Uncertainty is exhausting and kids feel it, too. We can’t promise stability in everything around them, but we can give adults a guide helping them be emotionally present to help kids make sense of it all.

The July jobs report revealed that only 73,000 jobs were added to the economy last month, with unemployment increasing to 4.2%. Then August kicked off with Trump’s tariffs expected to increase US food prices by 3.4% – $2,200 a year for an average family – and up the average price of a car in America by $5,900.

Join the University of Maryland MATRIX Lab at the USMSM SMART Building for its next event, “Minimal Active Perception for Embodied AI Design in Nano UAV Autonomy” with Dr. Yiannis Aloimonos. The program will be held from 5-7pm August 6, 2025.