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As the season of giving approaches, it’s a time when many Americans give money and time to help others. Concerningly, as a new research report by the Do Good Institute, funded with the support of the Generosity Commission, describes, the percentage of Americans who volunteer for, and give money to, organizations has frequently declined in the recent past, and not just during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ArtIAMAS, a pioneering five-year collaborative initiative between researchers from the University of Maryland College Park (UMD), the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), and the US Army Research Lab (ARL), is now entering its third year of the program.

The planet’s demand for salt comes at a cost to the environment and human health, according to a new scientific review led by University of Maryland Geology Professor Sujay Kaushal.