Designing for a Different Future
COVID-19 has upended how we work, learn and socialize. So how could it ultimately reshape some of D.C.’s landmarks?
New Project Supports Black Men's Mental Health, Addresses Impact of Trauma and Toxic Environments
The racism and discrimination that Black people regularly experience gained wider recognition after the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer shook the world in June 2020. The stress and trauma associated with experiencing racism and violence has negative impacts on health, particularly among young Black men.
Tracking a Movement for Justice
Researchers Team Up to Study Recent Mass Mobilization Efforts As socially distanced participants gather at Friday’s March on Washington to protest systemic racism and the murder of George Floyd and many other Black Americans, researchers from the University of Maryland will fan out through the crowd in search of evidence of a seismic shift in activists’ views and methods of mobilizing for social justice.
University of Maryland Launches New Social Data Science Center with Support from Facebook
The University of Maryland’s College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) and the College of Information Studies (iSchool) are launching a Social Data Science Center to help researchers better access, analyze and use powerful social science data. Such data is critical to understanding and addressing many of the pressing challenges facing the nation and world.
Education Partnership Aims to Strengthen Teacher Workforce, Address Classroom Equity
The goal of the Maryland Professional Development Schools 2025 project is to come up with effective classroom strategies and mentoring techniques for interns and young teachers, as well as new career ladders and pay incentives that help retain quality educators. (Photo by iStock) A new collaboration between the University of Maryland and the state’s two largest school districts will create innovative training opportunities for education students, bolster professional development and promote equity across Maryland public schools.
START Research and Analysis: Hate Crime in America
A new research brief explores hate crime offenders’ motivations, background and demographic characteristics, criminal histories and target selections
Reconstructing Fragmented Lives
The new digital database Enslaved.org: Peoples of the Historic Slave Trade seeks to recover fuller stories of individuals such as these women pictured on the 19th century lithograph "A Market Scene" by Frederico Guilherme Briggs.(Image courtesy of BNDigital, Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro)
Black Families Matter: A Call to Action for Therapists to Do Better for African American Clients
2020 sparked the Black Lives Matter movement into a global force with the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
New Technique Explores African American Willingness to Participate in Genomics Research through Storytelling
In medical research, diversity matters.
Why Brands Are Rethinking Their Political Giving
This week, in the days after a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol seeking to overturn the election, dozens of corporations announced that they would halt or suspend donations to the Republican members of Congress who voted against certifying the votes.The move comes amid long-mounting pressure on brands to disclose and own their political contributions and corporate social responsibility activities.