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The 2024 Donald S. Farner Medal for Excellence in Research in the Field of Avian Endocrinology was awarded to University of Maryland Vice President for Research Gregory F. Ball. The award was presented to Dr. Ball at the International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology (ISAE) in Meerut, India.

At this year’s Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) conference, University of Maryland (UMD) Division of Research staff members Jennifer Blackburn, Quality Assurance Program Manager, and Joseph Smith, Director of the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP), received the Distinguished Poster Award. Blackburn and Smith presented their poster on the hair equity techniques used by UMD scholars in non-invasive neurological research. 

University of Maryland Vice President for Research Gregory F. Ball was the keynote speaker at the Rutgers University Graduate School Doctoral and MFA Hooding Ceremony at the Paul Robeson Campus Center in Newark, NJ, on May 14, 2024.Graduating students from the MFA and Ph.D. programs participated in the hooding ceremony.