The University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County have been awarded an $87.5 million research agreement through the Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology, the universities announced Thursday. The contract runs ...

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The Supply Chain Management Center at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business will be part of a unique risk assessment project to assess the safety and effectiveness of supply chain practices. The project, which is the ...

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Researchers from the University of Maryland, College Park have secured a $3.4 million grant to study the causes of pathologial anxiety and depression, specifically in college students. In addition to traditional clinical measures and brain imaging scans, the team plans ...

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Tech companies and university startups have wanted to make a home near the University of Maryland, College Park for years. There just hasn’t been the space for them. But that’s going to change in the next few years, as a ...

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A pair of research projects from the University of Maryland, College Park that are exploring ways to cool power plants without using large amounts of water have nabbed federal funding from the U.S Department of Energy. The projects are among ...

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Former Howard County executive Ken Ulman is launching a consulting firm whose first task will be to help College Park draw in more business.

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Two teams of fledgling entrepreneurs have been selected as winners of the inaugural University of Maryland Business Model Challenge. The competition attracted 44 initial entries, which were winnowed down to 11 finalist teams consisting of UM undergraduate and graduate students, ...

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The University of Maryland School of Medicine is laying the last beam at its new $200 million cancer treatment facility. A crane will lift the nine-foot beam three stories above the street and rest it in place at a “topping ...

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As young lawyers, we tend to be bombarded with invitations to attend seminars, lectures, workshops, CLEs, roundtables, brown bag lunches, networking events, cocktail events and other non-billable educational and community-based activities. These invitations can come from other attorneys in our ...

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COLLEGE PARK — More than 50 University of Maryland students are attempting to test fly a human-powered helicopter and could capture a world record. The test flight of the helicopter named Gamera is scheduled for Wednesday morning in College Park. ...

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