News & Events

Elizabeth Redcay (PSYC), Caroline Charpentier (PSCY/BBI), Rachel Romeo (HDQM),andPhilip Resnik (ARHU/UMIACS), were awarded a 2024 Seed Grant from the Brain & Behavior Institute for their project “Computational Social Neuroscience in the Wild”. Learn more about their research here!

Jonet Artis has recently published a new journal. Click here to learn more about the publication!

Veronica Kang is part of the team who received a $2.5 million grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs. Read more here!

Several UMARC members presented at Kennedy Krieger’s Neurodiversity in the Workplace Conference on October 27-29, 2024. Read more here!

Kathy Dow-Burger and Nancy Forsythe are helping Melwood to launch a $8 million project training neurodivergent individuals in IT and cybersecurity. To learn more about the project, click here!

On May 30-31, 2024, UMD hosted the 6th annual Neurodiversity at Work Research Conference. The conference was co-organized by Kathy Dow-Burger, Hala Annabi (University of Washington), and Andrew Begel (Carnegie Mellon University). Learn more about the conference here!

In May, UMD hosted the first annual Fostering Inclusivity through Technology Workshop and the 6th annual Neurodiversity at Work Research Conference.

UMARC participated in Maryland Day! Members interacted and shared information with community members who visited our Neurodiversity at UMD tent.

Heather Yarger, an assistant research professor in the Department of Psychology, received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to further her studies focusing on anxiety in autistic adolescents . Her work hopes to create more accurate racial...

  Promoting Meaningful Interaction and Social Engagement (PROMISE), led by Veronica Kang, received a $50,000 grant from the Do Good Campus Fund. PROMISE is a project focused on connecting the community of Asian American caregivers of children and adolescents with...