026-03-06T07:17:25-06:00</lastmod>
  <priority>0.5</priority>
 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/student-travel-award-seminar-6</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-06T07:33:25-06:00</lastmod>
  <priority>0.5</priority>
 </url>
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  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/campus-community-event-eap-liaison-utmsi</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-11T10:53:47-05:00</lastmod>
  <priority>0.5</priority>
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  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/career-workshops</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-11T11:00:23-05:00</lastmod>
  <priority>0.5</priority>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/campus-community-event-design-your-own-bouquet</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-12T11:32:53-05:00</lastmod>
  <priority>0.5</priority>
 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/retrospective-seminar</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-24T13:08:55-05:00</lastmod>
  <priority>0.5</priority>
 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/texas-bays-and-estuaries-meeting-photography-contest</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-20T08:34:45-05:00</lastmod>
  <priority>0.5</priority>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/semester-sea-seminar-day</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-25T10:26:32-05:00</lastmod>
  <priority>0.5</priority>
 </url>
 <url>
  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/events/island-science-day</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-03-30T10:51:49-05:00</lastmod>
  <priority>0.5</priority>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/ocean-and-coastal-studies</loc>
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  <priority>0.5</priority>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/3-2-gulf-coast.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Photograph of shore on the Gulf Coast. Dunes and green foliage in the foregropund and water in the background with the ornage sun in the cloudy blue sky.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/msi-4.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A bird's eye view of the Marine Science Institute </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>A snowy scene with scientists researching the arctic</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
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   <image:caption>Genomes for most microbial life in the ocean have yet to be sequenced. This is a map of DNA fragments sequenced from the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. The dead zone is an area of low oxygen in the Gulf. Each square is a different DNA fragment from the water. The colored groupings—based on similar DNA sequence composition—represent genomes of newly discovered species that are important to the ecosystem.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/3-2-larvaa-flounder.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A photo of flounder larva</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/leigh_walsh_searchs_for_southern_flounder_tag.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Southern Flounder research</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/4-3-set-sampling-3600px.jpg</image:loc>
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  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/about-department</loc>
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   <image:caption>Campus of the University of Texas Marine Science Institute photographed in the 1960s.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/cottter_avenue_monument_sign.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Cotter Avenue Monument Sign</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/4-3-you-belong-here-stickers.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A photo of a person holding a sticker that reads &quot;You Belong Here&quot;</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/4-3-marine-science-careers.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A scientist inspecting a fish in a marine lab</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/4-3-seal-stone.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A photo of the UT seal carved in stone</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
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   <image:caption>An aerial photo of the UT MSI campus on the Texas coast</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/3-2-texas-red-tide.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Aerial image of red tide along Texas coast.</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/lisa_young_measuring_seagrass_credit_ken_dunton.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Lisa Young measuring seagrass on Texas coast. Credit: Ken Dunton</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
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   <image:caption>A photo of flounder larva</image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/20201202_thomaslab_05_small.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Microscope</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/4-3-mission-aransas-national-estuarine-research-reserve.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>An aerial photo of the coast: Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
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   <image:caption>A photo of event attendees at the Patton Center</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/pxl_20250904_144947607.mp_.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Plankton net deployment. </image:caption>
  </image:image>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/4-3-marine-science-genomic-binning-3600px.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Genomes for most microbial life in the ocean have yet to be sequenced. This is a map of DNA fragments sequenced from the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. The dead zone is an area of low oxygen in the Gulf. Each square is a different DNA fragment from the water. The colored groupings—based on similar DNA sequence composition—represent genomes of newly discovered species that are important to the ecosystem.</image:caption>
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 <url>
  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/academics</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-02-25T10:14:21-06:00</lastmod>
  <priority>0.5</priority>
  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/4-3-marine-science-students-3600px.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A photo of marine science students working at computers</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/4-3-marine-science-graduate-student.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A scientist in a boat wearing headphones and dangles a microphone in the water</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/studetn_housing_beach_street_2024.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Beach Street Student housing</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/3-2-utmsi-library-gathering.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A photo of UTMSI community members attending a social function at the campus library</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Rearchers using a vessel on the Gul Coast to collect seagrass specimens</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>A photo of flounder larva</image:caption>
