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UMD Driskell Center and iSchool Launch New Crowdsourcing Project to Preserve the Work of African American Art Pioneer
Preserving African American visual art by providing a platform to make the Driskell Papers accessible.
Researcher Aims to Teach Teachers About African American Language, and Liberate Student Writers
Speakers of African American Language (AAL) are often made to doubt the value of the way they learned to speak and write. College of Education Assistant Professor Shenika Hankerson (below) works to help students gain respect for the unique structure and history the language while gaining fluency in writing in academic English, and to influence teachers not to impose dominant English varieties to the exclusion of AAL. (Illustration by iStock)
Winners Selected for University System of Maryland Public Health Challenge
The University System of Maryland (USM) COVID Research & Innovation Task Force today announced the six winning teams for its Public Health Challenge.
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University of Maryland Research Spending Rises, Earning Top 20 Ranking From NSF
Annual Survey Puts UMD at No. 19 Overall, No. 11 Among Public Institutions
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University of Maryland Research Spending Rises, Earning Top 20 Ranking From NSF UMD Ranked a Top 5 School for Entrepreneurship
Maryland Rises to No. 4 Among Public Universities, No. 1 in Mid-Atlantic in Annual List
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UMD Ranked a Top 5 School for Entrepreneurship UMD’s Research Funding Swells to a Record $834M, Up 23% in One Year
Strategic Partnerships, Seed Grant Programs, Interdisciplinary Collaborations Cited as Factors Behind Increase
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UMD’s Research Funding Swells to a Record $834M, Up 23% in One Year