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Hilltop Studies the Costs to Medicaid of Tobacco Use

The Hilltop Institute has just completed a study funded by the Center for Mississippi Health Policy titled Estimating the Costs to Mississippi Medicaid Attributable to Tobacco. To conduct...

Posted: January 9, 2019, 4:33 PM

The threat of China’s "Thousand Talents Program"

Specifically with research involving export control concerns

We've posted the FBI’s analysis of how this program poses a serious threat science and technology programs in US businesses and universities through economic espionage and theft of IP. One of the...

Posted: January 9, 2019, 2:09 PM

Revisions to the Common Rule

The January 21 2019 compliance date is fast approaching!

Stay tuned to the IRB webpage for information, application and form changes and updates.

Posted: January 7, 2019, 2:10 PM

UMBC’s Tim Finin named an ACM fellow

for work in artificial intelligence, semantic web technology

This story was written by Megan Hanks and first appeared on news.umbc.edu UMBC’s Tim Finin, professor of computer science and electrical engineering (CSEE), has been named a fellow of the...

Posted: January 3, 2019, 9:13 AM

UMBC scientists unlock the mystery of a dragonfly migration

Three generations, thousands of miles

This story was written by Sarah Hansen and first appeared on news.umbc.edu Thanks to photos and films featuring clouds of stunning orange and black monarch butterflies flying across North...

Posted: January 3, 2019, 9:08 AM

UMBC’s largest-ever Undergraduate Research Symposium

This story was written by Sarah Hansen and first appeared on news.umbc.edu The College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS) hosted its 21st Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) in...

Posted: January 3, 2019, 9:06 AM

CS3 leads summit on community-based violence prevention

This story was written by Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque and first appeared on news.umbc.edu Lauren and Vibha sit in a conference room deep in the middle of the University of Maryland...

Posted: January 3, 2019, 9:04 AM

CITI Program Updates for the Revised Common Rule

As we have posted on the group page, the upcoming compliance date of January 21, 2019 adhering to the revisions to the Common Rule is quickly approaching. Stay tuned for forthcoming information...

Posted: December 6, 2018, 4:29 PM

Hilltop Publishes CHRC Program Assessment Report

The Hilltop Institute has just published a summary report of an assessment it conducted of four grant programs funded by the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission (CHRC). The mission of...

Posted: December 6, 2018, 3:39 PM