Category: News Releases

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(March 9, 2021)-Ginger, used worldwide as a popular spice, is a tropical plant harvested within 8-10 months.  The question is can it be feasibly grown as a Mid-Atlantic high-value crop with marketing potential.  The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Extension is offering a free webinar on March 12, from 11 a.m.-noon to help…Read more UMES Extension offers free growing ginger webinar

Making an impact in the community through his professional and personal life is what drives McCoy Curtis Jr., especially in these challenging times, and it has not gone unnoticed.  Curtis was honored last month on Martin Luther King Jr. Day during a “live” virtual celebration of the Tri-County MLK Coalition’s 36th annual banquet honoring their namesake.  He was the…Read more UMES Extension employee hailed as a champion of the community

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(February 3, 2021)-Youth ages 8-11 can brush off their gardening trowels and get ready for some fun and learning by becoming a Junior Master Gardener through the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Extension’s 4-H STEM program.  Virtual classes will held bi-weekly beginning March 30 on Tuesdays from 5-6 p.m. Participants can earn 4-H Junior Master Gardener…Read more Youth into gardening and the environment can take part in UMES Extension 4-H STEM spring program

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (February 2, 2021)-Area middle and high school students currently in grades 8-11 can apply now through March 25 for the 2021 AgDiscovery summer program slated for June 13-26 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.  Campers will reside on campus unless COVID-19 concerns mandate that it shifts to a virtual experience. Sponsored…Read more Registration is open for UMES’ free 2021 AgDiscovery summer camp

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(December 16, 2020)-A University of Maryland Eastern Shore researcher and his colleagues at laboratories along the East Coast and as far away as Spain were lauded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service for their work aimed at controlling ammonia emissions in poultry houses…Read more Research team receives national award for transfer of new federal technology to reduce ammonia emissions in poultry houses

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (June 2020)- Teemer Barry and Semaj Fielding, NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center Scholars and University of Maryland Eastern Shore sophomores, were recipients of a prestigious STEM award.  Both received the NOAA Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions Undergraduate Scholarship earlier this month. NOAA’s undergraduate scholarship is a federally supported program that aims to…Read more LMRCSC Scholars earn NOAA scholarships.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (April 17, 2020) – In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Extension, like its university counterpart, is ramping up efforts to offer virtual instruction for its programs. UMES Extension is committed to continuing its mission of providing research-based solutions to the community.  The first virtual event…Read more Parasite management virtual workshop slated for April 30

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- (April 15, 2020)- A University of Maryland Eastern Shore researcher has received a $474,500 grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), USDA to increase the diversity of students from minorities underrepresented in Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human (FANH) sciences. Dr. Victoria Volkis, a chemistry professor at UMES, is…Read more Nearly Half a Million Dollar Grant Aims to Increase Diversity in FANH Sciences

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (April 7, 2020) – Dr. Jurgen Schwarz, chair of the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Resource Sciences and Dr. Sadanand Dhekney, associate professor of plant breeding and biotechnology, are recipients of a one-year, $50,000 Energy Innovation Seed Grant awarded by the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute. The institute, which is housed at the…Read more Researchers Win Energy Innovation Research Funding