Innovation @ UMD
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April 8 University of Maryland Start-Up Wins 11th Annual Cupid's Cup Competition Entrepreneurship competition founded by UMD alumnus and Under Armour Founder and CEO Kevin Plank recognizes Javazen for leading the world of coffee to a healthier place. Read |
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March 31 University of Maryland, State, County & City Officials Celebrate Opening of FlexEl Facility in College Park FlexEl LLC, a custom battery solutions company, has opened a research, development and manufacturing facility in Prince George’s County, Md. Read |
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March 30 Unique Food Destination Featuring Arts and Innovation Coming to College Park UMD alumnus Scott Plank to partner with University on an innovative new development concept featuring culinary, performing arts, entertainment and collaborative entrepreneurship. Read |
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March 25 Data Analytics Startup FactGem Opens for Business in College Park FactGem, a next-generation data analytics company, is moving its headquarters to College Park, relocating from its former offices in Ohio. Read |
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March 23 UMD Establishes Educational Partnership with Walter Reed Bethesda to Benefit Wounded Warriors Partnership increases educational opportunities for graduate students across a broad range of UMD colleges and programs. Read |
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March 22 UMD School of Public Health Receives $10M to Lead USDA Center of Excellence for Sustainable Water Reuse, Food & Health A multidisciplinary team, led by the School of Public Health, is dedicating itself to developing innovative, safe and sustainable ways to irrigate food crops in variable climates. Read |
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February 3 UMD Scientists Turn Leaves into Batteries Researchers used a carbonized oak leaf pumped full of sodium as a demonstration battery’s negative terminal, according to a paper published in ACS Applied Materials Interfaces. Read |
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February 1 UMD-led Team Advances in SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition Team of students will test prototype design of a new form of transportation in which passenger-carrying pods travel through above-ground tubes at high speeds. Read |
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January 21 $3 Million NSF Grant Advances Graduate Training Model in Language Science at UMD Language scientists join forces to develop training model to equip future leaders with skills for careers in STEM, academia, communications and policy. Read |
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December 23 UMD Professor of Practice & Alumnus Robert E. Fischell to Receive National Medal of Technology and Innovation Fischell to receive the nation's highest honor for technological achievement bestowed by the President of the United States. Read |
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November 24 UMD Bioscience Day Brings Together Researchers, Venture Capitalists & Entrepreneurs Event offered researchers the opportunity to present their innovations and explain why they matter to the world. Read |
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November 19 New "UMD Guardian" Mobile App Promotes Campus Safety The app enhances safety on campus through real-time, interactive features that create a virtual safety network of friends, family and UMPD. Read |
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November 17 UMD Honored at 2015 Innovation & Economic Prosperity University Awards UMD recognized for exemplary initiatives in promoting economic development by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. Read |
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November 10 UMD Ranked Among Nation's Elite in Innovation & Entrepreneurship UMD ascends to Top 10 in Princeton Review & Entrepreneur Magazine rankings. Read |
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November 2 UMD to Partner in Effort to Build Big Data Solutions for Regional Challenges UMD will participate in a new effort to develop a Big Data Regional Innovation Hub serving Maryland, 15 other southern states and the District of Columbia. Read |
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