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December 21, 2021

2021: A Year In Review

Racial Equality

Research Highlights: Quantum

Op-ed by President Pines: ‘An Industry That Will Change the World’

IonQ and University of Maryland Establish First-of-its-Kind National Quantum Lab

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University of Maryland Leads New $25M NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation

Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science Receives Renewed Federal Funding from NIST

University of Maryland Joins NSF-Funded Revolutionary $25M Center for Optoelectronic, Quantum Technologies

Xiaodi Wu Part of $7.5M MURI Award To Develop a Scalable Quantum Random Access Memory Architecture

University of Maryland’s Quantum Closeup: Financial News Channel CNBC Focuses on Cutting-Edge Research, Innovation Frontiers

University of Maryland Launches Quantum Business Incubator

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QTC Awarded $1.5M From the Department of Energy for Research on Quantum Diamond Magnetometers

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$5M NSF Grant to Fund Research on Quantum Internet Foundations

Discovery Fund to Seed Local Innovation Ecosystem

IonQ Joins University of Maryland Quantum Startup Foundry, Receives National Innovation Award

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EY Named Founding Member of the University of Maryland Quantum Startup Foundry

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MITRE Joins University of Maryland Quantum Startup Foundry as Founding Member

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Foundational Step Shows Quantum Computers Can Be Better Than the Sum of Their Parts

Unconventional Superconductor Acts the Part of a Promising Quantum Computing Platform

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Research Highlights: Climate and the Environment

New Climate Pledges, if Fulfilled, Now Significantly More Likely To Prevent Worst of Global Warming

$12.75M Bezos-Funded Grant To Support Geography Researchers’ New Approach to Global Mapping

University of Maryland Receives $8.75M From DOE BENEFIT Grants For Research Projects Aimed to Lower American Energy Bills

Understanding Climate Risks: A Blueprint for Financial Regulators

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New Analysis Presents Plant-by-Plant Pathways for a Global Coal Phase-Out

A Toxic Legacy: New Publication by Devon Payne-Sturges and Robert Sprinkle on Historical and Ongoing Obstacles Preventing the EPA From Protecting Americans

$6M in Grants Support Work To Create Biofuels, Bioplastics From Food Waste

South America Lost 21.6 Soccer Fields of Natural Land Per Minute for 34 Years

University of Maryland Researchers To Design Greener Aircraft Engine

Road Salts and Other Human Sources Are Threatening World’s Freshwater Supplies

We Are What We [M]eat: Geographical Sciences Professors Study the Global Impact of Americans' Present and Possible Diets

A Singular Weapon in Stormwater Management: Urban Trees

Rita Colwell Concludes a Decade of Work with Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Social Sciences, Humanities Can Help in Response to Climate Change, Study Finds

Electric Car + Giant SUV = Backfire for the Environment

New Study Finds That Financial Incentives Reduce Household Energy Consumption

University of Maryland Researchers Convert Methane Without Greenhouse Gas Emissions

George Hambrecht Finds Answers for Today’s Oceans in the Centuries-Old Bones of a North Atlantic Fish

Blueprint 2030: An All-In Climate Strategy for Faster, More Durable Emissions Reductions

Shannon Collis Launches ‘Multi-Sensory’ Oil Field Experience

Conservation Crime Fighter: Meredith Gore Shapes New Way to Understand Offenses Against the Earth

Annual Update Finds That As Economies Recover, Emissions Rebound Too

The Struggle to Legislate Environmental Justice

University of Maryland Collaborates Across Disciplines To Characterize the Economics and Value of Pollination

Research Highlights: Discoveries

Surprises from Mars: Red Planet Has Larger Core and Less Dense Crust Than Expected

Opening Doors for Science Discoveries in the ‘New Arctic’ and Beyond: Next-Generation Computing Platform Supported by $1.24M NSF Award

Scientists Discover a Surprising New Way That Tuberculosis Suppresses Immunity

Unusual "Cool Flames" Discovered Aboard International Space Station

$2.9M NIH Award Could Lead To Tunable Hearing Devices

NASA’s NICER Probes the ‘Squeezability’ of Neutron Stars

Novel Variants for CRISPR-Cas12a Expand the Scope and Possibilities of Genome Editing and Engineering

Archeologist Julie M. Schablitsky Finds Harriet Tubman’s Lost Maryland Home

Making a Weed Meet Vital Needs

New Study Shows the Largest Comet Ever Observed Was Active at Near-Record Distance

A Cicada Postmortem: What We’re Learning From Brood X

Researchers Look to Human ‘Social Sensors’ To Better Predict Elections, Other Trends

University of Maryland Pushes New Technologies to Improve Virtual and Augmented Reality

