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Gift Gives Testudo a New Reason to Turn Cartwheels

Family with two Terps who served as UMD’s much-loved mascot endow the program.

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Research

October 14, 2026
UMD’s first-of-its-kind effort reveals higher contamination rates in Western Maryland
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Campus & Community

October 13, 2026
In a letter to campus, UMD’s president denounces last weekend’s incident involving racist imagery.
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Arts & Culture

October 09, 2026
After years apart, two UMD swim teammates reconnected over their work bringing Latin American crafts and fine art to the U.S.
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Arts & Culture

October 09, 2026
Show opening Friday at The Clarice imagines a strange future for the animated series.

Recent Articles

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Fall 2026

September 04, 2026
After 60 years in public service, the longtime congressman and Terp retires with a legacy etched on American history, in Maryland and across UMD’s campus.
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Research

October 08, 2026
Over decades, the researchers helped build and operate the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
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Campus & Community

October 07, 2026
As registration deadlines near, map out a plan for how, when and where to cast your ballot.
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Athletics

October 06, 2026
Vernon Davis returns to campus to stoke Maryland pride.

In Brief

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October 14, 2026
Maryland football legends and former NFL players Shawne Merriman and A.J. Francis will host their annual coat and canned food drives, respectively, at…

October 14, 2026
The Maryland field hockey team is ranked No. 1 in the Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll for the first time since 2013, when the Terrapins advanced to…

October 07, 2026
UMD President Darryll J. Pines, Police Chief David B. Mitchell and Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia A. Perillo sent the following message to the…

October 07, 2026
With the support of a two-year, $725,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health, a University of Maryland research team will explore whether a noisy home…

AI at Maryland

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Research

October 06, 2026
Projects aim to improve outcomes for heart-failure patients and create better method to evaluate AI-enabled medical imaging systems.
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Research

October 02, 2026
Business and philosophy professors highlight the critical role of universities in shaping the tech.
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Research

September 17, 2026
Combined $7.4M from Gates Foundation and Microsoft AI for Good Lab support a push for fresh data for farmers.

Terps Do Good

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Campus & Community

September 15, 2026
Volunteers debut the ElectionCycle and DemocraCycle bikes to share election information.
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Campus & Community

September 08, 2026
Improving literacy, teaching oral hygiene, hosting a free football camp and more.
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Campus & Community

May 26, 2026
UMD student team creates, installs motorized device for child with special needs

Videos

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Research

October 05, 2026
Sustainable agriculture finds home in lab that feeds innovation as well as Terps in the dining halls.
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Campus & Community

July 15, 2026
Dining Services chef shares the scoop on the creamy, dreamy world of UMD ice cream
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Research

July 17, 2026
A state team assesses health, tracks populations to protect bear and human communities
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Campus & Community

May 22, 2026
At Commencement 2026, UMD and NASA alumna Jeanette Epps urges students to stay curious

From Terp Magazine

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Fall 2026

September 04, 2026
The clickable hyperlink. The Universal Product Code. The Muppets. American life wouldn’t be the same without the ingenuity of UMD researchers and alums.
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Fall 2026

September 04, 2026
After 60 years in public service, the longtime congressman and Terp retires with a legacy etched on American history, in Maryland and across UMD’s campus.
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Fall 2026

September 04, 2026
Excavations by UMD researchers and students unearth new stories about the enslaved communities at the Jefferson and Madison estates.

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