UMD Professor Honored as Maryland Chemist of the Year
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - On Monday, December 19, 2022, Professor Cheng Gong was awarded the Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society 2022 Chemist of the Year. He is being recognized for “the innovative development of nanosensors based on two-dimensional (2D) quantum materials”.
UMD-led MURI Findings Shed Light on the Coupling Between Electrical, Biochemical and Biomechanical Signals in Cells
Scientists have known for decades that electrical signals send messages to cells to tell our bodies what to do. New research published by teams in a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) led by the University of Maryland sheds light on additional biomechanical signals that might be used to tell cells what to do, such as help a wound heal faster.
Bringing Justice—and a New Chapter—to a College Park Community
The intersection of Rhode Island Avenue, Lakeland Road and Navahoe Street in the College Park neighborhood of Lakeland holds two pasts: One is of streetcars and Saturday night socials, corner stores and community parades; the other, of bulldozers, displacement and the erasure of a once-vibrant community.
University of Maryland Senior Kevin Tu Named 2023 Churchill Scholar
Kevin Tu University of Maryland senior Kevin Tu has been awarded a 2023 Churchill Scholarship, joining only 15 other science, engineering and mathematics students nationwide winning the prestigious honor.
AGNR Leads Maryland Based Team to Solve Food Security Issues Across the State
A University of Maryland team has been awarded $750K to address the complex and interconnected challenges of food and nutrition security here in Maryland.
The College of Education: A Major Player in the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future
The state of Maryland’s landmark bill to reform education in public schools has the College of Education’s fingerprints all over it. Approved by the General Assembly in 2021, the $3.9 billion “Blueprint for Maryland’s Future” will invest in teachers, students and families statewide over the course of 10 years, hiring an additional 15,000 educators and raising the minimum teaching salary to $60,000.
UMD Establishes Endowed Professorship in Quantum Computing
The University of Maryland’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences will establish the IonQ Professorship with a $1 million gift from IonQ, an industry leader in quantum computing founded in part on discoveries made at the university that's headquartered in the UMD Discovery District.
UMD Anthropologist Part of $2.5M Study of Homeless Populations’ Mixing of Drugs
A University of Maryland anthropologist is taking to the New York City and San Francisco streets to better understand how and why homeless persons use fentanyl combined with stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamine.
$4.2M USAID Grant Supports Researcher Tackling Terror Threat in Northern Ghana
While global patterns of terrorist attacks show a decline since 2016, such violence has been on the rise in parts of West Africa, said John McCauley, an associate professor in the University of Maryland Department of Government and Politics: “Terrorism is anything but getting better in this particular part of the world.”
ArtIAMAS Receives Third-Year Funding of Up to $15.1M
The University of Maryland’s (UMD) five-year ArtIAMAS (AI and Autonomy for Multi-Agent Systems) cooperative agreement with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has received third-year funding of up to $15.1M. Professor Derek Paley (AE/ISR), the director of the Maryland Robotics Center, is the lead researcher for the extensive project.