UMD students awarded $250,000 for school shooting detection AI tool
Winning team DefenX beat fellow University of Maryland finalist Weapon Watch in the competition hosted by xFoundry, a startup incubator founded by this university in 2023.
‘Trust the process’: UMD athletes, entrepreneurs share advice for success at panel
Maryland athletics and xFoundry hosted the event, which focused on building multi-skilled teams and applying an athletic mindset beyond the field.
New UMD cafe in IDEA Factory promotes food entrepreneurship, innovation
The cafe, named DeliXious Labs, wants to “lower the barrier to food entrepreneurship” for community members.
UMD launches program to boost student entrepreneurship, multidisciplinary research
Students who win the competition can receive from $250,000 to $2 million in funding for their venture.
UMD President Darryll Pines hails possibilities of AI in State of the Campus
The University Senate also renamed the department, major and upper division certificate of African American Studies to African American and Africana Studies.