Growing U.S. Violent Extremism by the Numbers: UMD Database
December 11, 2011 21:25 ET | University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 11, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over the past decade, attacks and plots by homegrown terrorists in the United States have increased, the work of extremists from across the...
U.S. Believers Favor International Action on Climate Change, Nuclear Risk: UMD Poll
December 07, 2011 10:32 ET | University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A majority of Americans professing belief in God favor cooperative international efforts to combat climate change and the spread of nuclear weapons...
Israeli Public Supports Middle East Nuclear Free Zone: UMD Poll
December 01, 2011 14:38 ET | University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 1, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nearly two-thirds of Israeli Jews, 64 percent, favor establishing a nuclear free zone in the Middle East - even when it was spelled out that this...
Salads You Can Trust - Safe Farm Practices Get Major Test
December 01, 2011 13:27 ET | University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 1, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ever since 2006, when a deadly batch of spinach killed three people and sickened hundreds, U.S. farm producers, packers and others along the...
UMD Poll: Egyptians See Military Putting Brake on Revolution 2:1
November 23, 2011 07:34 ET | University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 23, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new University of Maryland public opinion poll finds Egyptians harboring serious doubts about their military's commitment to the revolution that...
Google, Twitter and Microsoft Future-ists Ask, "What is the Future of Information?"
November 10, 2011 13:08 ET | University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland is leading the way in questioning how to address the scale and ever-changing nature of information through the creation of the Future of Information Alliance. COLLEGE...
Unique Program to Boost Food Safety Opens; Aimed at Foreign Lab Workers
September 16, 2011 13:30 ET | University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md, Sept. 16, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new training facility has opened near the nation's capital taking a unique approach to global food safety. The new public-private initiative is...
For Safer Food Imports, We'll Teach Foreign Lab Workers U.S. Requirements
September 07, 2011 13:02 ET | University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amid ongoing concerns about E. coli, Salmonella and other food-borne illnesses, a new facility will take a unique approach to safer imports bound...
$27.5M Fed Award Launches National Center to Synthesize Shared Environmental Solutions
August 02, 2011 12:41 ET | University of Maryland, College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Aug. 2, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The University of Maryland is launching a cutting edge research center to develop novel policy solutions for today's most pressing environmental...