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December 21 Beyond the Fiscal Cliff: Public Policy Experts Talk Issues for 2013 Faculty Experts from the Maryland School of Public Policy talk issues beyond the fiscal cliff for 2013. Read |
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December 21 Plan C: 'All Roads Lead Back to Boehner' - UMD's Kettl Fiscal cliff heads one way only, says UMD Dean of the School of Public Policy: "...every single signal points to the inescapable fact that this is a far more difficult problem for Boehner and the House Republicans than for anyone." Read |
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December 20 Time to Celebrate: Winter Commencement This December's campus-wide commencement ceremony will take place on December 19, at 7 p.m. in the Comcast Center. Read |
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December 20 Revitalizing our Roots, Raising the Bar: Creating the Campus Farm of the Future In the middle of a bustling, expanding, urban university, the University of Maryland campus farm serves as a small patch of rustic tranquility and a constant reminder of UMD’s heritage as an agricultural college. Now, the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) is embarking on a bold mission to turn this working farm into a teaching facility for the future. With help from experts at Blackburn Architects, the College of AGNR has developed a Campus Farm Master Plan, which it recently unveiled to the public. Read |
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December 19 TerpVision 8 Debuts The University of Maryland presents TerpVision 8, UMD’s regular multimedia series. Hosted by Bonnie Bernstein '92, TerpVision tells the stories of Maryland's faculty, staff and students and the incredible impact they have in our communities, across the nation and throughout the world. Read |
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December 19 Top Lockheed Martin Innovation Award Goes to University of Maryland Research Scientist Moble Benedict - a University of Maryland research scientist in the A. James Clark School of Engineering - has won the grand prize in the Lockheed Martin 2012 "Innovate the Future Challenge." Read |
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December 19 Fiscal Cliff, Slow Progress Darken Housing Forecast: UMD Expert Despite a nascent housing market recovery, “Looking into 2013, the ‘fiscal cliff,’ regulatory reform and other factors could put a drag on markets through the year,” says UMD's Cliff Rossi. Read |
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December 18 UMD Philanthropy Class Donates $7,000 to After-School Group that Teaches Problem Solving through Chess Chess Challenge DC wins a $7,000 grant from Professor Robert Grimm's Art and Science of Philanthropy class at the University of Maryland. Read |
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December 17 Former NASA Astronaut Reightler is Winter Commencement Speaker The University of Maryland welcomes former NASA Astronaut Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. as the winter, 2012 commencement speaker on Wednesday, December 19. Read |
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December 14 New SPH-led Project Aims to Improve Communication on HIV/AIDS Prevention A new UMD - FDA collaboration aims to improve consumer education materials to help prevent HIV/AIDS. Read |
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December 14 NASA Awards $36 Million to UMD for Earth Systems Study NASA has awarded a $36 million cooperative funding agreement to the University of Maryland to continue collaborative research in the field of earth systems science. Read |
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December 13 Arts and Humanities Dean Thornton Dill’s Term Extended Arts and Humanities Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill, who heads one of the uiversity's largest colleges, will serve an additional three year term - through June 2016. Read |
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December 12 UMD's Chincoteague Hall Renovation Project Wins Gold LEED Certification The Chincoteague Hall Renovation project at the University of Maryland has earned LEED Gold Certification - a first for a renovation project on the campus of the University of Maryland. Read |
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December 12 UMD Computer Team Wins Regionals, On To World Finals The University of Maryland scores big in regional computer programming competition. One team will compete in World Finals. Read |
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December 11 Innovative Drug Delivery System Wins Venture Fair at UMD Bioscience Research Day A novel drug delivery strategy wins honors for two University of Maryland researchers during Bioscience Research and Technology Review Day. Read |
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