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Science and community unite to provide healthy protein to underserved
June 25, 2018
The United Way of Central Maryland, McCormick’s Flavor for Life® program, the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) and JJ McDonnell joined together to announce the FISH Project, a collaboration between these local organizations that will positively impact the health of the central Maryland region. The group of local organizations gathered at Baltimore’s Franciscan Center, where guests of the center were served a healthy, bronzini lunch as part of this important initiative.

Students find success as entreprenuers after REEF program
May 24, 2018
Students participating in Ratcliffe Environmental Entrepreneur Fellowship at IMET have been carrying the ideas they developed in the program to outside pitch competitions. In the program’s four years, five of those ideas have been developed into real companies and this year alone, five students have won funding ranging from $1,000 to $25,000 for their companies.

Graduate students honor IMET professor with first Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
May 21, 2018
Tsetso Bachvaroff of the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology won UMCES' first Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, an honor bestowed by the graduate students.

Next Generation: Mary Larkin
April 2, 2018
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology graduate student Mary Larkin studies the link between diet and inflammation and ways to mitigate that in fish.

Bridging the Gap: Women grad students talk rise of STEM, power of diversity in science
March 29, 2018
PODCAST: Women graduate students from UMCES' four laboratories talk about their experiences pursuing a degree in science at a time when more women are joining them in the field. Our conversation includes the rise of STEM learning in early education and the power of diversity of all kinds in science.

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