UMES’ resident veterinarian goes virtual with summer recruiting COVID-19 put the kibosh on Kimberly Braxton’s summer plans to provide local teens with an insider’s perspective on academic paths available to those considering a career caring for animals, large and small. Instead, UMES’ resident veterinarian found another outlet to channel her passion for recruiting students she…Read more Why is that goat sitting on Dr. Braxton’s desk?
UMES partners with Va. State and Del. State in three-year USDA-funded project Friday, June 26, 2020 Ensuring produce sold at Delmarva farmers’ markets is safe and preparing local farmers to comply with a federal Food Safety Modernization Act in 2021 are twin objectives of a nearly half-million dollar U.S. Department of Agriculture grant. Dr. Salina…Read more HBCU researchers probe farmers’ market safety
UMES, Salisbury University radio stations form new partnership Thursday, June 25, 2020 For more than three decades, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s WESM 91.3 FM and Salisbury University’s Delmarva Public Radio have been allies in public broadcasting on the peninsula. On Wednesday, July 1, they strengthen that bond with a new partnership to create…Read more Delmarva Public Media to launch July 1
Trio of UMES researchers are part of a nationwide food safety study Tuesday, June 23, 2020 A University of Maryland Eastern Shore research team will share $1 million in federal funding with three partner institutions to gauge how cover-crop grazing by livestock affects soil quality in fields alternately used to grow organic consumer crops. The…Read more Does grazing impact organic crops negatively?
Monday, June 22, 2020 By Abdirahman Diria Frederick Douglass once said: “Without a struggle, there can be no progress.” In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing world, people of color are facing severe and challenging times. The global pandemic, exacerbated by racism and thoughtless acts of prejudice and ignorance, have forever changed the world. The inhumane, horrendous…Read more Racism is a human rights violation
Rewrite the laws, transform how we treat one another Saturday, June 20, 2020 By Raya Berkley Eight minutes and 46 seconds. The thought of a human being’s breathing being restricted for 8 minutes and 46 seconds is agonizing. I cannot describe the act of kneeling on an individual’s neck for that long as anything…Read more 8:46 – The time that changed the world
Seeing people shot and killed by police on your TV and phone screens for what seems like my whole life is traumatizing. These images repeated over and over start to have a numbing effect on your thoughts and emotions when those people, with their own hopes dreams who were killed, look just like you. It’s…Read more ‘Black lives matter more than black deaths’
Protesting is fine, but voting is the way to bring about change, a UMES senior says Tuesday, June 16, 2020 By Stephen Ayres The living room is almost a sacred place in my household, a place where I received wisdom and knowledge beyond my years – not only when I was a child but even…Read more A father’s lesson 50 years on
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 A four-year study of small-scale and minority specialty-crop farmers in Maryland, Delaware and Tennessee shows those who play a prominent role in their social networks realize greater profits. Supported by a half-million dollar USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant, the research can help farming groups and agricultural support…Read more Study shows small farm success linked to networks
$50,000 will help update the university’s special collections’ archives The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has been awarded a $50,000 federal grant it will use to begin reorganizing and modernizing its history archives. The Institute of Museum and Library Services, an independent federal agency that supports the nation’s libraries, announced Thursday that 22 projects would…Read more UMES receives ‘history and culture’ grant
