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Attending the 2023 C-StREAM Symposium

Bill Dennison ·

22 August 2023

Randy Rowel organized the annual C-StREAM Symposium at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center on 4 August 2023. Sixteen student interns presented the results of their projects, following a couple of plenary speakers.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s visit to Horn Point Laboratory

Bill Dennison ·

17 August 2023

Governor Wes Moore came to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Horn Point Laboratory on 20 July 2023 to speak about the actions he will be taking to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay.

Public data is broad but interesting: ongoings at a data conference

Joe Edgerton ·

14 August 2023

Science communicators Lili Badri and Joe Edgerton travel to Arlington, Virginia to hear about the latest work and advances in public data usage at an annual conference.

Global Sustainability Scholars at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. Front row (L-R): Taylor Mitchell, Anna Calderon, Kameryn Overton, Emma Gee. Back row (L-R): Darion Fredericks, Bill Dennison, Aklilu Tedessa, Tre'Nard Morgan.

Farewell to our 2023 Global Sustainability Scholars

Bill Dennison ·

2 August 2023

Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen and I had such a great summer with our wonderful Global Sustainability Scholars (GSS) and had a nice goodbye dinner in Annapolis overlooking the Chesapeake Bay during their last week in Maryland.

On the River with Darion and Tre

Darion Fredericks, Tre’Nard Morgan ·

20 July 2023

Classified as “the nation's river”, the Potomac River is a source of history and culture, and is an ecological keystone in the Chesapeake Bay. On June 7th, we embarked on our journey to visit this revered river in person and learn more about the significant impact it has.

Reflections on the Sustainability Research & Innovation 2023 conference

Bill Dennison ·

18 July 2023

Dr. Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen, Alexandra Fries and I represented UMCES IAN at the third annual Sustainability Research & Innovation (SRI2023) conference in Panama City, Panama.

The picture was taken by Pheej Lauj (Pheng Lor) on June 21st, 2023.

A Trip Around Western Maryland

Kameryn Overton ·

17 July 2023

Before engaging with the community through a listening session in Cumberland, Maryland, we explored Cumberland and Frostburg while learning more about its history and environment.

Belmont Forum Ocean Sustainability midterm meeting

Bill Dennison ·

12 July 2023

We held our midterm meeting for the Ocean Sustainability program, funded by the Belmont Forum. The meeting was held on the Open Day of the Sustainability Research & Innovation 2023 conference in Panama and was a hybrid event. There are 13 projects in the Ocean Sustainability program, and each project provided a brief overview of their progress.

A nautical listening session to kick off the summer

Emma Gee ·

10 July 2023

After the release of the 2022 Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card, the IAN team and GSS scholars hold a stakeholder listening session in Alexandria, Virginia.