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A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will fund a University of Maryland researcher’s deep dive into the mechanics of the illegal opioid supply networks that have carved a trail of death and devastation across the country. The scientific objective of the four-year study is to refine theories that explain illegal markets supplied by illegal networks, said Distinguished University Professor Peter Reuter of the School of Public Policy and the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Professor Charles Harry, an Associate Research Professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy and the Director of the Center for Governance of Technology and Systems (GoTech), recently presented his research on air infrastructure cybersecurity to the National Risk Management Center (NRMC), a division of the federal Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).  

  An overgrown alleyway blooms into an oasis for walkers and cyclists, city parks shed creeping invasive species and solar lighting illuminates neighborhood pathways. These are among the 11 projects set to receive a portion of $125,000 from Pepco and the University of Maryland’s Sustainable Maryland program as part of the Sustainable Communities Grant Program, a new partnership between the D.C.-area utility and UMD’s statewide “greening program” to advance local sustainability projects.