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As commencement ceremonies end, marking the end of the academic year, Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Carlo Colella alerts drivers of summer road closures for construction of the state’s light-rail Purple Line though campus and several other projects underway at the university.
Regular walks strengthen connections in and between brain networks, according to new University of Maryland School of Public Health research, adding to growing evidence linking exercise with slowing the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
Using infrared technology on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a University of Maryland-led team of astronomers for the first time has confirmed the presence of gas—specifically water vapor—around a comet in the solar system’s main asteroid belt.
The University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (MAPP) and the School of Public Health (SPH) announced today the awardees of their inaugural Healthy Places Seed Grants, a funding program designed to spark innovative research around the challenges of building healthy, equitable communities.
The University of Maryland College of Education has launched a program to support school leaders in their efforts to increase student achievement. Funded by a $4.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary & Secondary Education’s Supporting Effective Educator Development Program, the School Improvement Leadership Academy will bring together 180 principals and assistant principals from Title I, high-need and/or targeted support and improvement schools in Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware for comprehensive, evidence-based professional learning and development.
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by a University of Maryland-led team has opened the door to seeing how cells respond to physical signals.
For more than a decade, astronomers have been trying to get a closer look at a planet known as GJ 1214b that orbits a star 40 light years from Earth, but a thick layer of haze stymied their efforts to study its atmosphere.
Leaders from the University of Maryland and Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on May 3 to renew their partnership for another three years.
Led by first-round pick Deonte Banks, five University of Maryland football players were selected this weekend in the 2023 NFL Draft in Kansas City, Mo., the most for the program since 2009.
Together with other schools in the University System of Maryland (USM), the University of Maryland, College Park ranks 14th among U.S. public institutions and 32nd in the world for patents awarded in 2022. According to the report, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last year granted a total of 89 patents to five USM institutions, 41 of which are held by UMD.
An international team of scientists that included two University of Maryland seismologists observed seismic waves traveling through Mars’ core for the first time and confirmed model predictions of the core’s composition.
A University of Maryland expert on the dusty surfaces of moons and asteroids has joined the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, which will launch a spacecraft to Phobos, the larger of the planet’s two moons, in 2024.
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion invites members of the campus community to meet the four finalists for the position of assistant vice president for diversity and inclusion.
The University of Maryland Police Department will participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at its offices in the Pocomoke Building, 7569 Baltimore Ave.
NBA shooting coach and Prince George’s County native Chris Matthews will join University of Maryland, county and community partners at Ritchie Coliseum on Saturday for the College Park Dream Team’s Community Unity Youth Clinic and Basketball Game.
The University Senate invites active faculty and staff and currently enrolled students to join one of its committees for the 2023-24 academic year.
The University of Maryland on Monday received certification as a Bee Campus USA affiliate by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, joining 163 other higher education institutions in a movement dedicated to creating and maintaining pollinator-friendly campus habitats.
The University of Maryland’s National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) has launched a collection of free sustainability-focused resources to engage more teachers and students in discussions about sustainability—with the hope that a greater diversity of perspectives and experiences can yield more robust and creative solutions.
Two Terps were among the top picks in last night’s 2023 WNBA Draft, with Diamond Miller taken second overall by the Minnesota Lynx and Abby Meyers selected No. 11 by the Dallas Wings.
The Department of English in the College of Arts and Humanities will debut a minor in digital storytelling and poetics this fall that will empower students from a range of academic backgrounds to make and tell stories in digital and new media spaces.
All faculty and staff are invited to submit nominations electronically or by mail by April 10 for the President's Medal and the President's Distinguished Service Awards (click on links to view past recipients), which will be conferred at the Faculty and Staff Convocation on Sept. 13.
The University of Maryland Libraries invites students, faculty and staff to participate in a brief, anonymized online survey about their experiences with UMD Libraries.
Student Entertainment Events (SEE) will welcome Aminé with special guest Tai Verdes for the University of Maryland’s annual Art Attack concert on May 5 in the Xfinity Center. Tickets can be purchased at umdtickets.com starting at noon on Friday.
From Monday, March 20 through Friday, March 24, work on the Purple Line light-rail project will close the intersection of Regents and Campus drives for repaving.
Water covers 71% of Earth’s surface, but no one knows how or when such massive quantities of it arrived on our planet in the first place.
The Arboretum and Botanical Garden has announced a collaboration at the University of Maryland to earn the distinction of Bee Campus USA in time for Maryland Day on April 29.
The President’s Awards Advisory Committee is seeking nominations for awards to be conferred at the Faculty and Staff Convocation on Sept. 13. There are two categories of awards.
The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is launching a new master’s program for recent graduates from any academic background and professionals in any industry seeking a time- and cost-efficient means to develop their foundational business skills.
A series of helicopter landings and takeoffs is planned on Chapel Fields as part of educational and training exercises for the Army ROTC program. These events are standard practice and are not cause for alarm. There will be minimal disruption to foot traffic on Chapel Fields during landing and takeoff.
The University of Maryland’s Ukrainian Student Association will host a candlelight vigil for Ukraine at 4 p.m. today by the sundial on McKeldin Mall. It will mark the anniversary tomorrow of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and will honor the victims of Ukraine’s ongoing fight for freedom and democracy.
Student Entertainment Events (SEE) will host a discussion with TikTok celebrity and comedian Chris Olsen at 8 p.m. March 30 in the Stamp Student Union’s Colony Ballroom.
The University of Maryland’s Turkish Student Organization is collecting donations to support the victims of last week’s devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, which have killed at least 35,000 people and affected more than 20 million.
Kinesiology Professor Jim Hagberg built his career on researching how exercise lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease, practicing what he teaches outside the classroom by walking some 30 miles a week in Howard County, Md.’s Middle Patuxent Environmental Area (MPEA).
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