UMES received word of its selection as the first HBCU awarded the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Driving Change Initiative award. A five-year grant that commenced November 1 earmarks $2.5 million to fund a new living-learning community at the university called STEM STARS. School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences faculty member and chair of the Department…Read more UMES receives $2.5M Howard Hughes Medical Institute Driving Change Initiative Award
UMES faculty conduct global food security training in the Democratic Republic of Congo
UMES faculty in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences traveled to the city of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, over the summer and fall to conduct global food security training workshops, followed by hands-on activities in laboratories and at farm sites in the countryside. All were possible due to…Read more UMES faculty conduct global food security training in the Democratic Republic of Congo
UMES’ HBCU Battle of the Brains is seeking team members for the March 2023 competition in Austin, Texas
Battle of the Brains is an annual national championship and experiential diversity recruiting showcase among HBCUs and other minority schools. Student teams come up with out-of-pocket solutions, involving design, policy, business and STEM components, to a business challenge scenario provided by one of the sponsors of the competition. Sponsors include known corporations, such as the…Read more UMES’ HBCU Battle of the Brains is seeking team members for the March 2023 competition in Austin, Texas
UMES SANS researchers part of Princeton University HBCU alliance
SANS professors Sadanand Dhekney and Meng Xia will receive $250,000 grants through the Princeton Alliance for Collaborative Research and Innovation to fund two-year research projects co-led with peers at Princeton University. The November 1 announcement described the projects as being among the first set in motion as part of a groundbreaking alliance between Princeton University…Read more UMES SANS researchers part of Princeton University HBCU alliance
UMES MEES doctoral student awarded competitive MD Sea Grant fellowship
Kayle Krieg, a marine, estuarine and environmental sciences doctoral student at UMES, was awarded a competitive Maryland Sea Grant State Science Policy Fellowship. Since September, she has been working directly with Dr. Peter Goodwin, president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences in Cambridge, and traveling frequently to Annapolis and the University of…Read more UMES MEES doctoral student awarded competitive MD Sea Grant fellowship
Fashion merchandising students benefit from Closing the Gap grant
A recently awarded $100,000 Closing the Gap grant will aid Dr. Bridgett Clinton-Scott, an associate professor in UMES’ Department of Human Ecology, in her continuing effort to connect fashion merchandising students with alumni through a fashion entrepreneur mentorship program. The grant is part of half a million in funding allocated among nine HBCUs to “boost…Read more Fashion merchandising students benefit from Closing the Gap grant
UMES pre-vet students benefit from surprise visit by Critter Fixers: Country Vets celebrity vet
National Geographic Wild TV celebrity veterinarian Dr. Vernard Hodges of Critter Fixers: Country Vets fame made a surprise visit to UMES pre-vet students and the UMES campus farm on September 28 thanks to dedicated faculty member and UMES alumna Dr. Kimberly Braxton. Braxton made the connection at the American Veterinary Medical Association convention in Philadelphia…Read more UMES pre-vet students benefit from surprise visit by Critter Fixers: Country Vets celebrity vet
LSAMP activities at UMES will continue thanks to NSF grant renewal
The National Science Foundation has renewed a five-year $3M grant funding the University System of Maryland’s Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation program. Aimed at increasing the number and success of minority students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the program is a collaboration among USM partner institutions, including the University of Maryland Eastern Shore….Read more LSAMP activities at UMES will continue thanks to NSF grant renewal
First annual Global Food Security Summit held in Atlanta September 12-14
The Center of Excellence for Global Food Security and Defense held its first annual summit September 12-14 in Atlanta, guided by the theme, “Prioritizing and Refining the Agenda for Addressing Global Food Security within the 1890 Universities System.” Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the center brought participants from…Read more First annual Global Food Security Summit held in Atlanta September 12-14
NSF grant boosts oceanography lab at UMES; only one of its kind at an HBCU
Underrepresented students in marine sciences at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will benefit from a three-year half a million dollar National Science Foundation grant. The Ocean Sciences Excellence in Research grant will boost the university’s capacity to give students research opportunities while helping solve a real-world challenge, understanding and projecting the future of freshwater…Read more NSF grant boosts oceanography lab at UMES; only one of its kind at an HBCU
