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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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University of Maryland Named Top 10 Public Institution in Influential Research Ranking

UMCP, UMB Rise to No. 14 Overall in NSF Survey of R&D Spending
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UMD Ranked Among Top 20 U.S. Universities for Most Highly Cited Researchers in 2025

31 Scholars Included in Annual Clarivate List
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$8.75M Investment Supports ‘Research Resilience’ Amid Challenging Federal Funding Environment

UMD, MPower Funds Combine to Help Preserve Institutional Capabilities, Lab Operations and More
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