In Brief
November 16, 2021
As the campus community gears up for Thanksgiving break next week, the University of Maryland’s Department of Transportation Services (DOTS) is offering…
November 16, 2021
First-year students at UMD over the years have read short stories about immigrants, poetry about African American life and a biography of Thurgood Marshall.…
November 15, 2021
The University of Maryland is joining with the other policy schools in the Big Ten Conference to launch “Democracy in the 21st Century,” a collaboration to…
November 12, 2021
Technica, the world’s largest hackathon for women and people from underrepresented genders, returns tomorrow at the University of Maryland as an in-person…
November 08, 2021
A $2,949,109 award from the National Science Foundation will help University of Maryland researchers explore the “rules of life” of networks of neurons in the…
November 08, 2021
Global carbon emissions have rebounded to near pre-pandemic levels, according to a report by University of Maryland researchers released during the United…
November 04, 2021
Senior Vice President and Provost Jennifer King Rice sent the following email to the campus community today: Strategic planning at the University of Maryland…
November 03, 2021
The University of Maryland Extension (UME) and Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) today announced a new statewide Farm Stress Assistance program to…
November 03, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $510,000 to researchers at the University of Maryland Extension and partner institutions to train small and…
October 26, 2021
A recent study by an international group of researchers—including members of the University of Maryland Department of Psychology—confirms the conventional…
October 25, 2021
Registration is now open for a supersized 10th annual Good Neighbor Day, a community-wide day of service in Greater College Park to be held on Saturday, Nov.…
October 20, 2021
IonQ, a developer of quantum computing devices based in part on research at the University of Maryland, has become the newest member of UMD’s Quantum Startup…
October 12, 2021
The Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS)—a research powerhouse focused on quantum computation, quantum communication and quantum…
October 08, 2021
The Maryland field hockey team on Sunday will amp up its season-long campaign to support a local boy who battled cancer—and is also the young nephew of team…
October 08, 2021
Patients at the on-campus Speech and Hearing Clinic no longer must pay out of pocket if they are enrolled in the university’s preferred Blue Cross Blue Shield…
October 06, 2021
University of Maryland faculty and staff are encouraged to support the Maryland Charity Campaign, which helps thousands across the state in need, including…