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Solutions to Bird Flu Hatched

On the Farm and in the Lab, Researchers Are Fighting a Virus That’s Pushing Up Food Prices and Threatening a New Pandemic

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Strengthening Communities, a Course at a Time

New Program Embedding Civic Learning in Classes Across Campus Reaches Over 1,000 Students

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UMD Psychology Researcher’s New Book Explains Why People Turn to Conspiracy Theories

Innate Need for ‘Significance,’ Lack of Self-Awareness Can Make Us Susceptible

Campus & Community

Strengthening Communities, a Course at a Time

New Program Embedding Civic Learning in Classes Across Campus Reaches Over 1,000 Students

Research

UMD Psychology Researcher’s New Book Explains Why People Turn to Conspiracy Theories

Innate Need for ‘Significance,’ Lack of Self-Awareness Can Make Us Susceptible

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5 Tips to Navigating Uncertainty

Facing Life Changes or Other Challenges, UMD Systems Thinking Expert Urges Flexibility

Terps Look to the Sky to Solve a Burning Challenge

In XPRIZE Competition, Students, Faculty Design Autonomous Drone System to Detect, Suppress Wildfires

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New National Quantum Hub to be Based at UMD’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security

DARPA Partners With Maryland to Drive Quantum Innovation, Strengthen ‘Capital of Quantum’

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(Financial support) is likely an outgrowth of how the parents treated their children when they were in college. The longer it goes on, the harder it becomes to cut the cord.

Michael McMillan

Associate clinical professor of accounting, on how parents who pay for their adult children’s living expenses could be hurting their retirement savings

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USM, UMD to Host Title II Readiness Conference

The University System of Maryland and the University of Maryland will host a conference on Friday on how to ensure compliance with the U.S. Department of Justice’s requirement that state and local governments make their websites and mobile apps accessible to people with disabilities by April 2026.

Engineering Students Win Waste Energy Harvesting Competition

A team of University of Maryland students claimed the $25,000 grand prize this month in the Radiance Technologies Innovation Bowl, a competition that required them to build an efficient energy waste harvesting device in under two months.

Value of Volunteer Time Rose in 2024, Do Good Institute and Nonprofit Organization Find

The value of a volunteer hour  is $34.79—a  3.9% increase  from the previous year, the University of Maryland’s Do Good Institute and the nonprofit membership organization  Independent Sector announced on Wednesday. The report illustrates the significant contributions volunteers make to support our communities and nation.

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Kermit the Frog to Deliver 2025 Commencement Address

Alum Jim Henson’s Beloved Muppet Will Address Graduates at Campus Ceremony

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The Age of Skin

Researcher’s Study of Disease That Fatally Ages Children Leads to a Discovery That Could Help Us All Look Younger

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