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		<title>Agricultural Services</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Maryland College of Agricultural and Natural Resources at College Park, School of Agriculture and Natural Sciences at University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and University of Maryland Carey School of Law are collaborating to better understand the unmet legal needs of Maryland’s agricultural communities, and identify strategies to remedy them.  The institutions have joined forces to conduct an extensive legal needs assessment.]]></description>
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		<title>Legal Education in College Park</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in Baltimore and the University of Maryland in College Park are collaborating in the development of a range of new educational programs focused on law and society – the first programs of their kind in the country]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli tech firms announce Maryland moves as O&#039;Malley trade trip continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By ALEX JACKSON&#160;ajackson@capgaznews.com&#160;&#124;&#160;8&#160;comments As Gov. Martin O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s eight-day economic development mission moved to Israel on Tuesday, it was formally announced that four Israeli technology companies have agreed to open offices in Maryland. The O&#8217;Malley administration said in a statement that Shekel Scales opened an office in Owings Mills earlier this year. Three other firms &#8212; Askimo, Roboteam and Hybrid Security &#8212; all have plans to set up shop in Maryland. &#160; O&#8217;Malley touted the companies&#8217; Maryland commitments as a &#8220;testament to our highly educated workforce and strategic location.&#8221; Shekel Scales, which builds electronic scales for the retail and health care industries, plans on hiring 30 people for its office in Owings Mills to assist its customers, which range from GE Healthcare to Fujitsu. Askimo, an online education startup, had previously announced its intention to move to Maryland. The Tel Aviv-based business will open a Montgomery County office with four employees by the end of the summer. Askimo CEO David Butnaro said in a statement that the firm&#8217;s intention &#8220;is to establish the company&#8217;s global headquarters in the U.S. and to be close to the world&#8217;s capital of communications, Washington, D.C.&#8221; Also coming to Maryland is Roboteam, a developer of robots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serial Entrepreneur Ken Malone Named BHI Entrepreneur-in-Residence to Offer Commercialization Guidance to Start-Ups Based on UM Discoveries</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROCKVILLE, Md. and BALTIMORE, April 22, 2013 -- ROCKVILLE, Md. and BALTIMORE, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI), a regional private-public partnership focusing on commercializing market-relevant biohealth innovations and increasing access to early-stage funding in Central Maryland, today announced its selection of Ken Malone, Ph.D., of Early Charm Ventures, as the first BHI Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) assigned to work directly with UM Ventures. Dr. Malone, a serial entrepreneur who has founded or been an officer of five biotechnology or advanced materials companies, will help advance the commercialization efforts of new start-up companies based upon innovative discoveries coming out of research programs at the University of Maryland (UMD) College Park and Baltimore. "We're thrilled to name Ken Malone as an EIR," said Richard Bendis, BHI President &#38; CEO. "Ken and I have a long history of working together, so I know first hand that he has the experience, drive and perspective to be a true asset to BHI and to the many start-ups he'll serve from University of Maryland in support of the newly launched UM Ventures initiative." Dr. Malone will assist any interested UM start-ups once they have been launched. "Maryland's future lies in unlocking the economic potential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Maryland Makes Connections Abroad</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANNAPOLIS &#8212; The University of Maryland has signed a new agreement that establishes the school&#8217;s first formal reciprocal student exchange program with the University of Jordan.The agreement was signed on Monday during a visit to Jordan by Gov. Martin O&#8217;Malley and University of Maryland President Wallace D. Loh.Officials say that Maryland is the second largest U.S. import market by volume for Jordan, and that Jordan is the 63rd largest export market for Maryland.Loh&#8217;s visit marks the Middle East debut of &#8220;MPowering the State,&#8221; the year-old collaboration between the University of Maryland campuses in College Park and Baltimore.School officials say that both institutions are set to formalize a partnership with Tel Aviv University and foster new ties with the University of Haifa. Read more: http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/04/22/university-of-maryland-makes-connections-abroad/#ixzz2RIy11Yme]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Heads To Israel As Part Of MIDC Trade Mission</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Martin O&#8217;Malley and an entourage of Jewish and other thought-leaders will board a plane on April 20 and head to the Holy Land. This is the governor&#8217;s second mission. The trip is being called a &#8220;trade mission,&#8221; a trip put on by the Maryland/Israel Development Center with the support of the Baltimore Jewish Council. The purpose of the mission, according to MIDC&#8217;s chairman, Abba David Poliakoff, is to explore &#8212; and in some cases, solidify &#8212; economic development opportunities for Maryland with Israeli businesses and institutions. &#8220;As our economy strengthens, we know we must look beyond our borders for new avenues for trade and investment, particularly those countries, like Israel, that have invested heavily in supporting entrepreneurs and growing an innovation economy,&#8221; said Gov. O&#8217;Malley. Poliakoff said there are talks happening with a number of Israeli companies interested in setting up satellite offices in Maryland. In an article published on the MIDC website, three such companies are named: Hybrid Security, Robo-Team and Askimo. Hybrid Security has a cyber-security product named Telepath that monitors the behavioral