The Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) recently hosted a group of environmental professionals managing the Chaohu Lake in Anhui Province, China. CRC director Denice Wardrop and former director Bill Ball welcomed the visitors to a mini-workshop/symposium on the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) campus, where the CRC is located. The SERC campus served as an excellent site for [...]
Dear Colleagues, Weaving has always fascinated me, both the process and its possible results. Teaching and research over the past ten years have given me the gift of significant time in the Peruvian Andes, where pieces woven by experienced hands tell beautiful and detailed stories of place and culture, but only if one learns how to [...]
The Lasting Impact of Retiring Executive Director, Bill Ball By Paula Jasinski and Gina Sawaya, Green Fin Studio CRC has been beyond lucky to have had Bill Ball lead the way over the last five years. The impacts of his long professional career can be felt throughout the entire Chesapeake Bay watershed and much further afield. With [...]
Dear Colleagues, This is my thirteenth and final “Director’s Corner” and one that I am delighted to share with my successor as Executive Director, Dr. Denice Wardrop; she has contributed a short postscript at the bottom. And speaking of Denice – I encourage you to get to know her (if you do not already) and engage [...]
Special Session Proposals for the Chesapeake Community Research Symposium 2020 are due on November 29th We are excited to announce a call for special session proposals for the Chesapeake Community Research Symposium 2020! It is our sincere hope that you will consider putting together a proposal for a session. Sessions on any topic relevant to better understanding and [...]
Chesapeake Research Consortium Names Denice Wardrop as its New Executive Director Annapolis, Maryland – The Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) has officially chosen its next Executive Director: Denice Wardrop of Pennsylvania State University. Wardrop will be taking over for William Ball, who has served as Executive Director since 2015 and will retire officially at the end of [...]
The Future of C-StREAM: Seeking Additional Funders and Mentors for 2020 As the CRC and our partners wind up our 2019 summer internship programs, we have already begun thinking about 2020. Toward that end, I encourage ALL newsletter readers to please think about how they might assist with this this important program. Possible means include: [...]
August 11, 2019 Dear Colleagues, TRANSITION is a very definite theme this year here for both the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership and the CRC. Within the CRC and its cooperative programs with EPA and NOAA, 2019 has or will bring: A new CRC Director before the end of the year as yours truly steps down to [...]
How One Family Shaped Bay Research: Tracking the Odum Lineage The Odum name has been largely synonymous with ecology for decades. Despite that, many younger scientists may not be fully aware of the Odum family’s tremendous contributions to the field of ecology and specifically, the implications of their research on how the Chesapeake Bay is [...]
Rachel on a boat. Credit: Rachel Dixon Rachel Dixon, long-time coordinator for the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) recently left CRC to pursue a PhD at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). "My time at CRC and STAC encouraged me to remain within the region in some capacity, so thankfully I can keep [...]
