MEES IN THE NEWS

NEWS ARCHIVE

Congratulations to our 2022 Graduates!!!

The MEES Program is proud of all of our graduates! For more information on each campus' commencement activities, please click on the links below.

University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMB) - May, 19th at 9:00am

University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) - May, 20th at 11:00am

University of Maryland College Park* -- (for MEES students matriculating at College Park, the College of Mathematical and Natural Sciences has allowed Summer 2021 and Fall 2021 graduates to participate and join the Spring 2022 graduates in the CMNS (College) commencement ceremony.)

-- University-wide Spring 2022 Commencement - May, 20th at 12:00pm

-- CMNS (College) Commencement -- May 20th, 4:00pm

University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) - May 25th at 10:00am

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science - May 24th

NicoLE HOLMES - 2022 BILL HUPPERT ENDOWED STUDENT AWARD RECIPIENT

May 21, 2022 - Congratulations to our very own Nicole Holmes (E&S, Fall ‘21) a M.S. student studying under the Environment & Society foundation who has been awarded the 2022 Bill Huppert Endowed Student Award for research in the Chesapeake Bay! Nicole will work with Dr. L. Jen Shaffer and Dr. Kenneth Rose, her advisors, on her project, "Indigenous Involvement in Environmental Restoration: An analysis of the Chesapeake Bay," and will research local First Nations Tribes and their involvement in the Chesapeake Bay restoration. She will investigate if local Tribes are involved with the restoration through the Chesapeake Bay Program, and if not why. She will also have the opportunity to analyze Traditional Environmental Knowledge in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. After graduation, she would like to pursue a PhD in Political Ecology, Environmental Anthropology, or Environmental Justice with the intent to influence future federal government policy decisions about the implementation of restoration and conservation, as well as First Nations rights surrounding Environmental Management practices. For more information on this prestigious award, click here.

MAY 2022 - CLEAN AIR MONTH

Monthly Spotlight: Clean Air Month (May 2022) - Researchers at UMCES will be conducting a new wildlife study on the impact of offshore wind farms and determine whether wind turbines help to nurture marine mammals – particularly critically endangered species. Dr. David Secor, a MEES faculty member, UMCES professor and fisheries expert at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL), is helping to lead the study. For more information on this and other East Coast state wind farm development initiatives, click here to read Delaware Media’s article.
Faculty Focus: Dr. Mark Castro, a MEES faculty member and associate professor at UMCES Appalachian Laboratory (AL) was part of a study on air quality which found that levels of mercury in the air from power plant emissions dropped more than half over a 10-year period, coinciding with stricter pollution controls. Check out his seminar presentation entitled "Atmospheric Mercury Trends", which was part of the Science and Technical Analysis Reporting (STAR) seminar series.
MEES Research Corner: Kelly Hondula (ENVSC, Ph.D. ‘21), a recent MEES Fall 2021 Ph.D. graduate, has already published her dissertation research on developing effective strategies for reducing methane and other greenhouse gas emissions. Check out her dissertation, “Quantifying effects of seasonal inundation on methane fluxes from forested freshwater wetlands. Kelly is currently a Quantitative Researcher and Computer Programmer at SESYNC and a ROpenSci fellow.