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Research at Facebook

Facebook now has a formal review process for pre-approving research on its users. Please contact the ORPC if there are any questions....

Posted: October 3, 2014, 9:00 AM

Presenters/speakers for research administrators meeting

The Society of Research Administrators International / Chesapeake Chapter is soliciting presenters and session proposal ideas for the 2015 Chapter meeting to be held in Baltimore, Maryland at the...

Posted: September 25, 2014, 3:24 PM

Updates to the OPRC website

Over the next several weeks, ORPC will be transitioning compliance information from our myUMBC to the research.umbc.edu/ website. All the details and information investigators require for research...

Posted: September 24, 2014, 3:26 PM

New procedures for biosafety/recombinant DNA research

UMBC will soon be convening an Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) to ensure our research continues to conform to the NIH Guidelines associated with plant, pathogen, transgenic animal and...

Posted: September 17, 2014, 2:52 PM