Campus & Community
On #NowATerp Tour, Good News Comes as a Surprise
A ‘Party’ of Admissions Staffers Congratulates 3 High School Students at Home
Campus & Community
$3.8M Gift Honors Longtime Business School Dean Rudy Lamone
Renamed Dingman-Lamone Center for Entrepreneurship to Grow Its Programs
Athletics
Donor Makes $10M Gift to Men’s Basketball
New Endowment to Support Program’s Needs in Perpetuity
Campus & Community
$3.8M Gift Honors Longtime Business School Dean Rudy Lamone
Renamed Dingman-Lamone Center for Entrepreneurship to Grow Its Programs
Athletics
Donor Makes $10M Gift to Men’s Basketball
New Endowment to Support Program’s Needs in Perpetuity
Recent Articles
4 UMD Researchers Receive White House Honor
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers Recognizes Exceptional Potential
A ‘Jeopardy!’ Tournament of Terps
9-Time Winner Isaac Hirsch ’14 Is a Favorite in This Year’s Contest. We Found Many Other UMD Veterans of the Show.
U.S. News Ranks UMD’s Online Engineering, Business Grad Programs Among Nation’s Best
Master of Engineering Takes No. 9 Spot; MBA Lands at No. 14
Events
Jan 29
Free HIV/STI Testing
Jan 29
Maryland Men’s Basketball vs. Wisconsin
Jan 30
GIS & Data Help Desk
Jan 30
Atsuko Okatsuka: Full Grown Tour
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MomentUMD Live With Kevin Atticks
Join the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources for the next installment of MomentUMD Live: AGNR Conversations Around Grand Challenges, featuring Kevin Atticks, secretary of agriculture for the state of Maryland.
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In Brief
Caution Urged Around Purple Line Construction, Road Closures
While major construction of the Purple Line in the campus core wrapped up in August, lots of work on the state’s new light-rail line continues at the University of Maryland and beyond. With the Spring 2025 semester starting, the university reminds Terps to use extra caution in their travels on campus.
UMD-led Project Awarded $1.4M for AI-Driven ‘Digital Twin’ of Central Africa’s Forests
NASA has awarded a University of Maryland-led team a $1.4 million grant to develop artificial intelligence-based technology to support the conservation of carbon and biodiversity corridors in Central Africa.
Ball to Step Down as Vice President for Research
University of Maryland, College Park President Darryll J. Pines and University of Maryland, Baltimore President Bruce E. Jarrell sent the following email to campus leaders on Tuesday. We write to inform you of a transition occurring later this year in the Division of Research at both the University of Maryland, College Park and University of Maryland, Baltimore. After three and a half years of laudable service, Vice President Gregory Ball will step down this summer from the role of vice president.
Features
Winter Storm, Campus Transformed
Snowfall Sends January’s Few Students Outside to Frolic
Welcome to the Hotel Influenza
A Groundbreaking UMD Researcher Investigating How Respiratory Infections Spread Asks Volunteers to Check in—and Get Sick for Science