The A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation was proud to invest $35 million to support the building of the University of Maryland E.A. Fernandez IDEA Factory. 

“From the competition space to the aeromechanics lab, and so much more, the IDEA Factory is an investment in the future of students at Maryland – and in the next generation of student leaders,” said Courtney Clark Pastrick, Clark Foundation Board Chair.

2022 Clark Day and the Maryland Promise Program Celebration

The Clark Foundation is proud to invest in the University of Maryland and loves getting to meet and learn from all the promising #ClarkScholars.

edX and University of Maryland Launch New Online Product Management Master’s Degree

Informed by student and market demand, a first-of-its-kind, competitively priced, fully online degree program is now accepting applications.

Portraits of Impact

Nearly 10,000 donors raised over $571.4 million for Maryland Engineering, eclipsing the college’s initial fundraising goal by more than $200 million. The impact of that philanthropy is impossible to miss.

UMD to Celebrate Combined Classes in Joint Commencement Ceremony

In the debut of a new tradition, more than 12,600 members of the Summer 2021, Winter 2021 and Spring 2022 graduating classes will be celebrated together Friday with a combined, in-person commencement ceremony.

Maryland Promise Program: Khalil Davis

The Syvia K. Epstein Maryland Promise Scholarship was awarded in 2021 allowing Khalil Davis to live his dream at the University of Maryland

Georgia Tech Faculty Earn Promotions/Tenure in Spring 2022

“We have the privilege of recognizing 266 outstanding faculty members for their expertise and dedication in research, teaching, and service,” said Michelle Rinehart, vice provost for Faculty.

University of Maryland Adds $67M IDEA Factory to its Innovation Ecosystem

Designed to foster technology innovations and advances through collaboration across engineering, the arts, business and science, the A. James Clark School of Engineering’s new 60,000-square-foot building is the university’s only facility funded entirely by private philanthropy.

UMD is Officially Opening its IDEA Factory Building for Entrepreneurship

The E.A. Fernandez IDEA Factory will support student founders in multimedia, robotics, rotorcraft, quantum engineering and more.

UMD Dedicates IDEA Factory

The A. James Clark School of Engineering’s new 60,000-square-foot facility is the only building at UMD funded entirely by private philanthropy.