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The University of Maryland today issued updated travel guidance that allows essential and non-essential university-related out-of-state travel, but maintained restrictions on international travel.
Poet, lawyer and activist Reginald Dwayne Betts ’09 has been named one of Fortune magazine’s “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders.” Last year, in conjunction with The Andrew Mellon Foundation and Yale Law School, Betts launched the Million Book Project, which brings books to prisons and juvenile detention centers in the United States.
With COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for all employees and students returning regularly to campus for the Fall 2021 semester, the University of Maryland yesterday released guidelines to help international students, faculty and scholars comply with requirements.
The University of Maryland has joined TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem), a national initiative to advance open-access publishing of monographs in the humanities and social sciences. TOME aims to make important long-form scholarship available to readers across the globe, without cost and permission barriers, by creating a system in which academic institutions subsidize the publication of open-access books.
A University of Maryland researcher is leading a team examining the mysteries of embryonic and newborn chickens—a project that could improve poultry production and benefit both animal and human health. Supported by a $500,000 award from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Nishanth E. Sunny, assistant professor of animal and avian sciences, is studying a transition that occurs in the first week after hatch, when chickens undergo a dramatic metabolic switch, from the fat-rich diet the embryos grow in to a high-carbohydrate diet.
The Quantum Technology Center (QTC) at the University of Maryland has received $1.5 million to study quantum diamond magnetometers in collaboration with Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a Massachusetts Institute of Technology spin-off commercializing fusion energy.
Lizzie Colson, a redshirt senior on the Terps’ women’s lacrosse team, was unanimously named the Big Ten Defender of the Year, the conference announced on Monday.
The President’s Awards Advisory Committee is seeking nominations for two categories of awards to be conferred at Faculty and Staff Convocation on Sept. 15: the President’s Medal, and the President’s Distinguished Service Awards.
The university's first annual Memorial Celebration will honor the lives of Maryland students, faculty, emeriti faculty and staff members lost over the last year in a hybrid in-person and virtual event from 2:30-3 p.m. Thursday, May 6.
The College Park Metro Station, along with the stations at Prince George’s Plaza and Greenbelt, will close this coming Saturday and Sunday for platform reconstruction work, the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced.
Maryland women’s golf head coach Diana Cantu has been named the Big Ten Women's Coach of the Year, the conference announced on Wednesday. This marks the first of her career, as well as the first for the women's golf program.
A University of Maryland (UMD) postdoctoral researcher is one author of a new large-scale study examining the genetic diversity of mangroves over more than 1,800 miles of coastline in the Western Indian Ocean, including Eastern Africa and several islands. Until now, little work has been done classifying and highlighting genetic diversity in African mangrove populations for conservation.
University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines sent the following email to the campus community today: While we continue to see promising numbers in the decline of COVID cases in the state of Maryland, this pandemic continues to cause human suffering across the country and world, and we must not let our guard down.
In a new report, an international panel of experts on police use of force that included a University of Maryland researcher called for increased legal accountability, as well as enhanced training and more mental health treatment for officers. Joseph Richardson, the Joel and Kim Feller Endowed Professor of African American Studies and Anthropology and acting chair of the Department of African American Studies, was one of the panelists.
A team of University of Maryland students and recent alums is one of 10 groups worldwide selected in a design competition centered on a remote property owned by the nonfprofit that stages the annual Burning Man festival, where the Terps plan to build a self-sustaining “eco-restoration base.”
University of Maryland researchers now have access to the Open Science Framework (OSF), an online research management and collaboration platform from the Center for Open Science, the University of Maryland Libraries and the Division of Research announced.
Vice President for Student Affairs Patty Perillo sent the following email to the campus community today: We have been actively cultivating potential partnerships for vaccine administration. We now have the opportunity to have more than 3,000 additional community members vaccinated on campus next week.
The No. 1 Maryland men’s lacrosse team captured its fifth regular-season Big Ten championship with an 18-8 win over No. 12 Ohio State on Sunday evening at Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium.
A team of University of Maryland researchers has been awarded a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to spend the next six months developing a plan to help residents recovering from substance use disorder return to work in Western Maryland.
As the last weeks of the semester approach, students are encouraged to review their grading method selections for each course to ensure they are accurate. The deadline to make final grading method selections is the last day of the class.
UMD President Darryll J. Pines was named a “Top 50 leader in Higher Education” by the National Diversity Council at the 17th annual National Diversity and Leadership Conference.
Grassroots efforts have driven policy changes on water management in Tucson, Ariz., a growing urban area in the middle of a desert, according to a study from a University of Maryland researcher and partners published recently in the Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning.
The President’s Commission on Women’s Issues (PCWI) invites the campus community to join this year’s Women of Influence Awards virtual ceremony on Thursday from 1-2 p.m.
Maryland Athletics today announced guidelines for fans to safely attend the 2021 Spring Football Game at noon April 24 at Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium. The new operating guidelines, established in accordance with public health officials, are designed to ensure the health and safety of student-athletes and fans and provide an enjoyable experience.
A new study out today from Department of Geographical Sciences researchers reveals that the South American continent has lost 20% of its natural ecosystems since 1985—equivalent to about 22 soccer fields of natural land being degraded or converted by human activity each minute for more than three decades.
The IRS warned this week that scammers are impersonating the federal agency in fake emails targeting college students and staff expecting tax refunds. The emails to .edu addresses display the IRS logo and use subject lines like “Tax Refund Payment” and “Recalculation of your tax refund payment” to lure people into turning over personal data.
Maryland women’s basketball head coach Brenda Frese was named National Coach of the Year by the Associated Press Wednesday. Frese, who recently finished in her 19th season at Maryland, was also voted National Coach of the Year by ESPN and The Athletic earlier this month.
Amid increasing mental health issues in youth spurred by the pandemic, a new University of Maryland College of Education (COE) course is preparing school counselors and school counseling graduate students to better address mental health issues in Prince George’s County Public Schools middle and high school students.
Starting this week, a School of Public Health researcher is looking to sign up 1,000 University of Maryland students ages 18-26 to participate in a nationwide study to learn if the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is able to protect people from infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as well as prevent its transmission to others.
The Do Good Institute has extended the deadline through Sunday for its premier internship program, Impact Interns. More than 30 paid internship opportunities are available for both undergraduate and graduate students for this summer in social impact careers.
NASA Harvest, NASA’s Food Security and Agriculture Program led by researchers in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, announced yesterday that it is teaming up with Israel-based CropX, a global leader in soil analytics for agriculture, to improve farming sustainability through resource conservation and enhanced crop yields.
Dr. Spyridon S. Marinopoulos, University Health Center director, sent the following email to the campus community this afternoon. As we are all returning from Spring Break, I am writing to provide you with an update regarding COVID-19. Now is the time to remain vigilant to stop the spread of the virus.
Laurie E. Locascio, vice president for research, sent the following email to faculty and staff this morning: On April 5, 2021, we will transition to the next phase for on-campus research other than human subjects research. Researchers will be allowed to increase occupancy of all research spaces up to 75% occupancy provided they observe the following 4 Maryland guidelines within that space.
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