DEPARTMENT SPOTLIGHT 
From Louisiana to Maryland, from Delaware to New Jersey, the world’s most valuable ecosystem- coastal marshes, are threatened by sea level rise. An experienced team of faculty and graduate students from ENST are studying Chesapeake Bay coastal marshes along the Nanticoke River and at Blackwater Wildlife Refuge. Since 1938, some 8,000 acres of marshland have been lost in Maryland’s Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge alone, vanishing at a rate of nearly 130 acres per year. Full Story
ENST undergraduate student Diane Peng has been chosen as a 2011-2012 Merrill Presidential Scholar. Diane recognizes her mentor, Dr. Andrew Baldwin, as the faculty member who has impacted her the most. The prestigious Merrill Presidential Scholars Program honors the University of Maryland’s most successful seniors and their designated University faculty for their mentorship that leads to stronger collaboration between the University and K-12 schools. Full Story
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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Breaking New Ground In Renewable Energy. Did you ever imagine that radishes could be used to produce renewable energy? No one saw it coming. However, Dr. Stephanie Lansing and Dr. Ray Weil in the Department of Environmental Science and Technology are testing dairy manure and forage radishes to develop a new technology that could enable corn silage-based dairy farmers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nutrient runoff, and environmental impacts while producing a renewable biofuel. Full Story
It was an old and dying oak, belonging to his grandfather, that inspired soil science doctoral student David Ruppert to grow oaks from acorns. What started as a 175-acorn-trial in the University of Maryland’s Greenhouse in 2006, has today become a large-scale seedling operation, providing over 700 seedlings to individual citizens, the City of Greenbelt, the Anacostia Watershed Society, the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chapter of the Isaak Walton League, and more. Full Story
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NEWS
The Other March Madness. In Morgantown, West Virginia at the National Collegiate Soils Contest or so called- “NCAA of Soils”, the University of Maryland team went “beyond the final four” as they captured second place in the overall competition. This year, the competition sites included Ultisols, Alfisols and Inceptisols, some with Fragipans, that had formed in a variety of residual and colluvial parent materials. Practice sites also included soils formed in alluvial and lacustrine deposits. Full Story
UMD's 'WaterShed' Wins Solar Decathlon 2011. The University of Maryland's innovative WaterShed House has won the highly competitive U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011. The Purdue University team took second place, and New Zealand received third-place honors in the international competition. U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced the results on Oct. 1. Full Story
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