At IMET, we hope to prepare graduate students for a wide range of careers, including in academia, industry, entrepreneurship, and government. Working and studying at a university, students are...
Thanks United Way of Central Maryland for visiting our aquaculture research center! We're proud to partner to United Way, McCormick Spice and all our partners for their support on FISH (feeding...
May 25, 2018 At its core, the Ratcliffe Environmental Entrepreneur Fellowship is about giving graduate students options they never thought they had. The REEF program at the Institute...
Representatives from the partner organizations involved in the FISH program at the Franciscan Center in Baltimore Monday. The program seeks to provide access to healthy sources of protein to...
Sakura Tanaka, recipient of the IMET Student Fellowship, presents a poster on her research June 27, 2018 We are happy to announce the establishment of a new IMET Student Fellowship, which will...
Six finalists pitched creative business ideas to a panel of judges during UMBC’s fifth annual Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition (CBIC), held on April 25, 2018 in the new UMBC Event...
Global demand for fish is growing quickly, but many species are already severely overfished, leaving scientists and industry experts searching for ways to more safely and efficiently farm fish. In...
Works to Save world’s Oysters from Deadly Herpes Virus
Colleen Burge, UMBC assistant professor at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, made a splash with her new article in The Conversation warning of the danger posed by a herpes...
Oysters, a delicacy eaten on most coastlines of the world, are a multi-billion-dollar industry. They also are intriguing to study from a health perspective. Oysters feed by filtering tiny...