The Washington-Baltimore Combined Statistical Area (CSA) is preeminently positioned to serve as a "MedTech Harbor" and global leader. At the nexus of critical enablers, our CSA includes top-tier research institutions, a world-renowned national laboratory (APL) that excels at prototyping and demonstrating transformative technology, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions with deep expertise and commitment to health equity.

OSPOs are industry-proven methods of accelerating open source adoption among Governments, not-for-profit organizations and academia alike leading to an unmistakable uptick in open source thought, strategy and long-term goals and implementation at all scales globally.Insofar as OSPOs are good for fostering an open source community, they are ineffective if siloed solely within their respective organizations. Their presence, though beneficial to the organization, still houses significant untapped potential as open source is inherently collaborative and global.

As faculty, Dr. Durnell was honored to celebrate her MBA and MS students as they graduated May, 2023.  She also was pleased to be chosen to mentor one of her graduate students and this year's commencment speaker, Heather Latier. 

VR and Student Competency: Social Innovation in Higher EducationImmersive technology such as virtual reality (VR) is being used to facilitate learning and deliver groundbreaking teaching tools and skills to students in higher education. Using VR in higher education is poised to have significant impact on developing students’ skills, increasing their knowledge base, and gaining competence.

Dr. Cialdini’s keynote session at APA 2021 discusses how to further “up” your persuasion game, even before you’ve launched your pitch.  What exactly is pre-suasion? Cialdini: It’s what occurs in the moment before your message is sent that inclines people to say ‘yes’ to it, even though they have not yet experienced it.  You arrange to change the mindset of the people who will receive your message before they do, so that it’s aligned with your message. Then they’ll be ready for it in a way that research shows leads to more assent.