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Office of the Provost, Division of Academic Affairs, University of Maryland

Provost Initiatives

The Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost is committed to fostering cross-campus collaboration and innovation to drive progress toward the university’s strategic plan vision to improve the lives of every person on Earth; accelerate solutions to the grand challenges of our time; forge a diverse and inclusive community; and dedicate ourselves to advancing the public good.

We Reimagine Learning

We reimagine learning and teaching as inclusive, experiential, publicly engaged, creative, integrative, holistic, and empowering.

Students presenting in class

Encouraging participants to collaborate across fields of study to maximize teaching impact and create innovative and meaningful learning experiences.

Undergraduate student researcher presenting

Empowering students and campus partners to equitably and inclusively engage and succeed in research and scholarship.

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Learning Environment Modernization

Expanding the development of accessible, flexible, and learner-centered environments, including both new and renovated spaces.

We Take on Humanity's Grand Challenges

Our education, research, scholarship and creative activities, and service are designed to accelerate solutions to humanity’s grand challenges—within our communities and around the globe.

Mesonet

Supporting projects to accelerate solutions to humanity’s grand challenges within our communities and around the globe through education, research, scholarship, creative activities and service.

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Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland

Developing the next generation of artificial intelligence education, technology and leaders through interdisciplinary research that focuses on the responsible and ethical use of AI.

We Invest in People and Communities

We invest in people, their well-being and advancement, and the conditions that support their ability to fully participate and thrive in our community, state, and world.

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Ensuring that a UMD education is affordable to our state's most promising students, dramatically reducing the financial barriers to obtaining a higher education for low-income Marylanders.

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Investing in Graduate Students

Working collaboratively with graduate student leaders to improve the graduate student experience at UMD through investments in graduate education and graduate student life.

We Partner to Advance the Public Good

We will create and sustain partnerships that allow our research to have impact locally and globally, our education to prepare students for civic engagement and impact, and our service to create solutions for a more equitable, sustainable, and resilient world.

Students engaging with community members

Center for Community Engagement

Supporting existing community engagement activities across campus, and cultivating new opportunities for community-engaged scholarship, instruction, and service.

Urban Farm Incubator

Do Good Campus

Developing and growing programs that are centered around supporting all Terps to take what they are passionate about and make an impact. 

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Serving Maryland Students

Accelerating efforts to support students in Prince George’s County and Baltimore high schools seeking admission to The University of Maryland.

Our Fearless Impact

Scholars, researchers, innovators and creators converge at the University of Maryland to be a force for good. Together, we lead Fearlessly Forward.