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UMD Research Activities Transition to 75% Occupancy of Research Spaces on April 5, 2021
The following announcement was sent to the University of Maryland research community by Vice President for Research Laurie Locascio on March 24, 2021:Dear Research Colleagues,On April 5, 2021, we will transition to the next phase for on-campus research other than human subjects research. Researchers will be allowed to increase occupancy of all research spaces up to 75% occupancy provided they observe the following 4 Maryland guidelines within that space:
UMD Expert: Shootings Followed ‘Intensified Feeling of Anxiety’ in Asian American Communities
A disturbing trend of increased discrimination and violence against Asians and Asian Americans hit a terrifying new level in the United States last week with the shooting deaths of eight people, including six Asian women, at three Georgia spas.
UMD-Led Research Could Point to New Targets for MS Treatments
University of Maryland (UMD) bioengineers reached a new milestone in their efforts to design an immunotherapy strategy to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune diseases. The team’s findings, published this month in ACS Nano, used nanomaterials to manipulate inflammatory pathways that might one day help slow or reverse MS without compromising a patient’s immune system.
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