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Major update to PIRUS dataset adds 955 U.S. subjects from 2019-2021

New data map illustrates connections between January 6th defendants and extremist groups

START Director to co-lead anti-hate discussions at the White House, worldwide summit

UMD Report: Conspiracy theories fueled more terror attacks in 2020

START researchers present on the impact of climate change on terrorism

Welcoming interns back in person at START

ICONS team releases report on escalation management in gray zone international crises

START releases data on Proud Boys ahead of Capitol Riot anniversary

START produces new data tool exploring crimes committed by U.S. QAnon offenders

START releases new data on extremism among U.S. service members and veterans

START launches new master’s degree program in security and terrorism studies

Ongoing study will inform resiliency best practices for the first responder community in wake of COVID-19

START releases new analysis of QAnon offenders in the United States

New analysis of hate crime in America: Mass casualty hate crime offenders

New research reveals tremendous diversity in hate crime offenders’ backgrounds and motivations

Global Terrorism Overview: Terrorism in 2019

Juneteenth Statement from the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

Infographic series explores cartel operations in Mexico

January 2022

Jan 31

Department of Defense provides funding to UMD for data collection on asymmetric threats

Jan 31

START to offer internship stipends beginning summer 2022

Jan 12

ICONS team releases report on escalation management in gray zone international crises

Jan 5

START releases data on Proud Boys ahead of Capitol Riot anniversary

December 2021

Dec 20

December News: UWT presents on foreign influence operations

Dec 14

START Founding Director delivers Sutherland lecture at American Society of Criminology annual meeting

Dec 10

Students participate in violence prevention simulation with ICONS Project

Dec 2

Unconventional Weapons and Technology team present research on influence operations at Laboratory for Analytic Sciences symposium

November 2021

Nov 30

November News: New partnership focuses on climate change & terrorism

Nov 19

START Director invited to serve on Maryland domestic terrorism task force

Nov 18

CALCE and START co-host Intersections of Illicit Trafficking and Counterfeit Parts Workshop

Nov 15

Michael Jensen attends Eradicate Hate Global Summit in Pittsburgh

Nov 8

Members of Generations for Peace come to START to discuss countering violent extremism

Nov 2

Climate change: Fueling terror and extremism

October 2021

Oct 25

October News: Career opportunities; START hosts Peace Game

Oct 25

Students excel in START’s online graduate programs

Oct 20

Fulbright scholar comes to START to study deradicalization

Oct 19

ICONS team hosts Peace Game with U.S. Diplomatic Studies Foundation

Oct 8

START team provides online training on mixed-methods research on preventing and countering violent extremism in Pakistan

September 2021

Sep 27

September News: New QAnon data tool; Career opportunities

Sep 24

START produces new data tool exploring crimes committed by U.S. QAnon offenders

Sep 10

9/11: 20 years later

Sep 6

START researchers co-lead webinar series on security challenges in Malaysia

Sep 3

Modelling audience populations: A “call to science”

August 2021

Aug 23

August News: Migration, security & regional militancy in Sabah

START in the News

Straight Arrow News: Cartels expand their business beyond drugs to oil and gas — and avocados

USA Today: ‘Attack on military readiness’: Human rights groups sound new alarm on extremism

National Institute of Justice: Using Research to Improve Hate Crime Reporting and Identification

Events

Date: Oct 19, 2023 Virtual Information Session: MPS in Security and Terrorism Studies & Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Analysis (10/19)

Date: Oct 12, 2023 Virtual Information Session: Global Terrorism Studies Minor Program (10/12/23)

Date: Nov 02, 2023 Virtual Information Session: Global Terrorism Studies Minor Program (11/2/23)

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