Editorial published May 22, 2016 in the Frederick News Post http://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/editorial/an-unseen-yet-devastating-cost/article_e188d12f-2ddb-5cc6-beff-d324e9a1ac35.html Human trafficking and the misery of its victims have gone unseen and unnoticed too long. This is not some distant problem for other states. Human trafficking is here, in Maryland, …
Published on May 9, 2016 in the Diamondback http://www.dbknews.com/2016/05/09/umd-umb-collaborate-to-open-safe-center-for-local-human-trafficking-survivors/ By Jessica Campisi As a partner in a law firm office in Washington, Susan Esserman has seen many cases of human trafficking in Prince George’s County. A number of these cases …
Published on May 13, 2016 in the Frederick News Post http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and_justice/cops_and_crime/new-university-safe-center-takes-on-many-aspects-of-human/article_7f302f8f-8667-5b44-9a51-2a884c141732.html By MEGAN MORRIS Medill News Service COLLEGE PARK — Maryland, at the crossroads of major interstate highways, has become a hot spot for human trafficking, but many state residents …
Op-ed published on May 16, 2016 in the Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-safe-center-20160516-story.html By Wallace D. Loh, Jay A. Perman Human trafficking is a global and profitable business, trading in the exploitation of vulnerable populations. While the full scope of human trafficking is …
Fri Mar 25, 2016 Research initially funded by the Center for Health-related Informatics and Bioimaging, (CHIB) plays a key role in a just-announced(link is external)multidisciplinary effort to develop innovative, safe and sustainable ways to irrigate food crops in variable climates. …
Published on March 3, 2016 in Pharma Focus Asia… http://www.pharmafocusasia.com/pressreleases/record-turnout-at-ibbr-s-first-bio-networking-event
February 16, 2016 | By Alex Likowski Calling it the “backbone of the innovation economy,” University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) President Jay A. Perman, MD, extolled the many accomplishments of University of Maryland, MPowering the State (MPower) to a Maryland Senate subcommittee on Feb. 15. MPower …
Published December 9, 2015 in The Baltimore Sun. The University of Maryland, Baltimore has given a Baltimore-based biotech company worldwide, exclusive licensing rights to the university’s patents and technology to develop a faster, cheaper way to identify dangerous pathogens, University …
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) launched the eighth year of their joint Research and Innovation Seed Grant program at the University of Maryland BioPark on Oct. 14. The program, part of …
Published May 15, 2015 in Ag Professional. On April 30, 2015, KeyGene USA, celebrated the opening of its new R&D facilities co-located at the University of Maryland’s Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR) in Rockville, Maryland. The R&D facilities include offices, …