The Key February 18, 2011 Edition

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COMMUNICATION

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A newsletter for UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends

THE February 18, 2011

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The Chesapeake Bay’s Low-oxygen levels, harmful environmental woes have been wellalgae blooms, dramatic changes documented for more than a in microscopic marine life generation, but it isn’t Maryland’s (known as plankton) and only tidal body facing problems. parasites that kill crabs are among University of Maryland Eastern the challenging topics the UMESShore researchers, along with led research teams will be taking partners from several sister on. They’ll also be looking at institutions and government factors like salinity and water agencies, are about to launch a fivetemperature and the impact that year study of inland coastal bays dramatic shifts in both have on adjacent to Ocean City, Assateague marine life. Island and Chincoteague. “Water quality is definitely Some four dozen educators, declining in the coastal bays,” the scientists and environmentalists National Park Service’s Brian gathered at UMES’ Paul S. Sarbanes Graduate students, left to right, Jamila Payton, Belita Nguluwe, Efeturi Sturgis said. Coastal Ecology Center during the Over the past decade, Sturgis Oghenekaro and Heather Wolfer attend a workshop by UMES’ Center for first weekend in February for a two- Research Excellence in Science Education, which will soon launch a $5 described seeing “a significant million grant-funded study of Maryland’s coastal bays. day workshop where presenters change in what’s happening out outlined ecological troubles they plan to study. there” that he’s convinced is caused by troubling increases in nitrogen and UMES received word in the fall 2010 it had been awarded a $5 million phosphorus levels. As a result, Sturgis said, marsh and bay grasses die off grant by the National Science Foundation to tackle some of the more vexing and green and brown algae proliferates to rob water of oxygen and problems confronting marine life along Delmarva’s Atlantic coast. nutrients other species need to survive.

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Scientists from Bangladesh trained at UMES in aquaculture practices By Suzanne Street, agriculture communications specialist

Nine scientists from government agencies and industry organizations in Bangladesh spent three days at the UMES Center for Food Science and Technology as part of a 10-day training workshop on Advanced Good Aquaculture Practices (GAqPs). They will return to their country to present the food safety training to industry and government leaders. Bangladesh is a major producer of shrimp and fish and an exporter of those products to the U.S. The GAqPs training was an effort to assist the industry in Bangladesh to develop practices in the production and handling of seafood products that ensure safety and compliance with U.S. food regulations. The trip was organized by the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) at College Park and included a two-day visit to the Center for Environmental Science at Horn Point in Cambridge, Md. With the help of the JIFSAN and UMES, the scientists plan to establish a core training team in the country. For more information, contact Dr. Jurgen Schwarz, director of the Food Science and Technology Ph.D. Program, at 410-651-7963.

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Page 2 Jazz Concert Mosley Exhibit

Page 3 Dean of Library Science Named Dean of Graduate Studies Named

Dr. Michael Jahncke (left), director of the Virginia Tech Seafood Extension Center, and Tom Rippen (center), University of Maryland Extension seafood technology specialist at UMES, are pictured with a group of Bengali scientists attending a training workshop at the university in aquaculture practices. Jahncke and Rippen provided instruction along with Dr. Salina Parveen (not pictured), associate professor in food microbiology at UMES. Page 4 - 5 Homecoming Honorees Giving Back to His Alma Mater

Page 6 Athletics

Page 7 WESM Best Jazz Station

Page 8 Events Calendar


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