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International Education Week 2020
The Center for Global Business (CGB) celebrated the global mindset, activities, and research at Maryland Smith via a series of virtual activities during International Education Week (IEW) from November 16-20, 2020. Over 500 members of the school community participated in the activities that ...
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A New Focus on Light
UMD researchers develop technique to focus light beyond the diffraction limit - a breakthrough for optics
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UMD Awarded $4.6 Million Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
Funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, the new center aims to improve rehabilitation options for patients with neurological disorders.
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The Growing Diversity of Smith’s MBA Cohorts
A typical MBA classroom looks a lot different than it did 10 years ago. And that’s certainly true at Maryland Smith, where more and more MBA students are women, Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC). Helping to drive that change are Smith’s growing slate of accessible and flexible MB...
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Four Faculty Members in UMD's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Named 2020 AAAS Fellows
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Alumnus Stefano Coraluppi elected IEEE Fellow
Coraluppi elevated "for contributions to multi-sensor, multi-target tracking."
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Global Giving, Campus Focus
Student Crisis Fund Among 24 UMD Projects Donors Can Support This Giving Tuesday
As the number of student pleas for emergency funding soared with the pandemic and ensuing economic downturn, the University of Maryland’s Student Crisis Fund turned into a revolving door of funding: As soon as d...
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$4.96M for Maryland researchers in DARPA AISS semiconductor security project
ISR, ECE, Fraunhofer USA CESE and ARLIS researchers will assess strength of AISS security protections.
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UMD Research Team Uses Massive Computer Power to Perform High Resolution Simulations of Turbulent Pool Fires
Study conducted by Mohamed Ahmed & Arnaud Trouvé published in Combustion and Flame.
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Jacob, Qu Named IEEE Fellows
ECE professors elected fellows of world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology.
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Maryland Engineers Rise Up to Grand Challenges of 2020
The coronavirus pandemic put a spotlight on multiple societal issues including inequality, economic unsustainability, and the need to create safer environments for work and school.
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The Path to Urban Air Mobility...And Beyond
View UMD UAS Test Site director Matt Scassero’s introduction speech at the Skyscraper 2020 Virtual Summit.
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UMD-NIST Self-Directing AI System Discovers New Material
‘CAMEO’ identifies a new compound that’s useful for photonic devices and next generation computers.
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William Regli named AAAS Fellow
Regli was elected “for his work at the interface between science and government primarily at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.”
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Virtual Artisanal Honey Tastings? Sounds Sweet
During a time when many small businesses are struggling, Chris White, founder and CEO of Bee America, may have found a way to thrive in the new virtual environment; virtual honey tastings. “People are looking for something different during this time,” says White, MBA ’07. “The element of hav...
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Seven UMD Engineers Recognized as Highly Cited Researchers
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers have published multiple papers frequently cited by their peers over the last decade.
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Lemonade from lemons: Despite COVID-19 sidelining of MEMS showcase, proceedings and papers quickly published
Special issue of IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems features innovative research from 2020 Hilton Head Workshop.
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Howard Center Publishes Project On Saltwater Intrusion, A Less-Known Product Of Climate Change
COLLEGE PARK (11/23/20) — The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland published its latest project Monday, on saltwater intrusion — an under-the-radar product of the climate crisis....
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