GOVERNOR O¹MALLEY HIGHLIGHTS INVESTMENTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND¹S BIOPARK

BALTIMORE, MD – Governor Martin O’Malley visited University of Maryland’s BioPark where he highlighted the integral role biotechology plays in Maryland’s innovation economy. More than 600 people work in 30 companies at the University of Maryland BioPark, moving us toward cures for diseases like cancer, malaria and diabetes.

Maryland is the regional leader in job creation. Together, with our dynamic private sector, we’re creating jobs faster than any other state in the Mid-Atlantic, and we’ve recovered over 99% of the jobs lost in the national recession. What's more, Maryland is home to the nation’s second highest concentration of STEM workers and has one of the fastest STEM job growth rates in the country. Because STEM jobs are expected to grow nearly twice as fast as non-STEM jobs in the next five years and will likely continue to outpace their non-STEM counterparts in wages, Governor O’Malley is determined to continue his focus on creating STEM jobs and to continue working to prepare Marylanders for those jobs.

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