UMES SANS

See you on Wednesday! #SpringBreak

UMES SANS Dean Moses Kairo recently toured the new Agricultural Research & Education Center with UMES Energy Management Specialist Lukman Anidu. 📸 by Todd Dudek, UMES Ag Communications @umesnews

Dr. Felecia Nave, President and CEO of the @1890foundation recently toured #UMES and met with President Heidi M. Anderson as well as deans and leaders in the School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences and @UMESExtension. 📸 by Todd Dudek, UMES Ag Comms @umesnews

Today, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and brilliance of women everywhere, and there is certainly no shortage of brilliant women in the UMES School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences. Here’s to shaping a brighter future together! 🌍 #IWD2026 #CelebrateWomen @umesnews

Thank you, Dr. Eloisa Vendemiatti, assistant professor of Biology at @wvstateu, for delivering the SANS Seminar, "Type-IV Trichomes and Acylsugars: Translating Natural Defense into Breeding Tools" this week! wwwcp.umes.edu/sans/sans-semi… 📸 by Todd Dudek, UMES Ag Communications

UMES Assistant Professor Stephen Tomasetti and Ph.D. student Katie Tanner were recently featured on the @BBCPodcasts program People Fixing the World! They talked about their efforts to save eelgrass amid rising water temperatures: bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c… @umesnews

Join us Thursday, March 5, for our next SANS Seminar, featuring Dr. Eloisa Vendemiatti, an assistant professor of biology, who will discuss breeding strategies for pest-resistant crops. Learn more at wwwcp.umes.edu/sans/sans-semi…

Join us tomorrow at 11 a.m. in the Carver Hall Auditorium for the first SANS Seminar of the semester! We'll be joined by Dr. Inty Omar Hernandez de Lira, a postdoctoral researcher at UMES, who will discuss "From Wild Relatives to the Farm: Breeding Disease-Resistant Tomatoes."

San Francisco-based film director Mark Decena recently traveled to UMES to screen his film, Farming While Black. It was his first time accompanying the film at a historically Black university: ow.ly/wfeN50YgLVl @umesnews #BlackHistoryMonth 📸 by Todd Dudek

Special congrats to SANS faculty members Drs. Bridgett Clinton-Scott, Caleb Nindo and Justine Whitaker, who were selected for UMES’ new Assistant Department Chair Leadership Program. Learn more about the program at ow.ly/Mk7050Yfihf @umesnews

Join us Thursday, Feb. 19, for a SANS Seminar featuring Plant Pathologist and Director of the @UMDExtension Plant Diagnostic Lab Dr. Ana Cristina Fulladolsa, who will speak on “Plant Disease Diagnostics: A Cornerstone to Advancing Plant Pathology.” ow.ly/c6Jc50Yeszu

Today, we celebrate the the incredible women who are shaping the future of science at the UMES School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences! #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience @umesnews

Two recent hires at #UMES will set the stage for a growing focus on agricultural economics within the School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences. Meet Drs. Abiodun Omotayo and William Burke: ow.ly/J4ye50Y8jFn @umesnews

The @UmesMANRRS Chapter welcomed Rachel Jones, Director of Government Relations at the @mdagdept to campus today to discuss state agricultural policy initiatives, the role and mission of the department of ag, and career pathways and opportunities for students. @umesnews

This SANS Seminar, originally scheduled for this Thursday, has been POSTPONED. A new date will be shared shortly.

#UMES School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences students are back on campus and bundled up for the first day of spring semester. 🥶 📸 by Todd Dudek, UMES Ag Communications

Join us for a free screening of the @kontentfilms documentary Farming While Black at #UMES. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Director Mark Decena and film subject and farmer Blain Snipstal. Learn more: ow.ly/iySv50Y4q2e @umesnews #BlackHistoryMonth

In the #UMES School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, students learn by doing — conducting field research, securing internships, and presenting their research findings. Learn more about how we prepare students for the workforce: ow.ly/KCtl50Y6ucL @umesnews

Faculty members at #UMES are investigating how the health of the environment, animals and marine life is central to the health of humans. Read about their work in the latest issue of Ingenuity Magazine: ow.ly/ou2850Y3VCg @umesnews @noaalmrcsc 📸 by Todd Dudek, UMES Ag Comms

Two rapidly advancing fields of scientific research are transforming the way we look at the natural world. Read about #UMES experts in environmental DNA and microbial ecology in the latest issue of Ingenuity Magazine: ow.ly/eeAr50Y1Zrq @umesnews