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Chigbu appointed to Maryland Commission on Climate Change

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(August 5, 2021)-Ben Grumbles, Maryland’s Secretary of the Environment, recently announced that the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s director of the NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center, Dr. Paulinus Chigbu, has been appointed to the Maryland Commission on Climate Change.  Chigbu will serve on one of its working groups, the Science and Technology Working Group.  …Read more Chigbu appointed to Maryland Commission on Climate Change

UMES’ industrial hemp field trial provides farmers with knowledge for successful cultivation

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(July 27, 2021)-The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Industrial Hemp Program is in full-swing for the 2021 season with more than 500 plants growing lushly in a research plot on campus to provide growers and potential growers with information on what varieties are suited for the Eastern Shore’s macroclimate. Planted in mid-May, the field trial…Read more UMES’ industrial hemp field trial provides farmers with knowledge for successful cultivation

Physics professor’s tutelage is a life-changer

A longtime champion of guiding undergraduate research, Dr. Kausik Das can be proud of the recent accomplishments of his former students and the work they have achieved together.  Publications related to areas of their research at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore have reached milestones, and the students who were involved have excelled.  Six are currently attending…Read more Physics professor’s tutelage is a life-changer

UMES receives $1.35 million from USDA Agricultural Marketing Service to help socially disadvantaged agricultural community capitalize on its grant programs

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(October 27, 2021)- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service has enlisted the help of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University to help Black, indigenous and people of color, rural and other underserved communities apply for, successfully compete for and implement its grants.  The two institutions will…Read more UMES receives $1.35 million from USDA Agricultural Marketing Service to help socially disadvantaged agricultural community capitalize on its grant programs

Braxton recognized by STEM non-profit as ‘Best Community Partner’

Dr. Kimberly Braxton was recognized as the “Best Community Partner” out of the pool of professional speakers during STEM Career Prep’s 2020-21 year of programming. Braxton conducted a two-day, interactive veterinary workshop for students in grades 6-10. Youth experienced what being a veterinarian would be like by learning how to examine pets, listen to heartbeats, interpret radiographs and…Read more Braxton recognized by STEM non-profit as ‘Best Community Partner’

USDA senior advisor for racial equity to keynote UMES Small Farm Conference

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(October 22, 2021)-The U.S. Department of Agriculture Senior Advisor for Racial Equity will be the keynote speaker at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Extension’s Small Farm Conference.  His address will be during a luncheon on November 6, the second day of the conference, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Dr. Dewayne Goldmon was appointed by the Biden-Harris administration…Read more USDA senior advisor for racial equity to keynote UMES Small Farm Conference

UMES doctoral student’s research featured in PBS NOVA documentary

PRINCESS ANN, MD- (October 22, 2021)-Ebony Jenkins, a food and agricultural sciences doctoral student at UMES, is a budding entomophagist studying rearing insects for human consumption, feed and biological controls. She and her research advisor, Dr. Simon Zebelo, an associate professor of entomology and plant biology, tout cicadas, crickets and mealworms among others as a safe, economical and nutritious source of protein. Their thoughts and research have gained national attention. The Public Broadcasting System’s premiere science series, NOVA, featured Jenkins on its Season 48, Episode 14 “Edible Insects,” which aired for the first time on Wednesday, October 20….Read more UMES doctoral student’s research featured in PBS NOVA documentary

UMES physics professor to speak at prestigious institutions

Dr. Kausik Das will share his research as an invited speaker this month at two prestigious New England institutions.  He will be the Charles C. Jones Seminar speaker for the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, on October 29. The next day, he will present a 2 p.m. symposium at the Massachusetts Institute…Read more UMES physics professor to speak at prestigious institutions

Ivy League School Pursues UMES Student

Getting accepted to an Ivy League school is a dream come true; having them pursue you is unimaginable.  That’s just the position Ayobami Ogunmolasuyi, a senior engineering major with a mechanical specialization from Nigeria, was fortunate to find himself in. Following his December 2019 graduation from UMES, Ogunmolasuyi will be an Engineering Sciences Ph.D. student…Read more Ivy League School Pursues UMES Student

UMES Extension collaborates on grazing strategies workshop

Pop’s Old Place in Hurlock, Maryland is the host for an October 27 workshop, “Grazing Strategies for Resilience and Profitability,” co-sponsored by UMES Extension and Future Harvest.  Darlene Goehringer and her husband, Arthur Wilson, owners and operators of the pasture-based livestock farm for the past two decades, will share the successes and challenges they encountered over the past four…Read more UMES Extension collaborates on grazing strategies workshop

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