Uber partners with UMd.

The University of Maryland has entered into a partnership with ride-sharing tech company Uber, which will make a $25,000 investment to create a student-run incubator space, the university announced.

The incubator, called Student Shell, will also function as a co-working space and includes an “innovation council” to crowdsource development ideas from students and faculty, according to a release. Uber will award grants to student-created companies over the next two years.

Uber also plans to experiment…