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Who Gives a Fig? Try a Fresh One and Find Out.

UMD horticulturist hopes to open minds, inspire community members to plant fruit trees with tasting tours.

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Athletics

August 12, 2026
Retired Marketing Trailblazer Seeks to Elevate Students’ Game, Career Preparation
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Spring 2026

May 20, 2026
Researcher resurrects top-secret 20th century machines
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Research

August 05, 2026
Center for Quantum Networks develops infrastructure for the future of telecommunications.
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Research

August 10, 2026
A cycle of loosening and rebuilding in a matrix around brain cells offers new insight into skill-building.

Recent Articles

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Research

July 30, 2026
Research team will be part of a new national network speeding up experimentation.
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Research

August 05, 2026
Funding supports multidisciplinary teams tackling one of AI's biggest challenges: earning public trust.
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Campus & Community

July 29, 2026
The Brin family’s commitment was matched by a $3.25M award from the state for 2 endowed chairs.
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Research

July 31, 2026
A new UMD-led study finds a powerful potential alternative to costly antivenoms.

In Brief

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August 12, 2026
A new UMD study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that dominant policy strategies like supply restrictions and trade bans…

August 11, 2026
Silvec Biologics, a biotech startup co-founded by a University of Maryland plant virologist to combat a disease devastating citrus crops, announced Monday that…

August 06, 2026
The minor offers a formal way for students from all disciplines to gain literacy in the ecosystem, which shapes everything in Maryland from the seafood…

August 04, 2026
A new study by geologists at the University of Maryland, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Hawaii shows that seismic waves could be…

AI at Maryland

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Research

August 05, 2026
Funding supports multidisciplinary teams tackling one of AI's biggest challenges: earning public trust.
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Research

August 03, 2026
UMD researcher is developing a tool to optimize calculations to make decisions.
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Research

July 30, 2026
Research team will be part of a new national network speeding up experimentation.

Terps Do Good

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Campus & Community

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

May 06, 2026
At University Park Elementary School, kids learn about plant science, pollinators and more at new garden with help from UMD
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Campus & Community

May 04, 2026
Students choose, pitch, vote for causes to support with mini Do Good grants

Videos

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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
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Research

May 12, 2026
UMD Research Changes Lives: Scientist analyzes bloodsuckers’ immune systems for disease-prevention strategies

From Terp Magazine

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Spring 2026

May 20, 2026
Jeff Kinney ’93 was a shaky student and failed newspaper cartoonist with a big dream. Recounting some of his own misadventures, he reveals that despite being one of the world’s top-selling authors, he’s still figuring things out.
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Spring 2026

May 20, 2026
A trivia nerd’s quizbowl quest sheds light on when to trust computers, or ourselves

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