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Horn Point Laboratory flips switch on new solar field
April 24, 2018
The switch was flipped on a new solar field spanning 10 acres on the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory campus. The 11,000 solar panels are expected to generate the equivalent of 50% of the campus’ annual energy consumption.

Horn Point Laboratory Professor Jeffrey Cornwell receives highest university award
April 20, 2018
Jeffrey Cornwell has received a 2018 USM Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Public Service, the highest honor that the Board bestows to recognize exemplary faculty achievement.

Cub Scout Pack 24 makes birdhouses for Appalachian Lab
April 16, 2018
UMCES-AL graduate student Claire Nemes recently led local Cub Scouts in bluebird house building project.

Liz McDowell, winner of the 2018 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award
April 12, 2018
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)-Appalachian Laboratory is pleased to announce Liz McDowell as the 2018 recipient of the Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award.

Science in the First Person: Michael Gonsior on tracing the impact of septic systems on local waterways
April 5, 2018
Environmental chemist Michael Gonsior has been dipping into streams in southern Maryland to figure out if septic systems in residential areas of Calvert County are contributing to nitrogen pollution in local streams—and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay.

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