On Wednesday, September 20, 2023, the University of Maryland (UMD) hosted guests at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center to celebrate the launch of the Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity (MILE).

In November of 2022, University of Maryland, College Park President Darryll J. Pines and University of Maryland, Baltimore President Bruce E. Jarrell named six professors to the second cohort of MPower Professors. This award from the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower) recognizes, incentivizes, and fosters collaboration between faculty from each campus who are working together to solve the grand challenges of our time.

A new study led by University of Maryland physicists sheds light on the cellular processes that regulate genes. Published in the journal Science Advances, the paper explains how the dynamics of a polymer called chromatin—the structure into which DNA is packaged—regulate gene expression.

The University of Maryland has joined the Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (Rsif) as an International Partner Institution (IPI), where it will offer internship opportunities for visiting doctoral students to train, conduct research, and build capacity to innovate when they return to Africa. Rsif scholars attending UMD will study alongside world-class experts in the fields of food security, energy, climate change, data science, and materials engineering.

Led by Professor Howard Milchberg, the Lab for Intense Laser-Matter Interactions has been chosen as one of ten LaserNetUS nodes.  The lab will receive an annual award for three years to fund laser lab research staff, postdocs and graduate students.

Current batteries are limited by their required charging time and achievable range. The US Department of Energy (DOE) developed a Fast-Charge goal of 10 minutes to charge an electric vehicle (EV) battery. However, fast charging current Li-ion batteries can result in Li-metal plating of the carbon-anode and the potential formation of catastrophic lithium dendrite shorts.

BSOS Executive Director of Research Management Rebecca Hunsaker and Beth Brittan-Powell, director of UMD’s Conflict of Interest Office led an international workshop in August. The workshop focused on providing best practices for helping international organizations navigate projects with the National Institutes of Health. Hunsaker and Brittan-Powell provided insight and best practices for a group of 15 professionals, including attendees from Italy, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Belgium, Sweden, Kenya and Colombia.

Research from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business weighs significantly in new disclosure rules concerning cybersecurity-related issues from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Any SEC-registered business is subject to the updates.

From dwindling biodiversity and sweltering heat to widespread wildfires, droughts and floods, the Earth is in an unprecedented state of flux.