In Brief
December 02, 2024
Beginning in fall 2025, the university will implement a new, annual two-day fall break for students, taking place on the second Monday each October (Indigenous People's Day/Columbus Day), and Tuesday. In addition, staff and faculty will now observe Indigenous People's Day/Columbus Day on the Monday of fall break. The university will observe typical holiday operations on that Monday. Operations will resume as normal on Tuesday; however, no classes will take place.
November 26, 2024
Naloxone, a lifesaving opioid overdose reversal medication, is now available in all 150 automated external defibrillator (AED) boxes in public buildings across the University of Maryland campus, UMD officials announced.
November 25, 2024
The University of Maryland School of Public Health’s (SPH) online Master of Public Health program is the best in the nation for 2025, according to Fortune magazine.
November 25, 2024
SECU, Maryland’s largest state-chartered credit union, on Monday announced a new partnership with the University of Maryland Alumni Association that will provide UMD’s more than 422,000 alums with financial tools, educational resources and exclusive benefits created to support their financial wellness throughout all stages of life.
November 22, 2024
University President Darryll J. Pines and Senate President Jordan Sly sent the following email to the campus community on Friday: Last year, a Joint Presidential and University Senate Task Force on Antisemitism and Islamophobia was created to provide guidance, recommendations and counsel on a strategy to confront antisemitism and Islamophobia on campus.
November 22, 2024
The University of Maryland and Vanderbilt University have received a $2.5 million federal grant to fully fund tuition and provide stipends for a cohort of doctoral students, who will be trained as leaders in special education.
November 21, 2024
The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge this week named the University of Maryland a 2024 Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting. UMD joins a group of 471 colleges and universities recognized for outstanding efforts to increase nonpartisan student voter participation.
November 07, 2024
A sophisticated type of artificial intelligence (AI) known as deep learning could play an important role in reducing energy usage in the next generation of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, a new University of Maryland study found.
October 30, 2024
University President Darryll J. Pines and Senior Vice President and Provost Jennifer King Rice sent the following email to the campus community on Wednesday afternoon: As Election Day approaches on Nov. 5, we have the opportunity to participate in one of our most important civic duties when we cast our vote for candidates and causes that we each support.
October 28, 2024
A newly published paper led by the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE) researchers makes the case for developing heat pump technologies to decarbonize the wood-drying industry, which prepares lumber for building construction, furniture and more.
October 24, 2024
Two guides created by University of Maryland doctoral students can help voters heading to the polls on Nov. 5 understand how key public health topics play into a contentious election.
October 23, 2024
Two College of Behavioral and Social Sciences’ neurodiversity experts have been tapped to help Melwood, one of the largest employers of people with disabilities in the country, execute a five-year, $8 million project to expand a skills-based training program that leverages the untapped potential and talent of neurodivergent people for careers in information technology and cybersecurity
October 23, 2024
On Oct. 28 at 4 p.m., join President Darryll J. Pines in conversation with a noted civil rights activist, academic and author, the Rev. William J. Barber II, about addressing the grand challenges of systemic poverty, racism and economic inequality.
October 22, 2024
The deadline to submit applications for the second annual round of awards from the University of Maryland’s Do Good Campus Fund is Nov. 4. Senior Vice President and Provost Jennifer King Rice and the Do Good Institute, in collaboration with the Do Good Campus Strategic Leadership Council, will award at least $320,000 this academic year to faculty, staff and student groups.
October 17, 2024
Many Maryland communities struggle with health problems like substance abuse, mental health crises and chronic health issues that require both prevention and intervention efforts. The new multi-institutional Prevention Learning Portal aims to provide the latest training in science-based public health education for people who work directly with their communities, focusing on evidence-based teaching and methods to implement those programs successfully.
October 08, 2024
The University of Maryland Graduate School received the 2024 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. The annual HEED award is administered by Insight Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. This is the first year that the award has a specific category honoring graduate schools.