The University of Maryland Baltimore County has joined the highest ranks of research universities in the country, a milestone for the young school with a reputation for producing scientists and engineers of color.
The 55-year-old university in suburban Baltimore reached Research 1, or R1, status, a distinction for universities with very high research activity.
Image: Trevor Shepard, a chemistry major, works on a viscosity experiment at the University of Maryland Baltimore County in October 2020. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
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