Incorporating large-scale renewable energy, such as solar or wind power, into power grids is essential for reducing greenhouse emissions.

The cost of a data breach can be a crippling expense for companies and a looming threat. The world record for the largest payout for a ransomware demand, made by an insurance company this year, now stands at $40 million. That’s why it’s so important for companies to figure out how much they should be spending on cybersecurity, says Maryland Smith’s Lawrence A. Gordon, a widely respected pioneer in cybersecurity economics. 

In a new report, UMD Environmental Finance Center's Dr. Jennifer Egan and a team led by the Trust for Public Land identify the economic benefits provided by parks in New York City. 

Scores of University of Maryland programs earned accolades in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Graduate Schools lists released today, with 56 top-25 rankings in overall and specialty categories. Combined with the previous university-wide and 14 undergraduate program rankings in U.S. News’ 2022 Best Colleges, UMD now has 74 schools, colleges, programs and specialties on the publication’s top 25 lists, which are widely used by prospective students when considering where to apply to school.

Dr. David Weintrop, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland College of Information Studies (iSchool) and College of Education, received a $1 million NSF CAREER grant to develop a data science curriculum for high school students in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS).

Two University of Maryland researchers have received awards totaling $2.6 million to study how national security and climate change intersect in the United States and around the world. Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, professor and co-director of graduate studies in the Department of Government and Politics, and Distinguished University Professor Arie Kruglanski in the Department of Psychology were among 17 researchers nationwide to be named recipients of the grants from the Department of Defense’s Minerva Research Initiative, a university-based social science research program.

University of Maryland Vice President for Research Gregory F. Ball was featured on the March 24, 2022 edition of Virtual Face to Face with University of Maryland Baltimore President Bruce Jarrell.

The Brain and Behavior Institute (BBI) is excited to announce that the University of Maryland’s focused ion beam scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM)—an established tool in the physical sciences and materials engineering—will also soon support biological and neuroscience applications.

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