MD Dept. of the Environment Secretary Grumbles visits UMBC. Dorothy Borowy, GES Ph.D. student, described her work with GES Professor Chris Swan on the Maryland Green Prisons Initiative and her focus on "the ecology of plants in urban communities, which are unique because they are built to serve the needs of one species: humans." Even with pressures against plants in urban environments, Borowy explained, "we see a great diversity of plant species" in urban lots — even more than in surrounding suburban areas.