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April 2003 · Volume 1 Number 2

Volume 1 Number 2

Buried in the Bay - Seeds of Change

Digging up the Past

Michael Fincham

Year by year, century by century, earth and leaves and seeds have been settling layer by layer into the sediments along the Bay's bottom. Paleoecologist Grace Brush has been hauling up those sediments and using them to unlock the long-term memory of the Chesapeake. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Merrill Leffler. more . . .

The Core of a Life

Profile

Using paleoecology, Grace Brush has led the way toward a deeper understanding of how the Chesapeake has changed over time. In her career, she has also helped to close the gender gap - when Brush received her doctorate in 1956, only a small fraction of American Ph.D.s in science and engineering went to women, compared to 32 percent in 1995. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Merrill Leffler. more . . .

At the Top of Her Game

Maryland Sea Grant Fellow Scores at Science

Michael Fincham

Maryland Sea Grant Fellow scores at science. Angie Arnold, a 25-year old grad student, spends most of her work time sitting at microscopes, endlessly eyeballing tiny round shapes that could be oak or willow or hickory pollen that has been buried in the bottom of Chesapeake Bay for decades or centuries. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Merrill Leffler. more . . .

Mentoring Tomorrow's Scientists

This summer marks the fourteenth year of Maryland Sea Grant's undergraduate fellowship program, an effort that has brought college students from Maine to Hawaii to the Chesapeake Bay to participate in marine research. Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program pairs students with scientist-mentors at three estuarine research labs, the Horn Point Laboratory and the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory - both part of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science - and the Academy of Natural Science Estuarine Research Center. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Merrill Leffler. more . . .

Et Cetera

Michael W. Fincham. Co-produced

Items for this issue are: Newsletter Focuses on Research and the Bay; and Documentary Wins Emmy. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receive support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Merrill Leffler. more . . .

Calendar

Items for this issue are: Solomons Biathalon; Estuarine Conference; Environmental Journalism; and Shellfish Conference. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receive support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Merrill Leffler. more . . .