Former CRC Director, Joseph ("Joe") Anthony Mihursky, passed away on August 24th at his Maryland home, overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. He oversaw CRC from 1989 through 1995. Joe started working at Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) in 1962. He soon became Scientist-in-Charge of the Hallowing Point Field Station, a unit of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, and in this [...]
Dear colleagues, This is our ninth CRC Quarterly Newsletter and the last for 2018. It’s incredible to me how days can sometimes feel long but quarters always feel short. And though I’m still eating Chesapeake steamed crabs (biggest and fattest this time of year!) and will still be sailing for another month, I sorely miss those [...]
Although diversity has been a priority at Chesapeake Bay institutions for many years, the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) recently committed to a Diversity Directive to further promote increased diversity throughout the CBP community. In 2016, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay released the results of its first-ever diversity profile after surveying approximately 750 people who work with or for the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) [...]
The 2018 Chesapeake Community Research and Modeling Symposium (ChesRMS18) was convened June 12-14 at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Annapolis, MD. By all accounts the meeting was an overwhelming success with the number of participants more than doubled compared to the 2016 meeting. This increase was the result of the CCMP and CRC decision to expand [...]
The CRC’s new program of Student Recruitment, Early Advisement, and Mentoring (a.k.a. “Chesapeake StREAM” or “C-StREAM”) got off to a great start in 2018, thanks to early funding from the US EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) and the CRC member institutions, as well as promises of additional future funding from a renewal of our cooperative agreement with NOAA's Chesapeake [...]
Dear colleagues, As winter weather quickly turns to summer (what ever happened to spring?), many of us are celebrating longer daylight hours, the beginning of crab season, the end of classes, the graduation of students, the relaunching of boats, and the application of the Phase 6 Chesapeake Bay Modeling System. Well, some of those things are [...]
The Chesapeake Community Modeling Program (CCMP) is gearing up for the 2018 Chesapeake Research and Modeling Symposium (ChesRMS18), which takes place June 12th through the 14th at the Crowne Plaza in Annapolis, Maryland. Here is a complete guide to everything you need to know about the conference: Registration: Registration is still open! Just make an account through [...]
Chipping away at the “Green Ceiling” – Pilot Summer for Chesapeake StREAM Program The Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) and Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) have consistently used their partnership to drive a shared objective to help train and develop the next generation of research scientists, educators and managers. In this regard, there have been ongoing conversations among [...]
The Chesapeake Community Modeling Program (CCMP) is accepting presentation abstracts for the 2018 Chesapeake Community Research & Modeling Symposium (ChesRMS '18) through March 1, 2018. Advancing observational and modeling research to support Chesapeake Bay management and restoration is the theme for this year's symposium which will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Annapolis, MD on June [...]
Nick DiPasquale led the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) for six and a half years, making him the second-longest serving director of the program. DiPasquale came on as Director in August 2011, and served in that role until this past December, when he retired. On why he was drawn to the position, he said, "it [...]
