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Jenifer Ossai came to UMES in 2010 from Delta State in Nigeria, West Africa, with a full scholarship from the government to pursue a bachelor’s degree in biology that she earned four years later.  On May 20, at the university’s spring commencement exercises, she left campus with a doctoral degree in toxicology.   As a youth,…Read more Newly minted toxicology Ph.D. looks at finding new antibiotics for foodborne illnesses

Junior Jaylah “Jay” Easter came away from UMES’ Three Minute Thesis competition last month with a first place win in the undergraduate category and the People’s Choice Award (undergraduate and graduate students) netting him $400 in prizes. The Three Minute Thesis “challenges participants to present their research in just 180 seconds in an engaging form…Read more LSAMP student wins research competitions