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title: UMD Receives $27.2M Gift to Support Mathematics Research and Outreach
date: 2024-03-14T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
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# UMD Receives $27.2M Gift to Support Mathematics Research and Outreach

*March 14, 2024* — by [Maryland Today Staff](/author/maryland-today-staff)


> Funding to Endow Brin Mathematics Research Center, Establish Endowed Chair, Launch a Summer Camp for Maryland High Schoolers

*Kirwan Hall 08022023 JC 9733 1920x1080 — A new $27.2 million gift from UMD mathematics Professor Emeritus Michael Brin and his wife Eugenia (below) follows a $4.75 million gift in 2021 to establish the Brin Mathematics Research Center.*

The University of Maryland announced on Thursday a $27.2 million gift to the [Department of Mathematics](https://www-math.umd.edu/) to endow the [Brin Mathematics Research Center](https://brinmrc.umd.edu/), establish a new Brin Endowed Chair in Mathematics and pilot the Brin Maryland Mathematics Camp for talented high school students in the state.

The gift is the latest from UMD mathematics Professor Emeritus Michael Brin and his wife Eugenia, a retired NASA scientist, who established the Brin Mathematics Research Center in December 2021 with a $4.75 million gift.


*Michael and Eugenia Brin hold plaque*



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