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The University of Maryland has joined with industry partners to maintain a stable and sustainable electricity supply when energy demands outpace the grid’s ability to supply power, most often during extreme weather conditions.
An administrator in the Office of Resident Life with experience in diversity and inclusion efforts as well as training programs has been named program manager of TerrapinSTRONG, the University of Maryland’s new onboarding initiative to affirm its mission, culture and values as a diverse, united, proud, respectful, inclusive, accountable and empowered community.
Three students from the University of Maryland’s Food Science Club reached new heights at the national Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) College Bowl competition, winning the regionals and placing second nationally for the first time.
Pompe disease is a rare genetic disorder that disables heart and skeletal muscles and can lead to early death if untreated. The only available treatment is enzyme replacement therapy that must be frequently injected and can cost up to a half-million dollars yearly.
The UMD Libraries have recently expanded their streaming media collections and will be partnering on a study this year on expanding its licensing of online content.
The University of Maryland’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism have teamed up for the first time to publish an investigation into the 22 Division I college football player deaths from exertion-related illnesses since 2000.
Students, faculty, staff and community members can receive COVID-19 vaccinations at the following clinics:
A $1.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund a University of Maryland researcher’s ongoing exploration of the role of copper in the body’s adaptive response to cold, and its likely connection to an individual’s metabolism and fat burning abilities.
A play spoofing slasher flicks, a performance of contemporary music using ancient Korean instruments and vocals, and a program featuring Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” by the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra are among the highlights of the Fall 2021 season happening at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center announced today by the performing arts at Maryland.
Two former University of Maryland student-athlete standouts ascended the Olympic podium this week, with both taking bronze in their sports at the Tokyo Games.
Vice President for Student Affairs Patty Perillo sent the following message to the campus community today: I am very excited to write to you today about our national search processes for senior leadership positions in the Division of Student Affairs, notably the assistant vice president (AVP) for the engagement areas and our inaugural assistant vice president and dean of students (AVP/DOS).
The University of Maryland Police Department is collecting new school supplies for United Communities Against Poverty, Inc. (UCAP) in hopes of outfitting approximately 35 to 40 children in kindergarten through sixth grade.
The University of Maryland has been nominated in two categories in the 2021 "Best Of" awards competition sponsored by marketing and membership organization Unique Venues.
University of Maryland researchers have discovered how the bacterium associated with tuberculosis suppresses immune defenses in infected human cells, which can exacerbate the infection.
The University Health Center will offer vaccinations with the Pfizer vaccine from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday and Friday. The shots for both first and second doses are available to all students, faculty and staff.
Mars has a larger molten core and a less dense crust than previously estimated, according to an international team of researchers—including several from the University of Maryland—that conducted the first comprehensive review of seismic wave data collected on the red planet’s surface by NASA’s InSight mission.
The University of Maryland has offered a full scholarship to the 14-year-old winner of the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
A $500,000 award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture is supporting University of Maryland research to enhance pork production through improved muscle growth in pigs.
The University of Maryland Center for Art and Knowledge at the Phillips Collection has named a scholar of African arts as the 2021–22 postdoctoral fellow in modern and contemporary art history.
Kelly Hovland, interim coach of the University of Maryland women’s golf team, has been named head coach following a nationwide search.
UMD students, faculty and staff can prepare their Fall 2021 commuting plans now with newly available parking and revised transportations options.
A new study by researchers at the University of Maryland provides a potential tool for unraveling the mystery of how experiences can cause inheritable changes to an animal’s biology.
The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) has launched a new, fully online Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Security and Terrorism Studies, now open to students applying for the Fall 2021 semester.
The University of Maryland is launching a weekly contest this month to encourage Terps to get vaccinated against COVID-19–and to reward those who already are. Every Friday from July 9 to 30, “Vax 4 Maryland” champions will have the opportunity to win a $250 University Book Center gift card.
For decades, many scientists argued that hit-and-run collisions with other bodies during the formation of our solar system blew away much of Mercury’s rocky mantle and left the big, dense, metal core inside. But new research reveals that collisions don’t explain the planet’s composition—the sun’s magnetism does.
A two-year, $75,000 grant will fund a University of Maryland researcher’s study of a nationwide deficit of Latinx representation in research university administrations, a topic of growing relevance as colleges become increasingly diverse.
Interim Senior Vice President and Provost Ann G. Wylie and Vice President for Student Affairs Patty Perillo sent the following email to the campus community today: In preparation for the resumption of in-person instruction and operations this fall, we share this information about accommodations and requests for consideration.
A perspective piece published today in Nature by a team including a University of Maryland researcher presents a new approach to forecasting elections and trends: “social sensing,” which relies on human interaction and social awareness to fill in gaps where surveys and other scientific analyses fall short.
Patty Perillo, vice president for student affairs, and Dr. Spyridon S. Marinopoulos, University Health Center director, sent the following email to the campus community today: We hope you are well and enjoying the summer. Since the last campus update we shared in late May, our campus COVID-19 positivity rates have fallen to near zero while our COVID-19 vaccination rates have remained high. As a result, we have decided to make an immediate change in our campus expectations.
Two University of Maryland teams took “Best in Theme” for their concepts in NASA’s 2021 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts—Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) program.
University of Maryland researchers have created the first high-resolution image of an expanding bubble of hot plasma and ionized gas where new stars ignite. Previous low-resolution images did not clearly show the bubble or reveal how it expanded into the surrounding gas.
Keith Marzullo was reappointed to a second-five year team as dean of the College of Information Studies, through June 30, 2026, Interim Senior Vice President and Provost Ann Wylie announced today.
President Darryll J. Pines sent the following email to campus leaders today: I write to inform you that Jennifer King Rice will begin her new role as senior vice president and provost earlier than planned, on July 1. We are thankful for her enthusiasm and readiness to take on the significant role of chief academic officer.
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