Sunday, September 9, 2012 Shore residents more like to be infected; microbiologists look for links PRINCESS ANNE (Sept. 9, 2012) – Eastern Shore residents are three times more likely to get sickened by salmonella than the rest of Maryland, and the area’s poultry industry may be at least partly to blame, experts say. The nine…Read more Salmonella warning – The Daily Times
Monday, August 20, 2012 AG Field Day at UMES PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Aug, 10, 2012) – Research displays and demonstrations, community and government support agency booths and healthy cooking demonstrations are all a part of Agriculture Field Day scheduled at UMES on Saturday, Sept. 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. While pre-registration is…Read more UMES holds Ag Field Day Sept. 8
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 PRINCESS ANNE – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is among a select group of colleges that has received national recognition for superior improvement in fundraising. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) named UMES a Circle of Excellence Educational Fundraising Award winner for 2012. “The Circle of Excellence awards…Read more UMES fundraising receives national accolades
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(August 8, 2012)-Today, Dr. Juliette B. Bell, president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, welcomed a group of 75 public school teachers, counselors, administrators and university faculty to the 11th annual Professional Development School Summer Institute. The group represents a variety of teaching disciplines across Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Caroline…Read more Area educators convene at UMES
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (July 26, 2012) — Dr. Enrique Nelson Escobar offers a roundtable for new and beginning sheep and goat producers on Saturday, August 18, at the Center for Food Science and Technology at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. x The roundtable presents basic concepts for sheep and goat producers who…Read more Roundtable offered for sheep and goat producers
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (July 19, 2012) – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s small farm bus tour offers a variety of educational stops over a two-day period later this month. Back by popular demand, the tour will allow participants to “Explore New Farm Income Opportunities,” on Monday, August 27, and…Read more UMES organizes small farm bus tour
Friday, July 27, 2012 Consortium awarded federal environmental agency grant PHILADELPHIA -(July 27, 2012) – The Maryland Coastal Bays Program received $173,400 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today to underwrite training and instruction that exposes high school and college students from Maryland’s Eastern Shore to best ecological practices and career options in the field. The…Read more EPA announces new support for Coastal Bays work
Friday, July 27, 2012 PRINCESS ANNE — (July 27, 2012) — Toting small rockets they had designed and made themselves, a group of middle schoolers hiked across the UMES campus Thursday morning and positioned them on launch pads in an empty field for the big test. Part of their task was not only building the…Read more UMES campers aim for the sky – Daily Times
Friday, July 20, 2012 PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(July 19, 2012)Area middle school students are learning about robotics, earth science and green technology from engineers who work at NASA and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore at the sixth annual “Reach for the Stars” summer camp. Brett Kim, a freshman at Stephen Decatur High School, is getting…Read more Camp inspires students to ‘Reach for the Stars’
Thursday, July 5, 2012 Clinic helps rehab patients get back in the swing ROCKVILLE, MD – (July 1, 2012) – When Bill Haraway, 69, checked into Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland in Rockville in April he had no feeling in his legs from the knees down. The avid golfer of Frederick thought he’d never play…Read more PGM student helps the disabled learn to play golf
