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A man in a QAnon sweatshirt confront U.S. Capitol police officers after a mob invaded the building on January 6. Of 61 QAnon supporters charged with crimes, 31 were charged in connection with the riot intended to prevent certification of Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election, according to a new UMD report.(Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Typha, also known as cattails, is an invasive weed that can crowd out other species, invade farm fields and clog waterways (below) in Nigeria. A team featuring a University of Maryland researcher devised methods of using the plant for animal feed and clean-burning fuel. (Photos courtesy of the Typha Project Team, University of Maryland)

Dr. Quynh Nguyen, an assistant professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, has received a $3.3 million RO1 grant from the National Institutes of Health for the project Risk and Strength: Determining the Impact of Area-Level Racial Bias and Protective Factors on Birth Outcomes. Nguyen, who is a co-investigator on the project led by Dr. Thu Nguyen, said the grant will use data from Twitter to characterize the racial climate across the United States.