A new report by Department of Government and Politics Professors Shibley Telhami and Stella Rouse reveals how Americans’ attitudes about the war in Ukraine have changed, as well as the demographic factors that may be accounting for the change—with a particular emphasis on the increasing partisan divide from March to May 2022.

The latest poll conducted by the University of Maryland’s Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement (CDCE)—housed within the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences—the Phillip Merrill College of Journalism's Shirley Povich Center, and The Washington Post revealed that most Americans oppose allowing transgender female athletes to play sports against other girls and women at the professional, college and high school levels.

A valuable but underutilized resource in the field of maternal health is linked to better pregnancy outcomes and more respectful health care from providers: a doula. 

The longstanding ‘safe and effective’ regulatory approach to assure Americans their drug products meet a high standard of quality remains effective. However, the pharmaceutical industry needs an additional apparatus – a quality rating system – to address recent supply shortages that are attributable to deficiencies in manufacturing practices, says Maryland Smith’s Clifford Rossi, a risk management expert. Think CMNS nursing home ratings and CARFAX® car history reports, he adds.

What’s going on with the neurons inside our brains when we gather information through our senses, interpret what it means, and act on our decisions? New work by University of Maryland researchers and their colleagues published in the journal Cell Reports is providing some answers. When mammals navigate their environment, their brains must process both sensory information and context so that they can behave appropriately. But scientists do not yet know how individual neurons and the cortical networks they form implement this information processing.

A new law passed by the Maryland General Assembly establishes the Horowitz Center for Health Literacy, part of the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health, as the state’s Consumer Health Information Hub–the first such designation in the country.

University of Maryland Professor Steven Anlage (ECE/Physics) has received a new $1M National Science Foundation (NSF) grant through the Resilient & Intelligent NextG Systems (RINGS) program. The grant, “Harnessing the Complexity of Modern Electromagnetic Environments for Resilient Wireless Communications,” is a collaboration with researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Wesleyan University.

The University of Maryland ranks among the world’s top five universities for quantum research, according to The Quantum Insider, a news and market information source for the quantum technology industry.