Audiology Faculty and Students
Aid in Hearing Loss Awareness

Dr. Brad Ingrao, clinical supervisor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences’ Hearing and Speech Clinic, recently constructed a mannequin for the American Speech-Language Hearing Association's "Listen to Your Buds" hearing loss prevention program. Professor Ingrao gave the mannequin, known as “Bud,” anatomically correct ears. One ear has a microphone embedded... Read more

Leone’s Lab Breathes New
Life into History of Annapolis

“Cold winds may be blowing and the ground is definitely frozen, but the weather isn’t slowing archaeologists in their decades-long effort to document Annapolis’ past. The scientists have merely moved indoors to their lab at the University of Maryland, where they continue to make sense of the pieces of bone, shards of china, bits of spice bottles and slivers of material that have been unearthed in Annapolis.”

So begins a front-page article in Annapolis’ Capital... Read more

Government Professor Paul Herrnson
Provides Testimony to the Maryland
House Judiciary Committee

Professor Paul Herrnson, director of the Center for American Politics and Citizenship, provided testimony to the Maryland House of Delegates regarding Bill 123, which considers exempting election judges from jury duty. In his testimony, Professor Herrnson explains why he believes allowing citizens to substitute service as an election judge for jury duty has the potential to improve the recruitment of qualified election judges and improve the election process. More

Health Economist Darrell Gaskin Testifies
to the Health and Government Operations Committee of the Maryland State Assembly

Professor Darrell Gaskin, a health economist in the Department of African American Studies, testified to the Health and Government Operations Committee of the Maryland State Assembly on January 27 that "Ignoring Health Disparities is Expensive." Read more