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  <lastmod>2024-10-24T14:57:03-05:00</lastmod>
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   <image:caption>Aerial image of red tide along Texas coast.</image:caption>
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  <lastmod>2024-10-24T15:02:31-05:00</lastmod>
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   <image:caption>Lisa Young measuring seagrass on Texas coast. Credit: Ken Dunton</image:caption>
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  <lastmod>2026-02-20T16:26:45-06:00</lastmod>
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   <image:caption>A photo of a boat in the sea </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>c hawk boat</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>shearwater boat</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/mowdyboat.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>mowdy boat</image:caption>
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  <image:image>
   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/drcleo.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>dr cleo boat</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/beachcomber.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>beachcomber boat</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>lowe boat</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>montauk boat</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/tiburon_1.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>tiburon boat at MSI</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>curt johnson boat</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/research_pier_0.png</image:loc>
   <image:caption>research pier</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/Leadership_Herzka.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Sharon Herzka</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/Leadership_Dunton.jpg</image:loc>
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   <image:caption>Zhanfei Liu</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Cotter Avenue Monument Sign</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>A photo of the UT seal carved in stone</image:caption>
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  <lastmod>2025-09-30T15:48:13-05:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/sbts_2024.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Semester by the Sea</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>A bird's eye view of the Marine Science Institute </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>A wide shot of the landscape at the Marine Sciences Institute</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>A large sea turtle swims next to a smaller turtle </image:caption>
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  <lastmod>2024-08-02T15:47:43-05:00</lastmod>
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   <image:caption>A scientist in a boat wearing headphones and dangles a microphone in the water</image:caption>
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  <lastmod>2025-09-30T15:46:20-05:00</lastmod>
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  <lastmod>2025-09-15T07:09:58-05:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/GSA%20Halloween%202024.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>GSA Halloween 2024</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/GSA%20Green%20Team%202024.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>GSA Green Team 2024</image:caption>
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  <lastmod>2024-10-25T10:14:33-05:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/studetn_housing_beach_street_2024.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Beach Street Student housing</image:caption>
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  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/faculty-staff</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-02-26T11:03:09-06:00</lastmod>
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  <lastmod>2024-12-04T14:57:37-06:00</lastmod>
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   <image:caption>An outdoor area with a fish sculpture leads up to a building with the name, &quot;Patton Center - Marine Science Institute.&quot;</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Student at Bay Education Center</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>A group of people walk among among coastal dunes along a path under a Texas sky.</image:caption>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/mission_river_for_web_opt.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A river runs through a woodland area under a Texas sky.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>An aerial photo of the coast: Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve</image:caption>
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  <lastmod>2026-02-06T15:40:53-06:00</lastmod>
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  <lastmod>2025-12-09T09:06:42-06:00</lastmod>
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  <loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/faculty-staff/faculty</loc>
  <lastmod>2025-09-15T09:47:47-05:00</lastmod>
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   <image:loc>https://stat.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/afloat-oysters.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>A cluster of partially submerged oysters in a shallow-water area along the coast.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Three men stand next to a truck in the 1900s</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Facilities in the Marine Science Institute</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>: Institute’s boat basin and shoreline infrastructure, part of the campus expansion.</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Institute’s boat basin and shoreline infrastructure, part of the campus expansion</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>An informational pamphlet created by Dr. Donald Wohlschlag. </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Students stand in front of the MSI sign</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Tinnin Marine Education Services MES</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>An MSI classroom </image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Founder of the Animal Rehabilitation Keep, Dr. Tony Amos, returns a rehabilitated green sea turtle to the ocean at a sea turtle release event</image:caption>
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   <image:caption>Campus of the University of Texas Marine Science Institute photographed in the 1960s.</image:caption>
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