A new study led by Chris Swan has found that stream restoration efforts such as bank stabilization, tree planting, and streambed manipulations have a greater impact on stream life in small...
Dawn Biehler on urban pests and housing inequality
The last year has brought increased attention to mosquito-borne diseases, including the Zika virus, West Nile virus, and malaria. Dawn Biehler recently brought this discussion closer to home in a...
More details on the class (including how to apply) are available via this link: https://goabroad.umbc.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=28880 Applications are due by...
Join us for our second information session on the upcoming summer field course to Costa Rica, co-led by faculty from GES & CBEE. Information session to be held TODAY (2/27) in Rm 210...
We are happy to announce that a new faculty-led international field course this summer to Costa Rica (Course dates: May 29 - June 14, 2017) This course will be led by Dr. Maggie Holland &...
4 GES alumni in Chesapeake Conservation Corps (CCC)
This year (2016-2017), four of our recent graduates are currently working as Chesapeake Conservation Corps members, each with a placement in a different organization working throughout the...
Swan and colleagues at Colorado State University and Indiana State University were awarded funds from the National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research Network Communications Office...
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Jeff Halverson, severe weather expert for the Capitol Weather Gang. He also teaches meteorology at University Of Maryland, Baltimore County about how and why...
GES Costa Rica course as example of experiential learning
Our first study abroad field course to Costa Rica was just featured in the Education special section of the Baltimore Sun. The pieces focuses on how different Maryland schools are promoting...