A Vision for the Future: Year Up’s New Campus in Washington, DC

More than 60,000 young adults in the DC metro area lack access to sustainable economic opportunity due to a lack of skills, credentials, degrees, and/or opportunity. This summer, Year Up opened its first campus within Washington, DC.

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.

Why visualizing images is so important for young readers, and how to foster the skill

Kamilah Hayes-Lewis, a tutor with the Literacy Lab, which provides reading support for pre-kindergarteners to third-graders from low-income families, works with the youngest students in D.C.-area public and charter schools.

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.

Operation Homefront Presents Cornerstone Awards to Loren Dorshow and John Kitchens

Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit serving America’s military families, has presented its 2021 Cornerstone Award to Loren Dorshow, Executive Director at Car Donation Foundation and John Kitchens, Director of Corporate Citizenship at CSX Corporation.

Pinke’s E.A.T.S. Prospers with JPMorgan Chase and the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund

Pinkey Reddick, a 2004 graduate of H.D. Woodson’s Business and Finance Academy in Ward 7, worked 10 years in a franchise restaurant, learning the ropes. In 2016, she stepped out on faith to start her own business.

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.

Undergrads partner with NATO to reduce combat casualties

A team of Clark Scholars has developed a wearable device that can relay a soldier’s vitals to combat medics, making it easier to determine who needs medical attention most urgently

‘They Still Cared’: D.C. Computer Science Charter School Makes Mindfulness Part of School Day for Staff and Students

Amid teacher shortages and student mental health concerns, one Washington, D.C., charter school turned to mindfulness practices to support staff, teacher and student well-being.