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The flags of many nations that contribute to the Washington, D.C., area’s Spanish-speaking population are reflected in jerseys and dresses for sale at Fiesta D.C., an annual Hispanic heritage festival. A National Endowment for the Humanities grant is funding UMD research into the varieties of Spanish spoken in the region. Photo courtesy of GPA Photo Archive, U.S. Department of State

The University of Maryland has been chosen as one of 25 institutions across the country to implement the HEALthy Brain and Child Development study, a multi-year project that will recruit a diverse cohort of pregnant people and follow them and their children into early childhood. Photo by iStock

The UMD contingent joining IonQ officials at the New York Stock Exchange Friday for the ceremonial opening bell-ringing included Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel Mike Poterala (left), President Darryll J. Pines, College Park Professor of physics and IonQ co-founder and chief scientist Chris Monroe and Chief Strategy Officer for Economic Development Ken Ulman.