With 1925 origins as a research station on Solomons Island, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) is the only scientific research center within the

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. In 1973 it became the Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies and in 1997 it assumed its current name. The center provides a unified focus for environmental research and education in

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, United States, with special attention to problems of the

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, but research programs are undertaken across the US and globally. Its educational opportunities include graduate studies and undergraduate research internships. The center has about 60 faculty and 110 graduate students. Dr. Donald Boesch served as the institution's president from 1990 until 2017, and has been succeeded by Dr. Peter Goodwin. UMCES programs are conducted at five constituent research locations: *Appalachian Laboratory (

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) * Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (

Solomons, Maryland Solomons, also known as Solomons Island, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,368 at the 2010 census, up from 1,536 in 2000. Solomons is a popular weekend ...

) *Horn Point Laboratory (

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) *Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (

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) *Maryland Sea Grant College (

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) The Center also administers the Integration and Application Network.

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