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The Learning Center at Horn Point, part of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), is dedicated to celebrating a century of scientific advancement from 1925 to 2025. It serves as a hub for education, research, and community outreach, focusing on marine and environmental studies. With a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, the center fosters a collaborative environment for students, researchers, and the community. It emphasizes the integration of science and education to address pressing environmental challenges, particularly those affecting the Chesapeake Bay and beyond. Generated from the website

Horn Point Laboratory is an environmental research facility of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. It provides advanced-environmental research and graduate studies. The laboratory offers research on the biology, chemistry, physics, and ecology of organisms and ecosystems. Its areas of scientific expertise include oceanography, plankton dynamics, systems ecology, and marine macrophyte and wetland ecology. It offers research on nutrient dynamics and eutrophication, physiological ecology of benthic invertebrates, benthic-pelagic interactions, and aquaculture. The laboratory offers various graduate and undergraduate education programs. Its facilities include mesocosms, seawater systems, and oyster and fish hatchery. It provides analytical, information and electronic services. In addition, it provides library, and safety and radiation services. It has a machine shop that manufactures, modifies and repairs scientific equipment used in the laboratory. The laboratory offers equipment used for enhancing presentations and documenting projects. Horn Point Laboratory is a member of the Southern Association of Marine Laboratories and the National Association of Marine Laboratories. It is located in Cambridge, Md.