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UMD Research Staff Receives Poster Award for Spotlighting Hair Equity Techniques
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.
VP for Research Gregory F. Ball Delivers Keynote Address at Rutgers Commencement Ceremony
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.
UMD Awarded Record-setting Research Contract Worth Up to $500M
The University of Maryland received a new contract with a $500 million ceiling from the Department of Defense to support the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) and its mission of tackling complex national security problems using