Match Matters: The Right Combination of Parents Can Turn A Gene Off Indefinitely

New Electrolyte Bolsters Rechargeable Battery Design

CBCB Researchers Develop Tool That Makes Reconstructing Microbial Genomes Easier

First Clear View of a Boiling Cauldron Where Stars Are Born

New Discovery Offers a Glimpse of Our Solar System’s Potential Fate when the Sun Dies

Research Highlights: Health

CHIDS Leads AI/ML Training Efforts in a $50M NIH Award

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UMD Howard Center Publishes Investigative Collaboration on OSHA's Failures To Protect Workers During the Pandemic

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University of Maryland To Lead $15M Project Investigating the Role of Aerosols in Flu Transmission

Planning for Healthier Cities

How Tech Can Fill Gaps in Mental Health Care: $1.2M in NSF Funding Supports Researchers’ Work to Connect Patients, Clinicians More Effectively

$3.7M NIH Grant Supports Development of Chatbot To Help New Moms, Babies

Using Light To Attack Cancer

Research Finds That Exercise Can Change Brain Structure in Healthy Older Adults

Research Team Taps AI for Better Cardio Care

COVID Vaccination Delays May Cost Global Economy Trillions, Research Finds

Making Moves to Counter Misinformation: Communication Researchers Test Ways To Spread Truth During Health Crises

Gut Microbiome Changes Long Before Celiac Disease Onset

Can Machine Learning See Suicide Risk in Social Media Posts?

Could a Virtual Friend Improve Your Mental Health? Aniket Bera Pioneers AI-Driven Virtual Reality ‘Emotional Assistant’

Waging War on Metastatic Cancer

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A New Way to Monitor Mental Health Conditions

Air Quality Experts Call for “Paradigm Shift” To Fight Airborne Spread of COVID-19 and Other Viruses Indoors

George Mason & University of Maryland To Leverage 311 Data for Increased DMV Resilience During a Pandemic

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Improving Patient Health, One Amazon Alexa at a Time

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University of Maryland Research Is Seeking To Understand and Minimize the Risks of Playing and Singing Together

New Study Finds Links Between Political Beliefs and COVID-19 Health Behaviors

Exploring the Mettle of Nettle Project to See If Adding a Common Weed to Your Diet Could Boost Immune System, Fight Obesity

CESAR: Addressing Substance Abuse for 30 Years

University of Maryland-Led Research Could Point to New Targets for MS Treatments

Research Highlights: Racial Equality and Social Justice

Grant Will Expand Black Digital Studies at University of Maryland

Driskell Center and iSchool Launch New Crowdsourcing Project To Preserve the Work of African American Art Pioneer

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$2.3M Grant to Fund Study of Alzheimer’s, Dementia Care for Communities of Color

The Secret to Safer Communities: More Services

$3M Grant to Prepare Underrepresented Arts and Humanities Faculty for Institutional Leadership

Fighting Forgetting: DeNeen Brown Unearths Grim History of Century-Old Tulsa Race Massacre

University of Maryland Study Finds Black Offenders More Likely than White Offenders To Be Eligible for Life Sentences

Study: Anti-Black Racism Fell—Temporarily—Following Floyd’s Killing

Mellon Supports University of Maryland African/Black Diaspora Research Seminar

University of Maryland Libraries, Others Partner on $750K to Archive Social Justice Activism by College Students of Color

Bezos Earth Fund Gift of $800,000 Supports Community-Based Air Quality Monitoring

$1.4M Grant to Expand Enslaved.org

BSOS Anti-Black Racism Initiative Offers Findings, Guidance in Report

Privilege, Politics Influence Vaccine’s Racial Disparity

Robert Levine's New Book Explores ‘Failed Promise’ of Reconstruction

Examining the Impact of Black Lives Matter on Policing Reform

State Must Boost Affordable Housing, University of Maryland Report Finds

Joseph Richardson Part of Panel Calling for Changes in Policing To Reduce Inappropriate Use of Force

New Study Highlights Stark Racial Disparities in Maternal Deaths

UMD-Led Study Suggests that Supporting Indonesian Women in Conservation Science Can Help Save Local Biodiversity

Broadening the History of Science

Making Space for Black Art in Academic Art History

Rachel Ellis Awarded Russell Sage Foundation Pipeline Grant To Examine the Challenges Women on Probation Face

Life, Liberty and a Place To Live: New Book by Casey Dawkins Proposes a Plan That Could Guarantee Housing for All

Richard Bell Awarded a Carnegie Fellowship To Support Work on Racial Justice

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Research Highlights: Partnerships

UMD-Led Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology Signs $178M Cooperative Agreement To Continue Partnership with NASA Through 2027

University of Maryland, Defense Department Celebrate Opening of Intelligence and Security Center

University of Maryland To Help Lead Nationwide Study of Early Childhood Brain Development, Impact of Early Adversity

Education Researchers Awarded $2M in National Collaboration Supporting Students With Disabilities

