Press Releases

Stuart Clarke named new Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
October 30, 2019
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) announces the hiring of Stuart Clarke as its new Vice President for Strategic Initiatives.

NSF award supports island students in marine science careers
October 10, 2019
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and Maryland Sea Grant College have been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help grow the number and diversity of students who are interested in and eventually seek careers in STEM fields.

IMET Fall into Science lecture series

October 10, 2019
The Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology at the Inner Harbor is hosting a Fall into Science lecture series on first Tuesdays this fall covering topics from biodiversity in the bay to climate change.

$5 million awarded to multi-institution team to understand red tide in Florida
September 19, 2019
Maryland researchers will apply lessons learned about harmful algal blooms in Chesapeake Bay to help understand red tide in Gulf of Mexico

Study tackles new angle on crop trading in China
September 5, 2019
Feeding the world's growing population is one of the great challenges of the 21st century, particularly in China, which has nearly a quarter of the world's population but a fraction of the cropland. A recent study looks at both the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of crop trading in China for the first time.

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