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A University of Maryland expert in high performance computing (HPC) has received a National Science Foundation award to develop innovative methods for optimizing the performance of parallel applications and runtimes, and the operational efficiency of supercomputers and HPC clusters.

Through her teaching, research and beyond, Jordana Moore Saggese is working to undo the ‘colonialist and white supremacist logic’ that has pervaded the field of art history. When Jordana Moore Saggese was growing up in Nashville, Tennessee, there was no art museum in town. So, until high school, Saggese, associate professor and associate chair of Maryland’s Department of Art History & Archaeology, connected art with the paintings she saw during a visit to former president Andrew Jackson’s home, The Hermitage.

Small rowhouses in Baltimore represent the kind of affordable housing lacking in the state of Maryland, according to a new UMD report. The shortage particularly affects the state's lowest-income households, which include disproportionate numbers of people of color, disabled people and the elderly.(Photo by iStock)