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More than 90,000 multilingual English learners attend schools in the state of Maryland, according to the Maryland State Department of Education. Dual language programs—in which both multilingual English learners and primary English speakers learn academic content in both English and another language—help students cultivate strengths and position them for success. Although dual language programs are on the rise in Maryland, these programs face a shortage of qualified bilingual teachers.

Three faculty members in the University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science were named Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). They are among the cohort of 57 members named 2022 ACM Fellows, which recognizes the top 1% of ACM members for their “outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology and outstanding service to ACM and the larger computing community.”

Small artificial vesicles known as liposomes are used widely as nanoscale drug carriers in treatment of cancer and immune diseases, as well as in vaccine delivery and other applications, in large part because of their ability to protect medication from being degraded as it courses through a patient’s body.