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).  

Though astrology—or the study of the positions and motions of celestial bodies—has at times been cast off as a pseudo-science by scholars, research conducted by a University of Maryland historian seeks to establish the key role that astrologers played in constructing historical knowledge in the early Islamic world from the seventh to 10th centuries. 

  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.

Nestled in the mountains of western South Dakota is the little town of Lead, which bills itself as “quaint” and “rough around the edges.” Visitors driving past the hair salon or dog park may never guess that an unusual—even otherworldly—experiment is happening a mile below the surface.

Department of Government and Politics Professors Shibley Telhami and Stella Rouse recently took a deeper look at the Critical Issues Polls they conducted last March, May, June and October on American attitudes toward the war in Ukraine, as well as r

Two University of Maryland engineering professors have been named to the National Academy of Inventors’ (NAI) Class of 2022 fellows, joining the ranks of some of the nation’s most prestigious and creative academic inventors.

Seven University of Maryland faculty were announced today as fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. UMD’s 2022 fellows, who hail from the A. James Clark School of Engineering, the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, and the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS), join a class of 506 researchers who have moved their fields forward, paving the way for scientific advances that benefit humanity.

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.

New research from CGS Associate Professor Yueming 'Lucy' Qiu in Nature Sustainability finds that increased availability of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure increases home values by nearly 3.3% in California and, on average, by over $17,000.