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Grand Challenges Grants Program Generates Nearly $100M in External Investments to Solve Global Problems

UMD kicks off a second round of grants, awarding $15 million to 11 interdisciplinary research teams.

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Arts & Culture

October 21, 2026
Terps and community members celebrate the state's biodiversity in sculpture, paintings, drawings and more.
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Campus & Community

October 21, 2026
Alumna’s support will help recruit and retain top scholars in a field that shaped her career in law and service.
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Campus & Community

October 20, 2026
A new University of Maryland Extension program will help people channel grief into backyard refuges.
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Research

October 20, 2026
$7.5M project unites modern and traditional AI approaches to boost logical reasoning under uncertain conditions.

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Glassbox Padel Club brings four padel courts to College Park. Photographed for Maryland Today on October 2, 2026.

Photo by Dylan Singleton/University of Maryland

Campus & Community

October 20, 2026
Terps embrace fast-growing sport at new local club.
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Campus & Community

October 19, 2026
UMD embeds staff at four neighboring community colleges to help students find their way to College Park.
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Campus & Community

October 19, 2026
Volunteers counting species at Audubon International’s BioBlitz find “par-fect” blend of nature and discovery.
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Research

October 16, 2026
A UMD professor appointed to help recommend sites for the National Register of Historic Places explains its significance.

In Brief

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October 21, 2026
A University of Maryland research team has developed a wood-drying heat pump prototype that delivers 26% more heating capacity than a state-of-the-art…

October 21, 2026
A team of computer scientists at the University of Maryland and Google Research has developed an algorithm able to build a search index for 1 billion items in…

October 21, 2026
xFoundry opened registration on Monday for Before You Share, inviting student teams to build digital products that help people recover the sources and missing…

October 20, 2026
Among the increasing number of women who live through breast cancer, many older, long-term survivors remain frail. A study published Monday in the Journal of…

AI at Maryland

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Research

October 20, 2026
$7.5M project unites modern and traditional AI approaches to boost logical reasoning under uncertain conditions.
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Research

October 16, 2026
UMD researchers found students avoided virtual tutors, had less interaction with course materials and lower grades.
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Research

October 15, 2026
Initiative’s AI approach could turn invasive eye injections into simple eye drops.

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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