aspects of all Web application users, inside and outside the organization. Robo-Team has created a family of robotic hardware and software solutions designated for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MPowering the State Makes Middle East Debut Pursuing Innovation on Mission with Gov. O’Malley</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MPowering the State Makes Middle East DebutPursuing Innovation on Mission with Gov. O&#8217;Malley COLLEGE PARK, Md. &#8211; Maryland Governor Martin O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s trade mission to Israel and Jordan marks the Middle East debut of &#8220;MPowering the State&#8221; &#8211; the year-old collaboration between the University of Maryland campuses in College Park (UMD) and Baltimore (UMB). Both institutions are set to formalize an extensive, wide-ranging partnership with Tel Aviv University on the trip. MPowering will also formalize new ties with the University of Haifa. &#8220;As our economy strengthens, we know we must look beyond our borders for new avenues for trade and investment, particularly those countries &#8211; like Israel &#8211; that have invested heavily in supporting entrepreneurs and growing an Innovation Economy,&#8221; says Maryland Governor Martin O&#8217;Malley. &#8220;I look forward to traveling with this impressive group of educators, business and civic leaders as we work together to grow and expand our already-strong trade and investment ties with Israel and open new doors with Jordan&#8217;s business community.&#8221; The MPowering schools will sign memoranda of understanding and exchange agreements with Tel Aviv University. This new &#8220;University of Maryland-Tel Aviv Academic Partnership&#8221; will provide for a full range of academic and research collaborations in such fields [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Higher education partnerships yield results</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Record 7:11 pm Mon, April 1, 2013 Posted: 7:11 pm Mon, April 1, 2013 By Jay Perman, Wallace Loh and Brit Kirwan The Daily Record Maryland researchers dream about the possibilities of personalized medicine &#8212; using advanced technology to customize treatments for individual patients. Developing the treatments will take a broad mix of engineering, computer science, medical and biological expertise. The first critical step involves assembling this scientific dream team. One year ago, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, with the guidance of the Maryland General Assembly, committed to building that future by doing more with Maryland&#8217;s impressive research arsenal. We have come much further than we dreamed on that wintry March day and have made solid gains for the state. We are Maryland&#8217;s two largest public research universities. Over the past year, we created &#8220;MPowering the State&#8221; &#8212; the framework for a new educational, research and entrepreneurial collaboration between the University of Maryland campuses in College Park and Baltimore. Our collaborative power, for example, comes from pairing College Park&#8217;s excellence in engineering and computer science with Baltimore&#8217;s in biomedicine and medical imaging. By mining genetic data, researchers seek to develop a range of personalized treatments, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MPower alliance with UMB results in innovative programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 9, 2013 By Jenny Hottie / The Diamondback While university President Wallace Loh advocated for a merger between this university and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, the Board of Regents entered into a &#8220;strategic alliance&#8221; between the two institutions. &#160;In hindsight, collaborating with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, made perfect sense to university President Wallace Loh. When engineers at this university learned of a Baltimore neurosurgeon&#8217;s struggle to operate on sensitive parts of the brain, they designed a tiny robot to maneuver around more precisely than instruments held by a human hand during surgery &#8212; something Loh said never would have happened if the neurosurgeon and robotic engineers had not met. Now, one year into the partnership, the universities have launched a collaborative public health school, developed a joint biomedical informatics and bioimaging center and created a research and innovation program. &#8220;When you have a formal structure for a partnership and encourage people to talk to each other, this is what the partnership between the universities is all about,&#8221; Loh said. &#8220;They have the problems; we have the solutions.&#8221; State officials first proposed the University System of Maryland study a potential merger between this university and UMB in March [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UMB and UMCP celebrate first year of collaborative success</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) President Jay Perman and University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) President Wallace Loh celebrate the first year of the University of Maryland: MPowering the State collaboration.&#160; Adelphi, MD (March 28, 2013)&#8212;One year ago, the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland (USM), with guidance from the Maryland General Assembly, charted this bold new course, using the resources of the two universities to better serve students, attract more exceptional faculty and researchers, and boost research, technology transfer and commercialization. &#8220;Maryland has tremendous competitive advantages in research and education,&#8221; says USM Chancellor William Kirwan.&#160; &#8220;In just one year, MPowering the State is already producing significant results, creating new business partnerships and jobs.&#8221; A core mission of MPowering the State is better commercializing the more than one billion dollars in grant-based research conducted by the two universities.&#160; &#8220;We launched UM Ventures because it positions us to strengthen our technology transfer efforts and commercialization statewide,&#8221; says UMCP President Wallace Loh, PhD.&#160; &#8220;A fully coordinated innovation ecosystem and unified technology transfer improves our ability to work with industry and bring innovative products to the market.&#8221; &#160; MPowering the State is also providing new educational opportunities for Maryland students, [...]]]></description>
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