Leaders from industry, academia and government labs along with elected officials broke ground Tuesday on the new Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) headquarters, located in the University of Maryland’s Discovery District. It was just one of the ways Terps marked World Quantum Day, a celebration of science and technology based on the revolutionary field.
Projects to build a new playground at the Center for Young Children, expand computer science education for Latine communities in local libraries and create courses and field experiences to help bridge the urban-rural divide are among 18 that will split $245,000 from UMD’s Do Good Campus Fund.