Biden Announces Partnership With UMD Center, Black Coalition Against COVID and SheaMoisture to Encourage Vaccinations in Communities of Color

UMD, UMBC, ARL Announce Cooperative Agreement to Accelerate AI, Autonomy in Complex Environments

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Regional Quantum Research Body Adds Industry, Government, Higher Ed Partners

$32.5M Cooperative Agreement Between NASA and UMD Expands Public Access to Data on Comets, Asteroids and Other Small Bodies

New Research Will Assess How Corporate-Cleantech Start-Up Partnerships Can Catalyze Climate and Energy Innovation

MPower Grant Supports University of Maryland, College Park and Baltimore Clinical and Translational Research Collaborations

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Federal Grant Funds UMD-County Partnership on School Counseling Course For Mental Health

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University of Maryland Launches National Network To Tackle Small Business Displacement

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Howard Center’s Homelessness Project Wins SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Award for Collaborative Journalism

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HuMetricsHSS Initiative Receives $650,000 Mellon Grant

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University of Maryland, Google Unit Partner on Developing VR Training Platform for Police

University of Maryland Joins Partnership To Strengthen Building Codes Through Climate Science

University of Maryland Collaborates with AT&T To Develop Cyberbullying Prevention Initiatives

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Entomology and Extension Faculty Join a National Team To Study and Support Diverse Perennial Forage Systems with Major Implications for Human and Animal Ecosystem Health

UMD/Luminis Partnership Provides COVID-19 Vaccinations in the Trusted Barber’s Chair

U.S. Beekeepers Continue To Report High Colony Loss Rates, UMD-Led Survey Finds

University of Maryland To Lead Network Analyzing Lowering Voting Age to 16

Maryland Joins NSF-Funded Effort To Help Set Nation's Direction for Engineering

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Maryland Joins Big Ten Civic Involvement Collaboration

Oops-Proofing: A Collaboration Between CRR and Amazon Lab126 Seeks to Understand How Devices Can Be More Durable

University of Maryland Helps Test New Search and Rescue Technology

Research Highlights: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Revolutionary Computing Company Created at Maryland to Go Public

NSF Awards UMD $15M to Lead Mid-Atlantic Innovation Hub

University of Maryland Awarded $2M SBA Grant for Veterans Business Outreach Center

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Scrape? Cut? Seal It With New Product Created at University of Maryland

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University of Maryland Researchers Pave the Way for Growing Human Organs for Therapeutics and Transplantation

New Cybersecurity Aptitude Assessment Arises from Research Developed at the University of Maryland

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A New Vision for Violin Instruction: AI-Powered App To Eyeball Posture, Form for Solo Practice

AquaLith Advanced Materials Licenses Lithion-Ion Battery Technology Developed at University of Maryland

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University of Maryland Engineers Have 3D Printed a Soft Robotic Hand That Can Play Nintendo

Ramani Duraiswami’s Startup Collaborates on 3D Spatial Audio System to Improve Military Pilot Performance

Living Umbrellas Designed by Dave Tilley Provide Natural Cooling to Beat the Summer Heat Sustainably

More Research News Highlights

University of Maryland Research Enterprise Ranked Among Top 10 Publics in NSF Higher Education R&D Survey

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University of Maryland Invests Over $10M in Research Equipment to Drive Discovery, Innovation

$9M Gift Establishes Institute for Performance and Technology in the Arts

$4.75M Gift Establishes Brin Mathematics Research Center

$2.9M NSF Grant to Fund Research on Networks of Brain Neurons to Speed Up Computers

The University of Maryland Announces Eight Inaugural MPower Professors

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Five UMCP-UMB Collaborations Awarded MPower BHHP Grants

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Fire Protection Engineers Track a Different Kind of "Superspreader"

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University of Maryland Research Finds Visa Policies Stifle Immigrant Entrepreneurship

Piecing Together a Historic Puzzle

Yaser Yacoob Is Developing Algorithms To Detect Computer-Generated Forgeries, Digital Deepfakery

A Trio of Music Scholarship: Fernando Rios, William Robin and Siv B. Lie Release First Books

Conservation Criminology for a Troubling Trade

ARHU Researchers Earn NEH Grants for Digital Humanities Efforts

START Team Identifies Key Contributors to Effective Influence Operations

University of Maryland Scientists Help Put a New Face on National Weather Service Forecast Maps

Researchers Track QAnon Crimes, Find Links to Past Trauma

New Research Helps Explain Musical Imagination, or How Your Brain Predicts What Comes Next in a Song

Editor's Note

The University of Maryland Research Roundup is a weekly compilation of research-related news on our campus. It is compiled by aggregating stories from RSS feeds and our @UMDResearch Twitter account. You may suggest news by e-mailing ResearchCommunications@umd.edu. Thank you for sharing your research successes, announcements and other stories!

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