Democratizing Science in the Chesapeake Bay Citizen science creates a participatory pathway for the public to engage in the scientific process and data collection. Through our conversations with the community, we’ve learned that the term “citizen science” can be exclusive and wanted to clarify the use of the term in this article. Citizenship, or the [...]
Taking Action for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice 2020 has brought unprecedented change to our world, including the global COVID-19 pandemic, protests against systemic racism, and welcomed discussions about ensuring that diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) goals are actualized and institutionalized. One of the many benefits of the Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) umbrella of [...]
Research in the Time of COVID-19 In the midst of great uncertainty brought on by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Chesapeake Research Consortium’s (CRC) seven member institutions have shown resilience and adaptivity in conducting research, both in maintaining essential research but also in pursuing new and innovative research avenues. While we highlight how members of [...]
How member institutions are managing under the new COVID-19 restrictions As states across the U.S. have issued social distancing orders to slow the spread of the COronaVIrus Disease 2019 (also known as COVID-19), universities and research centers have had to make major adjustments to their scientific operations. Like everybody else, this is also true for [...]
Tracking COVID-19 Johns Hopkins University has been a global leader throughout the duration of the COVID-19 crisis. Not only has their plan for continuing research in these unprecedented times become the industry standard, but they have also created the go-to COVID-19 Dashboard. Launched in the early days of the crisis, Johns Hopkins’ dashboard has become [...]
How Oysters are Shipped Makes All the Difference in Seafood Safety Have you ever thought about how an oyster gets to your plate? Consumers often only see the name of the farm and the restaurant where they are eating, but not all the steps in between. (Credit: Bobbi Hudson, PSI) Researchers at the [...]
CRC Mourns the Loss of Long-time CRC Friend, Ed Bouwer Dr. Edward “Ed” John. Bouwer, a longtime Johns Hopkins professor and CRC board member, passed away in October. He was 63. Bouwer, a nationally-recognized environmental engineer, had been at Johns Hopkins since 1985 and became the chair of that department in 2007. During that time, [...]
Johns Hopkins PhD candidate creates resource list to help underrepresented minority and low-income students in STEM This past spring at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Lavontria Miché Aaron, a second-year PhD candidate studying Martian remote sensing and in-situ spectroscopy at Johns Hopkins University, tweeted that she had resources for underrepresented minority undergraduates [...]
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are opportunities for students to spend a summer pursuing a research project at a hosting institution. These opportunities are funded by the National Science Foundation, and students spend usually 10 weeks working closely with an academic mentor, presenting their findings, and even going on field trips. All 7 of CRC's member [...]
Climate change and the Spread of Diseases in the Bay Rita Colwell. Credit: University of Maryland College Park Scientists have long predicted that warmer temperatures caused by climate change will create optimal conditions for disease-causing bacteria to spread, even in the Chesapeake Bay. Long-time University of Maryland researcher and Johns Hopkins lecturer Rita [...]
