Biden announces intent to nominate UMD research VP to Commerce Department position
Laurie Locascio, the university's research vice president, worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology for 28 years.
UMD research spaces will expand to 75 percent occupancy on April 5
Research is currently operating at 50 percent capacity.
UMD to enter Phase 2 of on-campus research resumption in two weeks
The announcement comes after in-person undergraduate instruction was delayed by two weeks.
As semester nears end, UMD is working on a plan for research to return to campus
A campus task force is providing recommendations on how research should return to campus.
Watchdog group files complaint against UMD for mistreating guinea pigs in 2019 research
The group has called for the U.S. agriculture department to investigate.