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University of Maryland Research Center and Laboratory Tours*
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Driskell Center For The Study of The Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and The African Diaspora - David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland celebrates the legacy of David C. Driskell -- Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Art, Artist, Art Historian, Collector, and Curator -- both by preserving the rich heritage of African American visual art and culture, and by fostering the development of future artists and scholars of color. Established in 2001, the Center provides an intellectual home for scholars, museum professionals, art administrators, and artists broadening the field of African diasporic studies. By bringing together the visual arts and the field of diasporic studies in fluid and dynamic ways, the Center offers creative and curricular programming to the University and the greater Maryland and Washington, D.C. communities while serving as a national leader in the field of African American art and culture.
- Maryland Child and Family Development Laboratory : The Maryland Child and Family Development Laboratory is a research center affiliated with the Department of Psychology. The lab's current projects are:
- FAMILY EMOTIONAL CLIMATE PROJECT: This project is a collaborative effort with Dr. Carl Lejuez and the Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research, and Dr. Stacey Daughters, Assistant Professor of Community and Public Health. The study is designed to investigate several aspects of the family emotional climate that may serve as risk or protective factors for adolescents’ distress tolerance and risk behaviors.
- ATTACHMENT AND RELATIONSHIPS IN ADOLESCENCE: In this project, we are investigating the potential contributors to individual differences in adolescent social relationships. In particular, the goal of this project is to increase understanding of how adolescents' representations of attachment are related to their current relationships (with both parents and peers) as well as to the creation of new relationships.
- AND-IN-HAND INFANT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: In this project, we are investigating the contributors to infant social and emotional development. We conducted a randomized-controlled intervention study. Mothers were randomly assigned to either an attachment-based home visiting intervention or a psycho-educational home visiting intervention.
- Maryland Institute for Minority Achievement and Urban Education: The Maryland Institute for Minority Achievement and Urban Education is an academic association, an action-oriented collaborative, and an educational center. Its central goals are the improvement of minority achievement, the elimination of the achievement gap, and the improvement and reform of urban education. The Institute seeks to develop and disseminate basic knowledge and to generate and apply research and expert knowledge to local needs and concerns. It serves as a hub for research and interchange on major questions regarding urban education, minority and majority student learning, policy matters, organizational development, leadership and professional development, and effective school reform, among others. It works in concert with local partners to construct mutually productive efforts to help solve problems and meet urban education challenges. It involves local schools and school systems, post-secondary institutional partners, state and national organizations, and others whose interest and expertise may serve the mission of the Institute and its members.
- Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH): Made possible by a major Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) is a collaboration among the University of Maryland 's College of Arts and Humanities, Libraries, and Office of Information Technology. Since its founding in 1999, MITH has become internationally recognized as one of the leading centers of its kind, distinguished by the cultural diversity so central to its identity. Located in McKeldin Library at the heart of the campus, MITH is the University's primary intellectual hub for scholars and practitioners of digital humanities, electronic literature, and cyberculture, as well as the home of the Electronic Literature Organization, the most prominent international group devoted to the writing, publishing and reading of electronic literature.
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National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) : The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, tasked by the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate with using state-of-the-art theories, methods, and data from the social and behavioral sciences to improve understanding of the origins, dynamics, and social and psychological impacts of terrorism. START, based at the University of Maryland , College Park , aims to provide timely guidance on how to disrupt terrorist networks, reduce the incidence of terrorism, and enhance the resilience of U.S. society in the face of the terrorist threat.
- Robert H. Smith School of Business – Van Munching Hall Tour: In 1992 Leo Van Munching, Jr. '50, a Smith School alumnus and president of the company holding the exclusive franchise to import and distribute Heineken and Amstel Light beer donated $5 million toward the construction of the college's new home, Van Munching Hall (VMH). The move from Tydings Hall to the state-of-the-art VMH took place in 1993. In 1999, Van Munching donated $6 million in additional funding to help finance the expansion and renovation of the building. Since 2002 when the Smith School opened its $38 million, 103,300 square foot South Wing expansion, Van Munching Hall has had one of the most technologically advanced facilities directed at management education in the world. The bar was set even higher with the recently opened North Wing addition in spring 2008. The $21 million North Wing addition of 38,000 square feet to Van Munching Hall increased the total space to approximately 238,000 square feet. Outside of Van Munching Hall, the new south campus gateway features gorgeous stonework, a new clock tower, and a beautifully landscaped green space with brick walkways.
- Space Systems Laboratory's Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility - The University of Maryland 's Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility (NBRF) is one of four on-campus research sites associated with the Space Systems Laboratory. It is one of only three operating neutral buoyancy tanks in the United States , the only one located on a college campus, and the only one dedicated to research. At 50 feet wide and 25 feet deep, it is large enough to accommodate equipment, robots and people engaged in research dedicated to making it easier and safer to work in space.
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