In Brief
May 05, 2026
University of Maryland graduate engineering students recently clinched national and global titles at a pair of competitions testing cyberattack-stopping skills.
May 04, 2026
University of Maryland leadership on Friday celebrated faculty members whose scholarship, research and innovation have earned them elections to some of the…
May 04, 2026
New data released by UMD’s Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) Lab and the World Resources Institute (WRI) shows that tropical rainforest destruction…
May 01, 2026
A proposal for a dynamic entertainment corridor adjacent to the future home of the Washington Commanders earned six graduate students from the University of…
April 30, 2026
A new study from UMD's Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) team at the University of Maryland found that global cropland expanded by more than 6% between…
April 29, 2026
A collaborative team from the University of Maryland and the Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM) in Colombia, is launching…
April 27, 2026
University of Maryland defensive back Jalen Huskey was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the third round of the 2026 NFL Draft on Friday evening.
April 27, 2026
Gov. Wes Moore and the Maryland General Assembly continue to invest in state higher education and the University of Maryland, recently passing a budget that…
April 24, 2026
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has invested $2 million in a University of Maryland-led computational study geared toward developing foundational…
April 24, 2026
A University of Maryland College of Education alum has been named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year, the highest honor in the teaching field.
April 23, 2026
Lawrence M. Clark, associate dean in the Office of Undergraduate Studies, has been named executive director of the Teaching and Learning Transformation Center…
April 23, 2026
The value of a volunteer hour rose to $36.14 in 2025, up 3.9% in a year, Independent Sector and the Do Good Institute at University of Maryland announced on…
April 23, 2026
A University of Maryland researcher has received a $3.75 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study a dangerous side effect of…
April 21, 2026
The University of Maryland’s architecture program has been awarded an inaugural grant from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) to integrate…
April 20, 2026
Scientists analyzing volcanic rocks from island chains discovered chemical fingerprints dating back 4.5 billion years—evidence that parts of Earth's deep…
April 17, 2026
A multidisciplinary team from the University of Maryland won first place at the Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA) inaugural Coding Competition, beating 22 teams…