Fellowship Experiences
A blog by and about students supported by Maryland Sea Grant

Graduate School, a Puppy, and a Pandemic: How I managed time when everything seemed to stand still
Like many others, I found this window of being home pretty much constantly would be a great time to raise a puppy. My boyfriend was also excited and on board with the prospect that we could have a well-trained and loving puppy hanging out with us. He was also working from home, so it was a no brainer that the timing was right. We were both talking about her before she was born. Read more...
Connecting Research with New Audiences During COVID-Times
This past fall, University of Maryland’s annual Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences (MEES) colloquium looked a little different. Read more...
Wetland Ecology Research: Behind the scenes
When I first read our project proposal, I remember thinking it sounded straightforward. It neatly laid out a plan to assess the role of native plantings in stabilizing wetlands after an invasive grass, Phragmites australis, was removed. There would be twelve study sites, and we would plant three different native wetland species at each one. Read more...
What COVID Taught Me about the Need for Nature
I have never been so aware of the seasons changing until I was forced to watch them from inside.
Read more...Cultivating Culture: Highlighting the resiliency of shellfish farmers and watermen in uncertain times
For the past seven years, I have been a student at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences Horn Point Laboratory researching fisheries and aquaculture. I have never encountered a community more passionate about their heritage than the Chesapeake Bay watermen.
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