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Scripps Howard Foundation Invests $5.5 Million to Extend UMD Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
CINCINNATI – The Scripps Howard Foundation is extending its support for the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism with two grants totaling $11 million over the next three years. The funding will allow the Howard Centers at the University of Maryland and Arizona State University to continue teaching students the skills needed to become top investigative journalists.
Professor Deborah Nelson Becomes 1st Merrill Faculty Member to Win UMD Kirwan Prize for Research
COLLEGE PARK — Deborah Nelson, a professor at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, has been named the recipient of UMD’s 2025 Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize.
UMD Howard Center Begins Publishing Investigation into Railroad Safety, Transportation of Hazardous Materials
COLLEGE PARK — More than two years have passed since the damaging 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. But the serious questions raised by the disaster remain.