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  • Students Practice Gender Affirming Care Through New Virtual Reality Program

    On a recent afternoon, a group of nursing, social work and public health students walked past  hospital beds, IV drip bags and patient monitors at the Universities at Shady Grove to meet their newest patient: Oscar, a 15-year-old who just attempted suicide. The hospital equipment is real, but Oscar, whose preferred name is Ola, is a virtual reality  patient and the center of a new training program on gender affirming care, medical care that many transgender and nonbinary people need as part of their gender transition.

  • ‘Eye-Opening’ Study Sheds Light on Circadian Pacemaker

    In a new study featured on the cover of the journal Analytical Chemistry on October 17, 2023, a team of University of Maryland researchers used cutting-edge technologies to study a little-understood visual pathway in an animal model.

  • Scientists Discover Molten Layer Covering Martian Core

    NASA’s InSight mission to Mars helped scientists map out Mars’ internal structure, including the size and composition of its core, and provided general hints about its tumultuous formation.


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Veteran Scientist, Administrator Named Vice President for Research for University of Maryland’s Joint Research Enterprise

Pat O’Shea to Oversee Annual $1.4B in Research Activities at College Park, Baltimore Campuses
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AI With Rhythm: Brain-Inspired Tech Wins 2025 Invention of the Year Award

From RNA to Microchips, Innovate Maryland Celebrates Transformative Research Shaping the Future
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10 Faculty Receive UMD Independent Scholarship, Research, and Creativity Awards

Grants to Support Individual Projects in Arts, AI, Architecture and More
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