UMBI (COMB) Faculty Member to Receive Regents' Award

(From left to right) Chancellor William E. Kirwan; Thelma B. Thompson, President of UMES; Dr. Eric May, Award Recipient UMES; Dr. Rosemary Jagus, Award Recipient UMBI; Dr. Marian Jackson, Associate VP for Academic Affairs, Mr. Clifford M. Kendall, Chairman Board of Regents.

BALTIMORE, MD – Dr. Rosemary Jagus, an Associate Professor at UMBI’s Center of Marine Biotechnology, has been selected as a recipient of a 2005 University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents’ Faculty Award for Collaboration in Teaching. The Award recognizes Dr. Jagus and her collaborator, Dr. Eric May of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, for their efforts in establishing and nurturing the Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center (LMRCSC) to promote and enhance opportunities for education, research and advancement of under-represented minorities pursuing careers in the marine sciences. The LMRCSC, supported by funds form the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, has served both undergraduate and graduate students via distance learning courses and research experiences. More information concerning the LMRCSC is available on the web at http://www.umes.edu/osp/marine.

(From left to right) Dr. Zohar, Director of COMB; Dr. Jagus, Regents' Award Recipient; Dr. Jennie Hunter-Cevera, President of UMBI;
Dr. Marian Jackson, Associate VP for Academic Affairs.

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Celebrating our 20th anniversary year, UMBI is the first and only biotechnology research institute within the University System of Maryland and was established in 1985. The University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) consists of five major research and education centers and is dedicated to advancing the frontiers of biotechnology. UMBI’s centers of research include: CARB, the Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology located in Rockville; CBR, the Center for Biosystems Research located in College Park; and COMB, the Center of Marine Biotechnology, MBC, the Medical Biotechnology Center, and IHV, the Institute of Human Virology, all located in Baltimore. For more information, visit www.umbi.umd.edu