Press Releases

NSF grant awarded to fund study of using augmented reality to interest girls in STEM
January 31, 2018
Cat Stylinski and colleagues have received a $1 million three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to explore using augmented reality (AR) design experiences to pique teen girls’ interest in science and technology.

R.V. Truitt Laboratory Building awarded for sustainability
January 30, 2018
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s R.V. Truitt Laboratory Building has been awarded the 2017 U.S. Green Building Council’s Maryland Community Leader Award for Higher Education in recognition of overall commitment to sustainability and efficiency.

Researchers to study the value of citizen scientists in data gathering
January 22, 2018
Cat Stylinski of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Appalachian Laboratory is leading a team of collaborators to determine if citizen scientist have the necessary skills to support robust science findings.

The ocean is slowly suffocating, reports international team of scientists
January 4, 2018
An international team of scientists warns that the ocean may run out of breath unless action is taken to rein in climate change and nutrient pollution. In the first sweeping look at the causes, consequences and solutions to low oxygen worldwide, published in Science, researchers reveal that the amount of oxygen in the world’s oceans and coastal waters is steadily decreasing.

Researchers win national challenge to study storm events and nutrients that impact Chesapeake Bay
December 21, 2017
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) and Maryland Department of Natural Resources have been named one of five winners of a $10,000 Stage 1 Prize in the Environmental Protection Agency’s national Nutrient Sensor Action Challenge.

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