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January 18 Quick Quote: Associate Professor Sheri Parks on Dear Abby Sheri Parks, associate professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, comments on the effect Dear Abby had on female journalists in the wake of Pauline Phillips' passing, founder of the Dear Abby advice column. Read |
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January 18 Mighty Sound of Maryland Chosen to Perform in 2013 Inaugural Parade The University of Maryland will play a part in the 2013 Inauguration of President Barack Obama -- with the Mighty Sound of Maryland being chosen to perform in the 57th Presidential Inaugural Parade. Read |
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January 17 UMD Expert Recognized in Movement to Improve Capital Markets Russ Wermers, associate professor of finance in the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, has garnered international recognition for his recent work toward restoring integrity to capital markets. Read |
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January 16 Klose Named Acting President and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Former Journalism Dean looking forward to reconnecting with former friends, working with the entire RFE/RL team. Read |
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January 16 The Future of Information Alliance Looks at Crowdsourcing An FIA Special Event Looks at the Opportunities and Challenges of Crowdsourcing. Read |
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January 16 President Loh's Statement of Support for Governor O'Malley's Budget University of Maryland, College Park President, Wallace Loh, issues a statement of support for Governor O'Malley's budget. Read |
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January 14 Film Producer's "Pi" in the Sky Dreams Become Reality Lee Berger '76 is president of the film division of Rhythm & Hues Studios, a Los Angeles-based company that does everything from animating the Chipmunks to creating fantastic worlds ("The Chronicles of Narnia"). His most recent work is the hit "Life of Pi" from Director Ang Lee. Read |
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January 14 Steve Kerrigan: A Terp In Charge of the Obama Inauguration Alumnus Steve Kerrigan '93 is president and chief executive officer of the Presidential Inaugural Committee, overseeing a number of events that will take place Jan. 19-21, including a National Day of Service, President Barack Obama's swearing-in on Capitol Hill, a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue and two official balls. Read |
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January 11 UMD NanoCenter Creates Tiny Inchworm Motor with Flexible Arms Maryland NanoCenter engineers Ivan Penskiy and Sarah Bergbreiter have developed a new micromechanical motor, which has flexible arms used to alternately grab and pull a tiny silicon beam thousands of times per second, moving only a couple micrometers at a time. This action simulates a movement similar to a person grabbing and pulling a rope hand over hand. These motors could someday be used to power a tiny insect-sized robot or provide autofocus and zoom in a smartphone camera. Read |
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January 11 Smith School Names 2013 China Business Plan Competition Winner The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business awarded $10,000 in cash prizes on Tuesday to the winners and finalists of the 2013 China Business Plan Competition, organized by the Smith School’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship and Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management in Beijing. Smith School student Yuan He won the competition’s top prize. Read |
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January 10 UMD Doctoral Student Recognized for Outstanding Research in Entrepreneurship Shweta Gaonkar, a Doctoral student in the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, has been honored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s Emerging Scholars Program for her significant contributions to research in entrepreneurship. Read |
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January 10 UMD’s Director of Public Safety Named Finalist for Campus Safety’s Director of the Year Award Campus Safety Magazine has named UMD’s Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety, David Mitchell, a finalist for the 2012 Campus Safety Director of the Year award. Mitchell, along with the other finalists, was chosen for his outstanding leadership skills, ingenuity, selflessness and overall achievement. Read |
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January 9 UMD Language Research Center Names Amy Weinberg Executive Director The University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) has named Amy Weinberg, Ph.D., as its new executive director, replacing Founding Director Richard Brecht, Ph.D., who will retire in January 2013. Read |
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January 8 UMD Flu Study Tracks Infection as Influenza Peaks in Maryland Donald Milton, M.D., Dr.P.H., is leading a study to track flu infection and modes of transmission at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. His research team is finding that many study participants coming in with flu recently are infected with more than one virus strain. Read |
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December 27 Maryland Ranked 5th Best Value by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance The University of Maryland has been ranked 5th in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine’s annual ranking of the 100 Best Values in Public Colleges 2012-13 – making it UMD’s second year in the top 5 and the fifth consecutive year in the top 10. Each year, Kiplinger’s collects data from 600 public four-year institutions and determines the top 100 by analyzing several measurable standards, such as academic quality – including SAT or ACT scores, admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios, and four- and six-year graduation rates – financial aid and cost, with academic quality carrying the most weight. Read |
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