How One Building Reveals What’s Wrong With Higher Education
Published January 5, 2015 in The Chronicle of Higher Education. On the heels of its inaugural football season in the Big Ten Conference, the University of Maryland announced bold plans: The Board of Regents’ Finance Committee unanimously agreed to move …
Cole Field House renovation plan is approved
Published December 12, 2015 in The Daily Record. It’s officially farewell to Cole Field House at the University of Maryland, College Park. The Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland voted Friday morning to approve UMCP’s $155 million …
NIST recommends purity test for plant-derived recombinant albumin products
Scientists at the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR) are now recommending that biopharma manufacturers use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) testing to look for potentially harmful contamination by a group of plant enzymes called phytases in plant-derived human serum albumin (HSA).
Attorney Sarah Everhart Joins Agriculture Law Education Initiative
Sarah Everhart, JD, a Maryland attorney whose expertise includes land use law and environmental policy, has joined the Agriculture Law Education Initiative (ALEI), a collaboration between the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, the College of Agriculture …
UMB Invests in Harpoon Medical in the First Equity Investment by UM Ventures
University of Maryland UM Ventures and Harpoon Medical, Inc. , announced on Nov. 19 that the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has invested $100,000 in Harpoon Medical. This is the first equity investment UM Ventures has made in a company and completes Harpoon Medical’s $3.6 …
NIST suggests new purity test for biotech products
Published December 3, 2014 in Phys.org. To avoid contaminating their experiments, biomedical researchers want to know that the scientific products they buy are pure. But how pure does something need to be to really be pure? Using a new test, …
Conversion of Cole Field House into indoor football facility is approved by Finance Committee (updated)
Published November 20, 2015 in The Washington Post. The University of Maryland Board of Regents’ Finance Committee unanimously approved a proposal Thursday that would transform Cole Field House into a new $155 million indoor football facility and academic research complex. …
UMB Invests in Harpoon Medical in the First Equity Investment by UM Ventures; Maryland startup’s innovative beating heart mitral value repair technology gains U.S. patent
University of Maryland UM Ventures and Harpoon Medical, Inc., announced Nov. 19 that the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has invested $100,000 in Harpoon Medical. This is the first equity investment UM Ventures has made in a company and completes …