02 February

UM Research Is Top 10 For NSF Higher Education R&D

Published 2/1/21 on UMB News The University of Maryland achieved its highest ranking ever in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey for fiscal year (FY) 2019, placing 14th overall nationally and 8th among all public institutions …

02 February

‘MPower’ in Action: COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Study

Published 2/1/21 on UMB News In times like the present when COVID-19 has created so many issues without answers, having colleagues with the ideal expertise being a Zoom meeting away can make a difference. When faculty members from the University …

02 February

Human trafficking summit raises awareness

Published 1/31/21 in Frederick News Post The difference between helping and hurting a survivor of human trafficking can be as simple as keeping a promise, which is why Amanda Rodriguez knew it’d be worth traveling to seven fast food restaurants …

08 January

FARMERS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS PIVOT TO ONLINE CONFERENCE

Published January 2021 in UMB President’s Newsletter When reports of milk dumping began to emerge during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, first-generation dairy farmer Katie Dotter-Pyle, who co-owns Cow Comfort Inn Dairy in Union Bridge, Md., put her …