Category: SANS News Releases

PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (June 25, 2019) – “How to Extend Your Strawberry Season and Grow Quality Fruit,” a UMES Extension workshop, is sure to offer a wealth of information to anyone with an interest. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, July 20, 2019 at the UMES Demonstration and…Read more Extend Your Strawberry Growing Season with UMES Extension

UMES’ Small Farm Conference “Sustaining Small Farms…360 Degrees” took place November 1 and 2.  The event in its 16th year attracted some 170 participants including urban farmers, small business owners, entrepreneurs, and agriculture enthusiasts from Virginia to Pennsylvania and everywhere in between. “Our planning committee did an excellent job putting together another well-rounded conference program filled…Read more UMES Hosts Small Farm Conference

PRINCESS ANNE, MD- May 21, 2020- University of Maryland Eastern Shore sophomore Aleecia Joof has big plans for next year despite the COVID-19 pandemic.  Joof, who is concentrating in fashion merchandising at the university, plans on attending the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City in the fall and studying at the Council on…Read more UMES fashion student forges ahead with travel plans in face of pandemic

The Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students was held November 13-16 in Anaheim, Calif. UMES Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation program students, from left, Ashley Afueh, Olafende Akinleye, Mark Joseph, Yeihawa Kulanda, Yasmin Roye, Nylah McClain, Shakuria Davis, Reneece Skeen, Adjele Wilson, Hernan Osorio and Axel Bayingana, attended and presented at the event. ABRCMS is “one…Read more Students Present at Biomedical Conference in California

Dr. Sadanand A. Dhekney, associate professor of genetics and plant breeding, UMES Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences, is a co-author on a Springer published book, “Medicinal Plants:  From Farm to Pharmacy.” The book includes 17 chapters written by experts in the field of medicinal plants cultivation, chemistry and biomedical research and edited by…Read more Dhekney Co-Authors Medicinal Plants Book

Olivia Skeen, a graduate student in the Marine Estuarine Environmental Science program at UMES, defended her master’s thesis November 11 titled, “An Examination of Metal Contaminant Concentrations in Organs of Mustelus canis (Smooth Dogfish) and Squalus acanthias (Spiny Dogfish) from the Delaware Bay.” According to Skeen, smooth and spiny dogfish were collected from the Delaware Bay to assess if the…Read more UMES Student Defends Master’s Thesis

The Introduction to Poultry Management class toured the Perdue processing plant in Milford, Del., early November.  Pictured from left, are:  Jennifer Timmons, assistant professor, UMES Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences; Alexandria James; Gaibrielle Bressler; Stephanie Webb; Catherine Hickman; Gabrielle Morris; Eryn Barnett; and Camryn Rhames. “It was a great tour,” said Timmons.  “They are…Read more Ag Students Tour Perdue Plant

Bernice Bediako, a candidate for a doctoral degree in toxicology from UMES’ Department of Natural Sciences, defended her dissertation November 15 before a near capacity audience in Carver Hall. “The current debate over the safety of humans to Bisphenol-A (BPA) exposure has raised the question as to whether BPA increases the incidence of neurodegenerative disorders…Read more Bediako Defends Doctoral Dissertation

Brad Hartle, a 4-H STEM educator for Wicomico County at UMES, conducted a strawberry Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) extraction lab using common, everyday materials with 28 seventh graders at The Salisbury School in late November.  During the experiment, Hartle said, students mixed and added a buffer solution made up of salt and water to mashed up…Read more STEM Educator Takes Science to the Classroom

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore will host a Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training for FSMA Compliance on December 4, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will be held in the Richard A. Henson Center ballroom.  Registration is $25 per person. Farmers who need to comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)…Read more Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training Slated for December 4