October 26th, 2011
The University of Maryland has created a new Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI), funded by an initial $1 million grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The center will focus on modernizing and improving the ways drugs and medical devices are reviewed and evaluated. To learn more, please visit UMD [...]
June 24th, 2011
Dr. Patrick O’Shea who is currently chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and co-director of the Maryland Cybersecurity Center, has been named The University of Maryland’s new vice president for research. O’Shea promises greater rewards for faculty innovation and new initiatives to encourage entrepreneurship, commercialization and technology transfer. He will assume the new [...]
June 14th, 2011
This mid-year meeting will drill down on the future of research, science and technology parks and will feature the AURP Architectural Showcase, a tour of the UM BioPark and networking opportunities with global research park professionals. Join AURP for the Next BIG Thing—BioParks 2011, June 25-26, 2011 in Washington, DC. Visit the conference site for [...]
April 28th, 2011
Skanska USA’s building business unit has been awarded a contract to complete a 268,000-square-foot office building and lab space for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Prince Georges County, Maryland. The four-story building will include general office space, laboratories, a data center, a hot deli, a 500-seat auditorium and a four-story atrium. The [...]
January 18th, 2011
University of Maryland alumnus Dr. Calvin Johnson of the Court Services & Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA) will kick off Optimal Solutions Group, LLC’s (Optimal’s) Real-Time Policy Seminar Series on the convergence of cutting-edge technology and research methods for applications in criminal justice on February 4, 2011. The seminar will be located at the University of Maryland’s [...]
December 15th, 2010
University of Maryland Research Park is pleased to announce its new website is now live on the web at http://www.msquare.umd.edu. The new website is designed with an emphasis on regularly updated content, useful information and features, and a more user-friendly interface. Since customer communication is so important to M Square, the website is intended not only [...]
June 16th, 2008
Intelligence Agency Joins UMD Research Center The University of Maryland’s newest tenant is not in the business of advertising its existence or its work. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity is the new corollary of the military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, created in 1958 in the wake of the Sputnik launch to develop new defense [...]
