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The Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) released the 2024 Annual Report, whichi highlights the progress of the organization over the past year comprising recent innovation research initiatives including emerging technologies such as quantum and AI along with a greater focus on critical mission areas like supply chain security and cognitive security.

Lynn Basa, David Franklin, and Aaron Whelton are a few of the artists whose proposed creative installations were selected by the Purple Line Art-In-Transit Program. These three artists will specifically have their installations located within the Discovery District at either the College Park-UMD Station or the Riverdale Park North-UMD Station.

The National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) develops and provides language resources for a wide range of learners, from educators to government officials. A free language-learning app, Lectia, with lessons in 19 languages was created by the NFLC. Thomas Sauer, the assistant director of resource development at the NFLC, who grew up in Germany and has taught and consulted on language acquisition for two decades in the United States, shares a few tips for language learning.

UMD and IonQ will be partnering to advance quantum computing in support of national security. The Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS), based at the University of Maryland, selected IonQ, a leader in quantum computing, to design and install a unique system researchers will use to advance the use of quantum computers in national security.

Governor Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Department of Commerce had awarded 11 grants totaling $9 million through the Build Our Future Grant Pilot Program. The recipients represent projects that will support innovation infrastructure development in eligible technology sectors. Two of these recipients, the Quantum Startup Foundry and QC82, are based in the Discovery District.

A team of students in UMD’s Global Terrorism Studies minor program recently won the national Invent2Prevent competition, an experiential learning program encouraging high school and college students to design and implement creative solutions to prevent targeted violence, hate, or terrorism in their communities. The UMD team won a first-place $10,000 prize.

Dr. John Beieler has been named the new Executive Director of the University of Maryland’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS), one of 15 designated Department of Defense University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs) in the U.S., and the only UARC dedicated to intelligence and national security.

Soon-to-be 10-year-old Stella Stakolosa received a birthday gift unlike any other on Tuesday, when students at College Park Academy presented her with a lacrosse stick they’d designed just for her: hot pink, bendable and wheelchair-mounted.

The University of Maryland received a new contract with a $500 million ceiling from the Department of Defense to support the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) and its mission of tackling complex national security problems using a multidisciplinary approach. It is the largest research contract in UMD’s history.