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For many of the 235 University of Maryland Eastern Shore graduates who received their degrees at the 137th spring commencement on May 17, it was a moment in the making. Due to COVID, this would be the first time many of the undergraduates who started their college journey walked across a stage since middle school….Read more ‘Our path to graduation has been unlike any other’

Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins, the Chair of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, will be the guest speaker for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 137th Spring Commencement. The ceremony, which takes place Friday, May 17 at 10 a.m. at the William P. Hytche Athletic Center on the UMES campus, will confer the degrees of…Read more Maryland Legislative Black Caucus Chair to address UMES Spring graduates on May 17

Therapy developed by University of Maryland Eastern Shore researchers for an advanced form of prostate cancer was recently named Life Sciences Invention of the Year. The invention, “Combination Therapy and Diagnostic Tool for Aggressive Prostate Cancer” developed by UMES associate professor Dr. Peter Wang and senior research fellow Dr. Mohammad Waseem, captured first place in…Read more UMES researchers’ treatment for prostate cancer awarded top prize at Innovate Maryland competition

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has received $1,071,000 in direct federal funding for its new School of Veterinary Medicine. The investment came from the fiscal year 2024 funding package passed by the United States Senate in March, which was later signed into law by President Joe Biden. Funding for the veterinary school was requested…Read more UMES School of Veterinary Medicine receives $1 million federal funding investment

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore received a sizeable grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of the Herpes Simplex Virus on brain neurons. UMES’s funding, which is spread across a four-year period, came from the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) grant….Read more UMES receives $560,000 research grant from NIH to study HSV-1 virus

When Mikayla Carroll arrived at the Ella Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center on April 4, she was unaware of the surprise awaiting her. Carroll, a graduating senior majoring in commercial photography, was one of four students who received the Award of Excellence for their respective undergraduate schools during the 71st Annual Honors Convocation. The convocation, held…Read more ‘It means everything to me’

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is one of 32 Historically Black Colleges and Universities participating in the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) National Championship Tournament (NCT), set for April 6-10 in Torrance, California. UMES, competing in the HBCU quiz bowl competition for the 22nd time, will be represented by sophomores Princaya Sanders (Baltimore, Md.)…Read more UMES earns nod for Honda Campus All-Star Challenge’s “Thrilling 32”

The final round of the 2024 Lower Eastern Shore Spelling Bee lasted longer than you might think.  Like a tense tennis match, words bounced back and forth between Conor Keightley-Reinhardt and Stephen Decatur Middle School’s 7th grader Ilya Karcheuski.  Before spelling each word, the contestants stated their names.   Keightley-Reinhardt strode to the microphone each time…Read more Keightley-Reinhardt is the 2024 Lower Eastern Shore Spelling Bee Champion

Princess Anne, MD—The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) has received another major research grant to study three areas that have become headline topics:  artificial intelligence, climate change and sustainability, and health care outcomes.  This follows on another major research grant on AI and a $2.5M “Driving Change” grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute….Read more UMES Receives $4.6M Research Grant from U.S. Dept. of Education