In Brief
October 16, 2020
President Darryll J. Pines sent the following email to faculty and staff this afternoon:
Today, I write to you with an update to the previously announced…
October 15, 2020
Senior Vice President and Provost Mary Ann Rankin sent the following email to the campus community today: I am writing to you today to share some updates…
October 12, 2020
A new start-to-finish view of a neutron star merger—the most complete such process ever observed—rewrites the way scientists understand these events. A UMD-led…
October 12, 2020
The Big Ten Conference announced the first week of the 2020 football schedule with dates, times and television coverage in addition to selected Friday games…
October 12, 2020
For a millennium, the Atlantic cod has played a vital role in feeding societies, developing markets and facilitating trade for coastal and inland communities…
October 08, 2020
University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines and Senior Vice President and Provost Mary Ann Rankin sent the following email to faculty today: Our students…
October 08, 2020
University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines sent the following email to faculty and staff today: In my short time as president of the University of…
October 07, 2020
University of Maryland scientists have developed a method to determine the structures of large RNA molecules at high resolution, overcoming a challenge that…
October 07, 2020
The Review Committee for the Pepsi Enhancement Fund is seeking proposals for program funding for the Spring 2021 semester. A $50,000 fund, provided by PepsiCo,…
October 05, 2020
Comedian Hasan Minhaj will headline Student Entertainment Events’ (SEE’s) 2020 Homecoming Comedy Show at the University of Maryland on Oct. 29.
October 05, 2020
In two zoom sessions this fall, the University of Maryland will provide an overview of its Elevate Project to upgrade computing systems used for everything…
October 02, 2020
Fourteen Terps student-athletes tested positive for COVID-19 during the most recent round of on-campus screening, Maryland Athletics announced today. Ten were…
October 02, 2020
As anti-vaccination discourse ramped up on Facebook over the last decade, it coalesced around the argument that refusing to vaccinate is a civil right,…
October 02, 2020
University of Maryland entomologists have discovered that a gene critical for survival in other insects is missing in mosquitoes. A related gene evolved to…
October 01, 2020
Thirteen Terps coaches and Athletic Director Damon Evans have volunteered to take additional pay cuts, Maryland Athletics announced today. Every Terrapin head…
October 01, 2020
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1 million to a University of Maryland-led team of researchers to develop a quantum network to interconnect…