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Laura Ours

Laura Ours is director of communications and marketing in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

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Parents Typically Track Children’s Growth. UMD Research Could One Day Let Them Follow Brain Development.

Groundbreaking Dataset Will Provide Insight to Tackle Neurological, Behavioral Questions

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Alumna Dedicated to Improving Health Care Delivery Named Knight-Hennessy Scholar

Award to Fund MBA at Stanford—While She Seeks Harvard MPP Degree

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Study: Divorce Hurts Children’s Long-term Earnings, Increases Chances of Teen Births, Time in Jail

Economists Analyzed Data on 5M American Kids to Quantify Outcomes

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UMD Economist Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

John C. Haltiwanger Honored for Research Measuring Job Creation and Loss, Labor Productivity

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UMD Junior Dedicated to Public Service Wins Truman Scholarship

Government and Politics, Computer Science Student is 11th Terp Honored for Exceptional Leadership Potential

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New Book Asks Us to Confront Extremism in the World—and Ourselves

UMD Psychologist Recommends Balance Vs. Over-the-top Behaviors in Work or Play

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ADHD: Misunderstood, Underdiagnosed—and Treatable

UMD Expert on Disorder Sheds Light and Shares Insights During Awareness Month

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Study Shows Background Checks Don’t Always Check Out

Bad Data, Human Error Can Lead to Unfair Reports, or Miss Significant Wrongdoing

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UMD-Post Poll: Republicans Increasingly Loyal to Trump, Sympathetic to Capitol Rioters

Survey Also Finds Fewer in GOP Believe Biden Was Legitimately Elected

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UMD Researchers Follow the Money to the House Floor

Computational Tools to Map Connections Between Congressional Speeches and Donations

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Researcher’s New Book Reveals Spirituality Is a Powerful Force in Women’s Prisons

Religion Supports Incarcerated Women, but Divides Into ‘Haves’ and ‘Have Nots’ Too

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Three Professors Named to National Academy of Sciences

Economist, Geologist and Engineer Bring UMD’s Total to 24

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