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IMET wins $500,000 in global innovative carbon use competition
April 16, 2014
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) has been named a winner in the first round of the Change and Emissions Management Corporation's (CCEMC)’$35 million international Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses for its work in using algae to capture carbon dioxide.

Ryan Powell competes in $100K ACC Clean Energy Challenge
April 11, 2014
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) graduate assistant Ryan Powell was one of the Final Four competing for a $100,000 grand prize at the $100K ACC Clean Energy Challenge Finals, held at the University of Maryland on March 26, 2014.

Appalachian Laboratory scientists receive highest university award
April 10, 2014
The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents has selected two faculty members from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science—Dr. Keith Eshleman and Dr. Andrew Elmore­—to receive the 2014 USM Regents’ Faculty Award, the highest honor that the Board bestows to recognize exemplary faculty achievement. This is the first time that two of the Center’s faculty members have been honored in the same year.

Seagrass expert Evamaria Koch remembered
March 24, 2014
Evamaria Koch, who joined the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory in 1995 as an Assistant Professor, passed away.

Science shows restoration efforts can improve local water quality in the Chesapeake Bay
March 4, 2014
A number of case studies show that “best management practices”—including upgrading wastewater treatment plants, lowering vehicle and power plant emissions, and reducing runoff from farmland—have lowered nutrients and sediment in local waterways.

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