Innovation @ UMD
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September 22 UMD Recognized for Top Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs The University of Maryland has been named one of the country's "Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs" by the Princeton Review. Read |
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September 15 UMD Innovations in Virtual Reality Boosted by New NSF Grant UMD development of virtual and augmented reality technologies just got a big boost through a $600,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation. Read |
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September 12 Brendan Iribe, Oculus CEO, Gives $31M for New UMD Computer Science Building The University of Maryland announced today a gift of $31 million from Oculus co-founder and CEO and UMD alumnus Brendan Iribe – the largest gift in the university's history. Read |
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August 12 UMD's New PALS Program to Launch 28 Courses for Inaugural Year The University of Maryland's new Partnership for Action Learning will debut 28 courses geared toward galvanizing sustainable growth in Frederick, Maryland for the 2014-15 academic year. Read |
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July 17 UMD Center Receives $3+ Million from NIH to Bolster National Drug Surveillance System Data from new system will inform rapid and effective public health responses. Read |
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July 17 Bird Watching in the 21st Century Birdsnap—a new app developed with the help of a UMD computer scientist—can identify birds from photos, using methods borrowed from facial recognition software. Read |
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June 23 Redox, UMD, Microsoft, Trans-Tech to Develop Transformational Natural Gas Fuel Cells Through $5 Million in ARPA-E Funding Redox Power Systems LLC, UMD, Microsoft Corporation & Trans-Tech Inc. to develop transformational fuel cells officials jointly announce today. Read |
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June 17 UMD Participates in National Student Achievement Measure Project Initiative Offers Comprehensive Student Progress and Graduation Rate Data Read |
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June 13 UMD, Partners Launch HealthTech 'Innovation Sandbox' CHIDS at UMD's Robert H. Smith School of Business is partnering with kloudtrak and Cisco Systems to help health care companies test how certain technologies could affect their mission outcomes and IT budgets. Read |
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June 11 UMD Welcomes Johns Hopkins to DC Innovation Corps UMD, along with GW and Virginia Tech, have added the Johns Hopkins University to the National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps regional collaboration called DC I-Corps. Read |
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June 5 Researchers Develop Affordable Battery Alternative Researchers have discovered a new process designed to make sodium-ion batteries an effective alternative to lithium-ion. Read |
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May 16 Terp Makes Dell's List of Youth Innovation Advisors Recognition from one of the world's largest computer technology corporations has allowed University of Maryland sophomore individual studies major Erik Martin to add one more headline to his list of esteemed accomplishments. Read |
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May 14 UMD Undergrads Impress IBM, Industry Pros This spring, IBM challenged University of Maryland undergraduates to develop ideas for implementing its recent customer service innovation, the Watson Engagement Advisor. Read |
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May 9 UMD's WaterShed Grows Roots at Pepco's Rockville Facility Officials celebrated the opening of the Pepco WaterShed Sustainability Center, a "living classroom" dedicated to the education and research of sustainable energies. Read |
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May 8 Two UMD Students Named University Innovation Fellows Two University of Maryland students have been named University Innovation Fellows by the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation. Read |
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