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Allen Fawcett Named Director of the Joint Global Change Research Institute
COLLEGE PARK, Md.— Allen Fawcett—an energy expert and economist who has played a leading role in formulating and coordinating U.S. climate policy—is the new director of the Joint Global Change Research Institute.
National Defense Authorization Act Guidance on Foreign-Made Drones
The following message was sent on behalf of Vice President for Research Gregory F. Ball: Dear Colleagues:President Biden recently signed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law. The FY24 NDAA contains language that will significantly impact all federally-funded research involving drones.
MPower Professor Profile: David J. Weber, Ph.D.
In November of 2022, University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) President Darryll J. Pines and University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) President Bruce E. Jarrell named six professors to the second cohort of MPower Professors.