In Brief
August 21, 2026
Physics Professor Wendell T. Hill will lead a team in the Diagnostics for Extreme-LIGHT (DELIGHT) program, a new $4.5 million, six-institution initiative…
August 20, 2026
The number of U.S. adults dying of colorectal cancer has dropped by more than a third over the past two decades, but a disparity in mortality rates persists in…
August 19, 2026
The National Symphony Orchestra announced on Tuesday that its 2026-27 season will include a performance of Handel’s “Messiah” hosted by the University of…
August 19, 2026
Student Entertainment Events (SEE) will host Samia as the headliner of its fall welcome concert, Moonlit Music, at 9 p.m. Aug. 29 in Nyumburu Amphitheater.
August 19, 2026
Professor Stephen B. Thomas, Ph.D. has been named interim director of Nyumburu Cultural Center at the University of Maryland, effective Aug. 24, 2026.
August 18, 2026
Researchers at the University of Maryland contributed to a major advance in the fight against a pest responsible for a 5% yearly reduction in the U.S. wheat…
August 13, 2026
A new study led by geographical scientists at the University of Maryland found that changes in climate had differing effects on intact, lowland tropical…
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
Quantum World Congress on Monday announced the University of Maryland as the 2026 lead academic partner for Quantum World Congress, which will be held Sept.…
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…
July 29, 2026
The reaffirmation confirms that UMD meets rigorous, peer-reviewed standards of quality and integrity—standards that enable our students to access federal…
July 24, 2026
NASA and the University System of Maryland have signed a landmark five-year agreement to advance student-led innovation across the technologies that could…
July 24, 2026
The temperature of the ocean can change by several degrees Celsius over a distance as short as a soccer field. And according to a new study led by University…
July 22, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has published a new rule establishing a fixed time period for admission and an extension-of-stay process for F-1 and…