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ICARE Day celebrates 5 years of environmental research, community partnerships
Since fall 2021, UMBC’s Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment (ICARE) has supported master’s students pursuing environmental science research related to Baltimore...
Posted: May 19, 2025, 12:13 PM
Bio-inspired ‘batteries’ will use phytoplankton to power underwater sensors
A new $7.8 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will support the development of biologically-powered underwater sensors. Right now, a vast network of underwater...
Posted: February 20, 2025, 12:38 PM
Yonathan Zohar honored for lifetime of contributions to fish endocrinology research and advances in aquaculture
Yonathan Zohar, professor of marine biotechnology, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Fish Endocrinology. Zohar’s work at the Institute of Marine and...
Posted: November 25, 2024, 4:35 PM
CNMS Awards and Recognition Day honors students, faculty, and staff
The College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS) held its annual CNMS Awards and Recognition Day on May 10. Nearly 270 UMBC community members and friends attended the event in the...
Posted: May 17, 2024, 3:55 PM
Ph.D. student Jonas Miller receives USM Student Excellence Scholarship
Jonas Miller, Ph.D. candidate in the marine, estuarine, and environmental science graduate program, has received the 2024 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Student Excellence...
Posted: May 1, 2024, 9:51 AM
UMBC-led Aquaculture Research Center donates thousands of pounds of seafood to local food pantries
The Aquaculture Research Center (ARC) at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET), led by Yonathan Zohar, professor of marine biotechnology, has been focused for years on...
Posted: February 22, 2024, 2:51 PM
UMBC-led aquaculture conference brings together academics, business and government leaders, educators to move the industry forward
More than 110 academic researchers, industry pros, government officials and educators met at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) for the second annual Sustainable...
Posted: November 20, 2023, 4:11 PM
Underwater cameras facilitate large-scale study of oyster reef habitat in Chesapeake Bay
A new study used a novel technique to assess types of habitat provided by oyster reefs across 12 tributaries in the Chesapeake Bay. Researchers from UMBC; the University of Maryland, Baltimore...
Posted: October 19, 2023, 10:16 AM
UMBC faculty and staff award recipients place community at the core of their success
At UMBC’s 2022 Presidential Faculty and Staff Awards (PFASA), Tamra Mendelson, professor of biological sciences and recipient of the 2022 – 2025 Presidential Teaching Professor Award, said she...
Posted: April 7, 2022, 10:12 PM
UMBC and Israeli Ministry of Agriculture establish aquaculture research partnership
UMBC will grow its aquaculture collaboration with Israeli colleagues thanks to a new statement of intent signed last week at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET), a...
Posted: December 10, 2021, 3:58 PM
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