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The University of Maryland is joining with the other policy schools in the Big Ten Conference to launch “Democracy in the 21st Century,” a collaboration to promote active civic education and engagement. This initiative harnesses the diverse assets of the Big Ten community to develop educational programming for students, faculty, staff and local communities, and will culminate in an in-person conference hosted by UMD in Fall 2022.

While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared at global climate talks in Glasgow this week that “America is back” and politically ready to lead the world again on climate change, University of Maryland researchers have long been a consistent presence in an international effort to stem a disaster.

Eight professors from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) and University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), four from each university, have been chosen as the inaugural MPower Professors. This award from the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower) recognizes, incentivizes, and fosters collaborations between faculty in Baltimore and College Park.