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Alum Who Helps Lead NASA’s Mars Exploration to Receive Hispanic Heritage Award
University of Maryland Experts Develop Mask Alternative for Prolonged Use
A team of researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) is developing a new type of personal protective equipment (PPE) that is far more comfortable than a surgical mask or N95 ventilator.
UMD Events to Mark 9/11’s 20th Anniversary
The University of Maryland will mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with discussions, remembrances and reflections, and a call to service.
UMD’s Darryll Pines talks about returning to campus — and the cross-Potomac friendship that helped him through his first year as president
Darryll Pines embarked on his first year as president of the University of Maryland in College Park during a time that could only be summed up as uncertain.
NSF Awards UMD, Partners $4M to Expand National High School Engineering Program
The University of Maryland and partner institutions will receive $4 million over the next three years to broaden the impact of Engineering for US All (e4usa), a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded program that makes engineering more accessible to high school students and educators.
Revolutionary First-Aid Product Created at UMD now for Sale
Medcura Inc., a UMD-founded company, recently launched Rapid-Seal: a new antibacterial gel able to stop bleeding in seconds.
From VR to 3D, how D.C.-area universities found innovative solutions for pandemic challenges
Engineering teams at the University of Maryland also have used 3D-printing technology to make face masks. Maryland’s researchers from the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices and A. James Clark School of Engineering produced single-use N95 respirators to fill in the gaps from a lack of supply for health care workers and patients.
NSF Awards UMD $15M to Lead Mid-Atlantic Innovation Hub
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected the University of Maryland to lead one of five multi-institutional hubs that will provide entrepreneurial training to academic researchers in science and engineering in order to foster and maintain U.S. global leadership in innovation.
UMD Teams Sweep 2021 VFS Student Design Competition
University of Maryland students took top spots for both the graduate and undergraduate categories in this year’s the Vertical Flight Society’s (VFS) Student Design Competition.