1. The University’s Relationship with Government, Alumni, and the Media Presentation for Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University August 13, 2009 Division of University Relations University of Maryland

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10. MD Joins Sprint to Lead in Biotechnology "Gov. Martin O'Malley Monday unveiled a proposal to invest $1.1 billion over the next decade to cement Maryland's status as a pre-eminent hub for biotechnology research, including stem-cell studies aimed at finding breakthrough medical advances. ... Industry observers said Monday that Maryland is uniquely positioned to capitalize on biotechnology, with its prestigious university research facilities and the National Institutes of Health and Army laboratories at Fort Detrick located in the state." Baltimore Sun, June 17 UM Team Wins Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Event "The University of Maryland says a team of engineering students (Clark School, Computer, Mathematical & Physical Sciences) at its College Park campus has won an underwater robot competition in San Diego. The underwater vehicle built by the team competed against 25 others from across the United States, India, Canada and Japan. The Maryland team won the competition in only its second year of participation. In the final competition last weekend, robots had to find their way through a starting gate, follow a pipeline, dock with a buoy, and track and hover over an acoustic pinger before grabbing and surfacing with an object that was taken to a floating ring." 1 University of Maryland 2 University of Texas at Dallas 3 École de technologie supérieure4 Associated Press (Baltimore Sun), August 5 London Times Higher Education : Institutional Rankings in Environment and Ecology UM is ranked No. 17 among the world's academic institutions in research citations. It is No. 10 among the U.S. schools listed (Data provided by Thomson Scientific from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1997–31 October 2007) June 12 10

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