Raghu Murtugudde has been selected as a Lilly-CTE (Center for Teaching Excellence) Fellow for the coming academic year. The program provides anopportunity for ten faculty members interested in teaching and learning issues in undergraduate education to form a Fellowship and meet over the course of an academic year to discuss these issues on a regular basis.
![Satellite seasonal temperature difference maps indicate how the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and its organisms may respond to the temperature changes. Here, the maps show warmer than average water temperatures from January through March 2020, cooler than average from April through June, near average July through September, and slightly warmer than average October through December. The long-term baseline is from the years 2008-2019.]](https://essic.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/rv-chesapeake2-150x150.jpg)