{"id":20417,"date":"2025-08-13T18:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/?p=20417"},"modified":"2025-08-13T19:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:20:08","slug":"brinsfield-students-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/brinsfield-students-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Spotlight: Brinsfield Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/university-of-maryland-agriculture-law-education-initiative\">ALEI LinkedIn<\/a>,<\/strong> <strong>Adapted by: Ashley DeMaio<\/strong> | <strong>  August 13, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This summer, a group of MPower-supported&nbsp;students spent 8-weeks immersed in hands-on agricultural and environmental research and real-world legal projects as a part of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/agnr.umd.edu\/research\/research-and-education-centers-locations\/harry-r-hughes-center-agro-ecology\/russell\/\">Russell Brinsfield Internship Program<\/a><\/strong>. 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