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 …
Recognizes January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month Press Release 1/27/21, US Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland – January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. As a founding member of the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force, the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s …
Published 1/27/21 on Yahoo! Finance The University of Maryland launched the Brain and Behavior Institute to elevate the university’s research and teaching programs in neuroscience and promote innovative, multidisciplinary approaches to solve the most pressing problems of nervous system function …
Published on 1/25/21 on Baltimore Business Journal It wasn’t long ago that it was remarkable for a Baltimore startup to raise between $1 million and $5 million in a funding round. In recent years, though, those investment sums have gotten …
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 …
From federally backed research to startups, the University of Maryland College Park is looking to build a center for quantum computing, and beyond. Here’s what it will take to develop. Published 12/23/20 on Technical.ly Baltimore Advances in technology that shape …
Published 12/21/20 on Business Wire Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces the first two patients in the world have been treated with the Abiomed Breethe OXY-1 System, a compact cardiopulmonary bypass system. The advanced ECMO technology pumps, oxygenates, and removes carbon dioxide from blood …
The funding round includes a $500,000 investment from the University System of Maryland Momentum Fund. Its name might not be on the label, but the company’s technology is behind the spatial audio in virtual reality and gaming. Published 12/1/20 in …
University of Maryland-Led Consortium to Develop Next Generation Battery Published 11/24/20 on businesswire WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ion Storage Systems (ISS) today announced that it was awarded a $500,000 contract from a University of Maryland (UMD)-led $7.2 million consortium for the Center for …
Trapped-ion systems are gaining momentum in the quest to make a commercial quantum computer Published 11/17/20 in Nature A technology for building quantum computers that has long been sidelined by major companies is gaining momentum. As quantum computing has transformed …