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$1.4M Grant to Expand Enslaved.org
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $1.4 million to expand the reach of Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade (Enslaved.org), a database containing records on hundreds of thousands of individuals living in the era of the historical slave trade—including enslaved peoples as well as enslavers.
CBCB Researchers Develop Tool that Makes Reconstructing Microbial Genomes Easier
In the seafaring world, a binnacle is a wooden stand placed near the ship’s helm that holds important tools and instruments needed to navigate from one point to the next.
English Department To Collaborate on Three Antiracism Publications
Anti-racist rhetoric, student activism and Shakespeare in the age of COVID-19 are among the themes that will appear in three edited publications produced in collaboration with the Department of English’s Center for Literary and Comparative Studies (CLCS).
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$2.3M in State Grants Awarded to UMD-Affiliated Innovation Projects
Maryland Department of Commerce Funding to Support Advances in Energy Storage, Materials, Quantum and More
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Groundbreaking Plasma Innovation Shines as Top Invention of the Year
Innovate Maryland Also Celebrates Research on AI Detection, Cancer Treatment, Quantum Computing
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University of Maryland Research Spending Rises, Earning Top 20 Ranking From NSF
Annual Survey Puts UMD at No. 19 Overall, No. 11 Among Public Institutions
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University of Maryland Research Spending Rises, Earning Top 20 Ranking From NSF