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Call for C-StREAM Applicants
UPDATE 2/27/19: APPLICATIONS ARE NOW DUE MARCH 4TH AND LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION ARE DUE MARCH 11TH. As reported on our website and in our last newsletter, the CRC is now actively managing a Chesapeake Student Recruitment, Early Advisement, and Mentoring (C StREAM) program to promote the long-term mentorship for students from typically under-represented populations to find positions of...
Read MoreWinter 2019 Director’s Corner
February 11, 2019 Dear Colleagues, Please note two upcoming deadlines that are of special importance to CRC: (1) The March 1, 2019 deadline for current students at undergraduate programs to apply to our C-StREAM Fellowship program, which will support seven or eight students from typically under-represented populations to participate in summer research and management internship programs at or...
Read MoreNew CBPO Director
The EPA announced on December 12th, 2018 that Dana Aunkst will serve as the next Director of the Chesapeake Bay Program. Some of the responsibilities of the office include meeting restoration goals for the Chesapeake watershed and developing strategies for connecting partners in Bay states. Aunkst previously worked at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection starting in 2002. He...
Read MoreCollaborative Bay Assessment
Investigators at CBPO Analyze Thirty Years of Water Quality Attainment Data Seven authors working with the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership have recently published two papers describing their analysis of three decades of water quality criteria attainment data in the Chesapeake Bay. The authors — Qian Zhang (EPA-CBPO/UMCES), Rebecca R. Murphy (EPA-CBPO/UMCES), Richard Tian (EPA-CBPO),...
Read MoreVIMS Flood Resiliency
At the end of 2018, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed an Executive Order that will increase the state’s resiliency to sea level rise and flooding. Executive Order Twenty Four specifically identifies the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), recommending that the Secretary of Natural Resources and newly-designated Chief Resilience Officer and current Secretary of Natural...
Read MoreCarl Cerco Seminar
Carl Cerco to Present at VIMS Seminar Series Carl Cerco, retired Research Hydrologist from the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, will give a seminar on Friday, March 22nd titled, “Ecosystem Modeking and Management in the Chesapeake Bay – A Thirty-Five Year Partnership.” Details: Friday March 22nd, 3pm in VIMS’ McHugh Auditorium, Watermen’s Hall,...
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