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October 07, 2021

The Maryland Language Science Center has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to support a collaborative project across researchers from UMD, Gallaudet, and Howard Universities and the new Planet Word museum in Washington, DC.

January 23, 2019

Meet Oliver, a PULSAR student in his senior year pursuing a double degree in Linguistics and Computer Science!

January 16, 2019

Meet Pedro Mateo Pedro, the Executive Director of the Guatemala Field Station. This week he's busy with the first Winter Language School at the field station! https://languagescience.umd.edu/winter-school

November 20, 2018

Meet Marisa Fried, the President and founder of the Undergraduate Linguistics Club!

June 12, 2015

A team of faculty in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education (CHSE) has been awarded a U.S. Department of Education Leadership Preparation grant.

June 11, 2015

PULSAR is one year old, and the first students to graduate are heading for new and exciting endeavors in language science.

June 11, 2015

Alia Lancaster (SLA, CASL) participated in a 3-day workshop organized by AAAS focusing on science policy and communication.

June 11, 2015

Maryland language scientists are used to the idea of interdisciplinary collaboration - but rarely sit down to discuss

April 11, 2015

How do listeners use their two ears to better understand speech in noisy environments, or to locate the source of a s

Maria Polinsky
July 15, 2014

We are delighted to welcome Maria (Masha) Polinsky to the language science community at Maryland.

July 15, 2014

Maryland hosted 80 students of linguistics, philosophy, and computer science from all parts of the world at the 6th NASSLLI.

Nautilus HI-LAB
April 30, 2014

The powerful tool called Hi-LAB is a test that could tell you how good you can ultimately get in any foreign language before learning it.

March 27, 2014

The new PULSAR program seeks to spread the language science action by bringing together undergraduate students from diverse fields.

Tess Wood
March 27, 2014

Tess Wood has joined the Language Science Center as Assistant Director.

Rochelle Newman
November 20, 2013

Rochelle Newman has agreed to serve as Associate Director of the Maryland Language Science Center.

Bob Ramsey
November 20, 2013

Bob Ramsey has visited South Korea to receive The Medal of the Order of Cultural Merit from the Prime Minister.