A four-year study of the social networks of small-scale and minority specialty-crop farmers in Maryland, Delaware and Tennessee has come to a close. The findings, recently reported in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development, show that farmers who play a prominent role in their network realize greater profits. Supported by a half-million…Read more USDA-backed study shows small farm success linked to networks
Graduating senior makes strong showing at research symposium.
Note University of Maryland Eastern Shore student Rhyan Knight received an honorable mention for her presentation at the University of New Hampshire’s Undergraduate Research Conference Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering Symposium last month. The annual conference was held virtually this year due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Knight, who is a NOAA Educational Partnership Program Living…Read more Graduating senior makes strong showing at research symposium.
Chemistry professor recognized by ACS as outstanding mentor
The American Chemistry Society’s Project SEED program is thriving at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Dr. Victoria Volkis is behind its success. Volkis is one of two inaugural recipients of the Outstanding Project SEED Mentor Award. She and Dr. Arthur Tinoco from the Puerto Rico ACS local section were selected from a pool of seven national finalists…Read more Chemistry professor recognized by ACS as outstanding mentor
MEES grad student researches potential sites for oyster restoration
Budding marine biologist, Madeline “Maddie” Farmer, aims to contribute to the health of Maryland Coastal Bays through her research evaluating the distribution and abundance of spat, or oyster larvae. The recent graduate of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore master’s program in Marine, Estuarine-Environmental Sciences hopes her work will help federal and state agencies evaluate the feasibility, scale…Read more MEES grad student researches potential sites for oyster restoration
Natural Sciences receives funds to support students
UMES students in the Department of Natural Sciences can now benefit from two recent philanthropic donations totaling over $25,000 and earmarked for student training. The Integral Scholarship Fund was established with a $7,500 gift from Integral Consulting Corporation to help students defray expenses associated with conducting research. The international environmental consulting firm with an office in Annapolis, Maryland, contacted…Read more Natural Sciences receives funds to support students
Pinto is recipient of SANS Award of Excellence
The pandemic may have posed some challenges to the end of her undergraduate days at UMES, but Gabrielle “Gabby” Pinto came out on top—literally, among her School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences peers when it came to awarding its “Most Outstanding Student” for calendar year 2020. Pinto accepted the award virtually on April 1 at the 68th Honors Convocation. Pinto…Read more Pinto is recipient of SANS Award of Excellence
SANS Honors Convocation Award Recipients-April 12, 2021
Award of Excellence (Single most meritorious student of each undergraduate school) Agricultural and Natural Sciences Gabrielle Pinto, Human Ecology: Child Development, Class of 2020 Departmental Awards (Single most meritorious student of each department) Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences Gaibrielle Bressler Human Ecology D’nasia Jones Natural Sciences Teemer Barry Departmental Distinction Spring 2020 and/or…Read more SANS Honors Convocation Award Recipients-April 12, 2021
UMES doctoral student explores effects of forever chemicals on environment
According to a January 2021 mapping study by the Environmental Working Group, significant levels of “forever chemicals” have been detected in 2,337 water systems in 49 U.S. states. Eguono Omagamre, an environmental toxicology doctoral student at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, has spent the past four years studying their effect on the safety of water and…Read more UMES doctoral student explores effects of forever chemicals on environment
Edible insects gain interest with appearance of Brood X cicadas
UMES’ resident expert on 17-year cicadas, Ebony Jenkins, has met with recent acclaim. The food and agricultural sciences doctoral student has been called on to share her fascination with and knowledge of the curious insect to local media and community groups. She, however, adds a quirky and interesting angle to the story—not the insect’s entomology,…Read more Edible insects gain interest with appearance of Brood X cicadas
