University of Maryland Innovation Gateway

Areas of Impact

• Arts for All
  

  Arts for All

  Art + Technology + Social Justice

  The new Arts for All initiative partners the arts with the sciences, technology and other disciplines to develop new and reimagined curricular and experiential offerings that nurture different ways of thinking to spark dialogue, understanding, problem solving and action. It bolsters a campus-wide culture of creativity and innovation, making Maryland a national leader in leveraging the combined power of the arts, technology and social justice to collaboratively address grand challenges. Read more about how UMD is harnessing the power of the arts to spark civic dialogue, increase community engagement and activate social change.

• New Technology
  

  New Technology

  Mapping the Quantum Frontier

  UMD Expands Its Footprint as the ‘Capital of Quantum’ With the Latest Lab and Institute to Advance Mind-bending Computing

  As various quantum technologies take off, a new class of computers enabled by the latest advances in physics is expected to revolutionize every aspect of life, just as today’s devices led to the internet, mobile technology and advanced manufacturing. Read about the future of quantum at UMD, and read this article and more in the inaugural EnTERPrise magazine.

• Agriculture & the Environment
  

  Agriculture & the Environment

  UMD Researchers Convert Methane Without Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  Pioneering Discovery Would Cut Energy Waste, Create Valuable Industrial Chemicals

  Scientists at the University of Maryland have created a way to convert one of the primary greenhouse gases—methane—into a range of valuable commodity chemicals while releasing no climate-changing emissions in the process. The achievement, detailed in the journal Advanced Energy Materials, is a major opportunity for the chemical and natural gas industries and a step forward in the fight to protect Earth’s climate. Read more here.

• Public Health
  

  Public Health

  Growing Justice From Grassroots Science

  How a Public Health Researcher Is Empowering Marginalized Communities to Fight for Cleaner, Safer Conditions

  Associate Professor Sacoby Wilson with the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, is at the forefront of investigating how the places where people live can determine their health. Read more about his efforts.

• Social Impact
  

  Social Impact

  10 Years Ago Terps Launched the Food Recovery Network and Grew It Into a Nationwide Hunger- and Waste-Fighting Force

  Up to 40% of all food in the U.S. goes to waste, according to the Food and Drug Administration, about one pound per person per day, and exceeding 81.4 billion pounds in 2017. A decade ago this fall, a small group of Terps took notice—and took action by founding the Food Recovery Network (FRN), which has spread to 172 campuses in 46 states and D.C., with almost 5 million pounds of food diverted from dumpsters and more than 4 million meals donated. As the nationwide nonprofit—arguably UMD’s greatest Do Good success—celebrates its 10th anniversary, the co-founders, supporters and partners who made it possible tell its story. Read the whole story in Fall 2021 TERP Magazine.