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December 4 New Report Sets Keys to Success for Maryland Clean Energy Economy Comprehensive report on the future of clean energy innovation in Maryland delivered to Governor Hogan Read |
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December 3 UMD Astronomers Catch Natural Comet Outburst in Unprecedented Detail Data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite reveal start-to-finish sequence of an outburst from comet 46P/Wirtanen Read |
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December 3 Two University of Maryland Engineers Named 2019 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors New fellows are latest of six UMD faculty recognized by NAI for ‘prolific spirit of innovation’ Read |
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November 29 UMD-Led Team Creates Novel Material that Potentially Offers an Efficient, Eco-Friendly Advance in Cooling Technology Work by UMD’s Ichiro Takeuchi and team to create novel green cooling material is featured in the journal Science Read |
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November 27 Two UMD Scientists Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Ellen D. Williams, Distinguished University Professor of Physics and John R. Townshend, Research Professor/Emeritus Professor of Geographical Sciences named 2019 AAAS Fellows Read |
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November 25 UMD Alumnus A.J. Pruitt Named as Mitchell Scholar The US-Ireland Alliance recently named the 12 members of the George J. Mitchell Scholar Class of 2021. Among the winners is Baltimore native and University of Maryland alumnus Adler “A.J.” Pruitt, B.A. ’18, a double-degree major in economics and in government and politics. Read |
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November 19 UMD International Programs Show Resilience and Progress, U.S. State Department ‘Open Doors’ Survey Reports A rise in the number of UMD students studying abroad and steady international student attendance are reported during International Education Week. Read |
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November 18 UMD Receives Gold Seal for Excellence in Student Voter Agreement Read |
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November 15 University of Maryland Researchers’ Study of Vaccine-Related Facebook Ads Reveals Ongoing Challenges for Public Health Read |
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November 14 New Artificial Intelligence System Automatically Evolves to Evade Internet Censorship Researchers at the University of Maryland developed a new tool based on genetic evolution that automatically learned to evade censorship in China, India and Kazakhstan Read |
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November 13 University Statement on USM Independent Review Released Today Read |
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November 12 UMD Ranked in Top 10 for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Education for Fifth Straight Year Campuswide initiative earns UMD No. 7 ranking from The Princeton Review & Entrepreneur Magazine Read |
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November 11 UMD Celebrates and Honors Veterans on Nov. 11 and all Month Read |
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November 11 Study Reveals How Two Strains of One Bacterium Combine to Cause Flesh-Eating Infection An international team including University of Maryland scientists revealed how genetic variations in a single species of bacteria can amplify infection. Read |
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November 8 ‘Code Red,’ Howard Center’s Inaugural Project, Wins Top Professional Award For Innovative Storytelling UMD’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism and NPR were named the 2019 recipients of the National Press Foundation’s Innovative Storytelling Award for the first project by the new Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, “Code Red: Baltimore’s Climate Divide.” Read |