Prince George’s County Council discusses bill to support Black-owned businesses The legislation would define and add “African American Business Enterprises” to the Prince George's County Business Expansion and Start-Up Grant Program. Audrey Keefe February 26, 2024
UMD SGA launches initiative to promote healthy relationships The Student Government Association passed an initiative funding an event to raise awareness about consent and healthy relationships. Lillian Glaros February 1, 2024
Generation Hope supports students balancing school, parenthood Nearly one quarter of college students are parents. James Cirrone January 30, 2022
City of College Park holds forum on allocation of COVID-19 relief funding Starting Wednesday, individuals and organizations can apply to receive grants on the city website. Grace Yarrow November 30, 2021
UMD researcher awarded $3.5 million to develop a Lyme disease vaccine Maryland has the 12th highest incidence of Lyme disease among all states. Brent Abel September 8, 2020
UMD received more than $10.7 million to support students impacted by COVID-19 Applications for aid close Aug. 1. Madison Peek June 12, 2020
Meet the two UMD researchers working to understand US-based terrorism The two researchers won a $1.5 million grant to investigate how terrorists are created and rehabilitated. Clara Longo de Freitas February 17, 2020
UMD professor continues decades-long research comparing foster care to orphanages Nathan Fox and his colleagues have examined the outcomes of Romanian children placed in foster care early in their lives. Shreeya Agarwal December 2, 2019
Over half of anti-vax Facebook ads are from two organizations, UMD researchers say The team found that pro-vaccine advertisements on Facebook came from a wider variety of sources than anti-vaccination. Eric Neugeboren December 2, 2019
A UMD alum co-founded a cybersecurity company in 2015. It just received a $15M grant. "The hustle and bustle is just greater than ever," the marketing coordinator said. Eric Neugeboren November 21, 2019