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  • What Happens at UMD If the Federal Government Shuts Down

    The University of Maryland is monitoring the possibility of a federal government shutdown and its potential impacts to our campus community. Besides delaying paychecks to millions of federal employees and forcing operational cuts at a spectrum of agencies, the potential federal funding gap could have a variety of impacts on the University of Maryland community, from research to federal services for international students.

  • Grand Challenges: UMD Celebrates Launch of the Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity

    On Wednesday, September 20, 2023, the University of Maryland (UMD) hosted guests at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center to celebrate the launch of the Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity (MILE).

  • MPower Professor Profile: Mary Ann Jabra-Rizk, Ph.D.

    In November of 2022, University of Maryland, College Park President Darryll J. Pines and University of Maryland, Baltimore President Bruce E. Jarrell named six professors to the second cohort of MPower Professors. This award from the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower) recognizes, incentivizes, and fosters collaboration between faculty from each campus who are working together to solve the grand challenges of our time.


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Invention of the Year winners hold awards on stage with Testudo and UMD leaders

Device That Harvests Water From Air Named Top UMD Invention of the Year

Innovate Maryland Event Also Celebrates Work on Plastic Substitutes, Cancer Detection, Quantum Science
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At UMD-Sponsored Summit, Pines Offers Vision for Growing the ‘Capital of Quantum’

Quantum Investment Event Focuses on Building Thriving Business Infrastructure Around Revolutionary Technology
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$30M in Grand Challenges Grants Awarded

Funded Projects Pursue Global Good, Targeting Climate, Racial Justice, Energy and More
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