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UMD Anthropologist Part of $2.5M Study of Homeless Populations’ Mixing of Drugs
A University of Maryland anthropologist is taking to the New York City and San Francisco streets to better understand how and why homeless persons use fentanyl combined with stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamine.
$4.2M USAID Grant Supports Researcher Tackling Terror Threat in Northern Ghana
While global patterns of terrorist attacks show a decline since 2016, such violence has been on the rise in parts of West Africa, said John McCauley, an associate professor in the University of Maryland Department of Government and Politics: “Terrorism is anything but getting better in this particular part of the world.”
ArtIAMAS Receives Third-Year Funding of Up to $15.1M
The University of Maryland’s (UMD) five-year ArtIAMAS (AI and Autonomy for Multi-Agent Systems) cooperative agreement with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has received third-year funding of up to $15.1M. Professor Derek Paley (AE/ISR), the director of the Maryland Robotics Center, is the lead researcher for the extensive project.
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Veteran Scientist, Administrator Named Vice President for Research for University of Maryland’s Joint Research Enterprise
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