Our interdisciplinary, international team develops holistic technology- and policy-based solutions that focus on all areas of the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) nexus, enhancing climate resilience and protecting global public health.
Apply now for the 2025 Global STEWARDS undergraduate program!
The Global STEWARDS undergraduate program is an initiative to enhance undergraduate education and the global community by providing hands-on experiences, fostering innovation, and solving problems within the FEW nexus. Selected students complete three program elements:
1) Experiential Education
2) Global FEWture International Webinar Series
3) Summer Internship or Research Credits
Click here for more information on this program.
Applications are due November 15, 2024.
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Join us for Good Neighbor Day in the Hyattsville Food Forests!
Good Neighbor Day runs from 8:30am-12pm on Saturday, Oct 26th.
Our partners in Hyattsville will provide fall plantings to enrich these spaces after a summer drought. Let's help the community maintain these beautiful and food-providing ecosystems that also serve as community living rooms.
Our projects are on the second page of the sign-ups, labeled "Emerson: Food Forest Maintenance and Education" and "McClanahan: Food Forest Maintenance and Education."
We hope to see you there!
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UMD Global STEWARDS Graduate Fellowship, 2025 - Apply Now!
We are now accepting applications for the 2025 cohort of the UMD Global STEWARDS (STEM Training at the Nexus of Energy, WAter Reuse, and FooD Systems) graduate training fellowship, part of the Global FEWture Alliance Institutional Grand Challenges Program.
Applications are due by October 15th, 2024, and the cohort will begin in January 2025. Applicants must be currently enrolled or accepted into an MS/PhD program at the University of Maryland College Park.
Approximately 5-8 Global STEWARDS Fellows will be accepted to the 2025 cohort and receive a $6,000 summer stipend.
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Global STEWARDS Fellow Samyam Aryal Publishes on Early Warning Systems to Prevent Diarrheal Disease
The publication in Environmental Research Letters uses machine-learning models to predict diarrheal disease rates in Nepal, Taiwan, and Vietnam using temperature, precipitation, previous disease rates, and El Niño Southern Oscillation phases. These models support an early warning system designed to provide weeks to months of advance notice about climate-change driven weather patterns that may exacerbate diarrheal disease in low- to middle-income countries. With advanced warning, public health experts can better prepare communities for near-term diarrheal disease outbreaks.
Environmental Research Letters
Do Good: Rainwater Harvesting for Urban Farms
President Pines is featured in this short profile of Dr. Rachel Rosenberg Goldstein's rainwater harvesting work with Farmer Chippy at Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm in Baltimore. Check it out!
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Israel Research and Capacity Building
Maryland FEWture
Maryland Research and Capacity Building
Nepal FEWture
Nepal Research and Capacity Building
Tanzania FEWture
Tanzania Research and Capacity Building
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Inclusive, Holistic ApproachesRe-Forested!
Graduate students in MIEH 690 took a field trip to the 10-acre Bowie agroecology site, Forested, founded and managed by Lincoln Smith. Many biodynamics were there to consider: edible species including both native and non-native fruits, veggies, and herbs; grafting techniques that enhance the fruit yield and taste of existing rootstocks; adjacent mature forest with wild orchids; humanure composting. See photos from our visit below!
