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Vice President for Research Laurie E. Locascio sent the following message to the University of Maryland research community on August 12, 2020:Dear Colleagues, Today we are announcing that we will be transitioning to Phase 2 for on-campus research activities on August 24, 2020. Phase 2 is characterized as Intermediate Presence. If you are able to continue to do your research remotely, please do so and do not return to campus at this time.

In this year of the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions—like every other segment of society—have been forced to make critical decisions about how and when to reopen that could have significant health and financial implications. And because of the unprecedented nature of the pandemic, these decisions are being made with limited information, constrained resources and no reliable road map.

Minta Martin Professor of Engineering Christopher Jewell (Fischell Department of Bioengineering [BIOE], Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices) was selected for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Concept to Clinic grant to support research for a promising therapy to treat multiple sclerosis (MS).