For the Media

UMES Extension is offering a beginner’s class Saturday, Jan. 25, to learn the basics of bee biology, hive management and the tools needed to care for a healthy colony. Read more

Learn what you need to know about growing medicinal herbs during a free, four-part UMES Extension webinar series this winter. Participants should plan on viewing all sessions in order to apply the knowledge they have grasped at a culminating, hands-on field day in spring.  Read more

Cameron Hill will be crossing the stage Dec. 13 with about 200 fellow graduates as the University of Maryland Eastern Shore celebrates its 2024 Winter Commencement. Hill took advantage of the UMES Land-grant Scholarship to make earning a bachelor’s degree in general agriculture a reality. Read more

Overcoming early struggles, biology major Ludan Osman will graduate with 201 other students on Friday, Dec. 13, as part of 2024 winter commencement exercises. Her next journey, following a gap year to gain experience as a dental assistant, will be to attend dental school. Read more

UMES Extension 4-H STEM succeeded in making a free, weeklong youth summer science camp available to a historically Black maritime community thanks to a collaboration with the Talbot County extension office. Read more

Research is in progress at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to see if several varieties of trees and other plants, such as switchgrass, can be grown, harvested economically and used as sustainable bioenergy feedstocks. Read more

UMES is answering the call to develop a better understanding of PFAS in Maryland, particularly on the Eastern Shore, through a gamut of grant-funded research projects.  Read more

UMES Extension Specialty herbs consultant, Henriette den Ouden, lends her expertise to a full-day workshop on growing, processing and selling herbs on Nov. 19 at Kharis Lavender Fields in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Read more

“Positioning Farmers for Success,” the theme of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 21^st annual Small Farm Conference featured informational sessions, hands-on workshops, speakers and off-site bus tours designed to give farmers practical, research-based and shared knowledge to apply to their agribusinesses. Read more

Agritourism operators like Baybees Honey and Sugar Water Manor on the Eastern Shore gave participants in UMES Extension’s latest traveling workshop an education through experience on where their food comes from. Read more

Want to learn how to grow the elusive pawpaw, learn about beekeeping or transition to agritourism? Trending topics in agriculture like these and more will be featured at the 21^st annual UMES Small Farm Conference Nov. 1-2 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Read more

Creating a Center for Urban Forestry at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is the first step on a four-year climb toward providing the Delmarva Peninsula with a crown of resources when it comes to trees. Read more

The Department of Human Ecology at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has added two fully online learning opportunities to help meet workforce demand for qualified professionals in child development, dietetics and nutrition, family and consumer sciences, and fashion merchandising and design. Read more

A University of Maryland Eastern Shore study is looking at heat mitigation strategies of broiler chickens raised on pasture, thanks to a USDA-NIFA capacity building grant. Read more

Budding scientists in grades K-12 can experience STEM activities like a gravity-defying levitation that will have Harry Potter fans saying “Wingardium Leviosa!” at the UMES STEM Festival on Oct. 19. Read more

UMES Extension will serve the Delmarva Peninsula as a partner in a project to help rural coastal communities be more resilient to climate change, as part of the Climate-Ready Coasts initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce and NOAA. Read more

A UMES Extension 4-H STEM summer project helped a group of youth experience what raising chickens, a major economic driver on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and the Delmarva Peninsula, is all about. Read more

UMES researchers and undergraduate students are evaluating the performance of mosquito surveillance tools, critical for predicting the impacts of climate change on vector-borne diseases in the region. Read more

UMES hosted a group of 15 freshman and sophomore high school students in late July for a weeklong exploration of opportunities at the Historically Black College and University.  Read more

It was a hot and humid, but informative, day for about 175 attendees at the fourth annual UMES Ag Showcase, held at the university’s Research, Extension and Teaching Farm in Princess Anne. Read more

University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s “grape guy” Dr. Sadanand Dhekney will tackle impacts of climate change on grapevines with a USDA grant. Read more

Simplot Grower Solutions is sponsoring two agricultural training courses at University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Ag Showcase on Aug. 7. Read more

Dr. Stanley Robertson brings a broad spectrum of experience in veterinary medicine to UMES both in academia and in private practice. Read more

University of Maryland Eastern Shore researchers have built a new and improved spawning platform in Ocean City that aims to prevent horseshoe crab mass mortality. Read more

“Sweat equity,” Kelly Jackson told visitors, was what took her family’s agribusiness from a picnic tent at the end of the lane for selling sweet corn to a booming farm market, helping to shape Dorchester County’s agritourism regulations. Read more

After 14 years of operating as a u-pick, the owner-operators of Blades Orchard in Federalsburg, Maryland, shifted their agribusiness model. Read more

University of Maryland Eastern Shore Physics Professor Kausik Das attended a White House summit June 6 of the nation’s leaders in fusion energy from government, industry and academia. Read more

Robotic farming, particularly urban and indoor, is the focus of a U.S. Department of Agriculture three-year grant-funded project at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Madhumi Mitra, a professor of biology and environmental science at UMES, is the lead. Read more

Agricultural producers from farms of all sizes can get the latest information geared toward increasing their bottom lines at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Ag Showcase Aug. 7.  Read more

SANS alumnus Ellis Collier (’16, general agriculture) was appointed to a leadership position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. Read more

UMES graduate Glen Collins Jr. is returning as a fellow of the NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center at UMES for an advanced degree in marine-estuarine environmental sciences. Read more

Agricultural researchers at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore were recently awarded $2.7 million over three years to fund four climate-smart projects and a pet food safety study. Read more

A free workshop May 28 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will take a look at research-based practices that can help mitigate climate related challenges. Read more

Common poultry diseases on the Eastern Shore, including avian influenza, is the topic of a May 9 seminar that is free and open to the public at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Read more

Agribusiness graduate Jordan Frazier will work in food and nutrition at USDA after his graduation at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 137^th Spring Commencement. Read more

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore hosted a discussion on PFAS with representatives from federal and state agencies, researchers and Maine stakeholders April 25.  Read more

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore added a piece of horticultural history to its 1,100-acre campus April 22 to mark Earth Day.  Read more

UMES Extension is offering an opportunity to learn about successes and challenges directly from agritourism operators with a Traveling Agritourism Workshop, slated for June 10. Read more

“The solar eclipse provided a unique chance for youth in our community to learn about the sun, the moon and the science behind the phenomenon,” said Ariel Clay, UMES Extension 4-H STEM’s youth development specialist. Read more

A May 1 workshop will be hosted by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Extension’s Small Farm Program focused on operation and maintenance of small engine machines and the BCS two-wheel tractor. Read more

The academic prowess of students was celebrated today at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s 71^st annual Honors Convocation. Read more

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore claimed two spots on The Daily Record’s Top 100 Women in Maryland for 2024. Read more