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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.

UMCES Class of 2018, 'the world needs your leadership'
May 16, 2018
The hardest work starts now. It was the subtle message below the charges that leaders in the science field gave the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Class of 2018 during their commencement ceremony.

Helen Bailey wins 2018 President's Award

May 14, 2018
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science President Peter Goodwin honored Helen Bailey with a President’s Award for Excellence in Application of Science. The annual honor aims to recognize UMCES faculty committed to outstanding applications of science that have a positive impact on environmental protection and management.

Student startup, Minnowtech, makes a splash in Accelerate Baltimore program
May 11, 2018
Working toward a doctoral degree is enough to keep most people busy. At the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL), innovator Suzan Shahrestani is using the technical expertise she has developed in her pursuit of a Fisheries Science doctorate to launch her own company, Minnowtech, which was recently awarded a place in the prestigious Accelerate Baltimore program.

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