Grand Challenges Events

2024

January 5, 2024
Addressing Climate Challenges for a Sustainable Earth
Science Serving Communities: Advancing Climate Resilience in Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

January 16, 2024
Microbiome Sciences
Symposium on Microbiome Research at the Interface of Environment, Health, and Agriculture
Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

January 19, 2024
Global FEWture Alliance
Inaugural Global FEWture Alliance Annual Symposium
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

February 27, 2024
ATLAS Day Conference
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

March 12, 2024
Urban Equity Collaborative
Studying Gentrification on One Block in DC: The Many Problems of Following People Around  
Tuesday, March 12th @ 2:00 pm, Hybrid Workshop (In-Person / Zoom)
Preinkert Hall, Suite 1221, 7840 Preinkert Drive College Park, MD 20740  
The University of Maryland’s Humanities Initiative is hosting a lecture with Dr. Johanna Bockman, Associate Professor of Global Affairs at George Mason University. Dr. Bockman’s lecture explores her research on multiple globalizations and gentrification in Washington, DC. This event is co-sponsored by the UEC. Register

March 26, 2024
Urban Equity Collaborative
Building Narrative Power for Racial and Social Justice
12:00 pm, Hybrid Workshop (In-Person / Zoom)
Preinkert Hall, Suite 1221, 7840   Preinkert Drive College Park, MD 20740   
Dr. Richard Hofrichter, former Senior Director for Health Equity at NACCHO, explores the relevance of building narrative power to advance health equity and social justice by transforming culture, with examples from public health and urban planning. This talk will explain how narratives work and shape collective consciousness, focusing on four intersecting harmful dominant narratives, (white supremacy, the free market and capitalist ideology, anti-democratic rhetoric and practice, and individualism).  Register

March 29, 2024
Pandemic Readiness Initiative
Webinar: Lab and Field Experiments for Communicating Viral Exposure Risk  
3:00 PM (Zoom)
Alyssa (Allie) Sinclair is the Joan Bossert Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is jointly affiliated with the Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media and the Communication Neuroscience Lab within the Annenberg School for Communication. 
For information on how to participate in the webinar, contact Cynthia Baur at cbaur@umd.edu.

April 29, 2024
ATLAS Monthly Speaker Series: Free African Language Resources
Connie DiJohnson and Bryan Anderson, both from the NFLC (ARHU), are our featured speakers.
Learn about the NFLC-UMD's free resources for African language learning and maintenance with Connie DiJohnson and Bryan Anderson. The NFLC-UMD's portal has over 1,000 language learning materials and self-assessments in African languages. Join us for a tour of the portal and share your language learning needs.
Attendees must register to receive a Zoom link. 

May 9, 2024
Urban Equity Collaborative
Workshop: Building Interdisciplinary Research Teams
2:15 pm, Zoom or In-Person at Preinkert Hall, Suite 1221, 7840 Preinkert Dr, College Park, MD
The Urban Equity Collaborative is hosting a hybrid workshop titled  Building Interdisciplinary Research Teams with Kate Clancy, Ph.D.
Register Here

May 22, 2024
Urban Equity Collaborative
Community Fellows Final Presentation and Celebration
3:00pm
The inaugural cohort of the UEC Community Fellows Program — Ms. Jourgette Reid-Sillah of ONEDC, Jenn Tran of Viet Place Collective, and Reverend Roosevelt Toussaint of The Haitian Development Center — will present on their projects with the UEC and answer questions.
Register Here

June 13, 2024
Evaluating Climate-Ready Urban Street Trees In Historically Redlined Neighborhoods
Baltimore Ecosystem Study Symposium on Urban Heat
1:00-4:00 pm
5200 Westland Blvd., Arbutus, Maryland

September 4, 2024
Global FEWture Alliance
International Seminar Series, 9:00-10:00 am EST
Metagenomics and Sampling Methods to Establish the Fitness of Environmental Resources
Speaker: Dr. Ryan Blaustein, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland

September 21, 2024
Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity (MILE)
"Humanizing the Science of Reading" 
Morgan State University 
More details can be found on the MILE website

2025

January 8-9, 2025 
Climate Resilience Network
Science Serving Communities: Community Workshop Advancing Climate Resilience in Maryland  
A forum for regional stakeholders and University of Maryland researchers to work collaboratively to mitigate climate and weather related community impacts, vulnerabilities, risks and build sustainable futures.
Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, University of Maryland, 7801 Alumni Drive, College Park, MD 20742
More information available on the Climate Resilience Network website