In Brief
April 24, 2019
The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship has expanded its Terp Startup summer accelerator program to host 15 student startups this year. The launch of WeWork…
April 22, 2019
The Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) at the University of Maryland released a report showing high rates of combined opioid and methamphetamine use…
April 19, 2019
The University of Maryland has been honored as one of America’s top ten public institutions with the best six-year graduation rates by The Chronicle of Higher…
April 17, 2019
A new study by a University of Maryland researcher published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concludes that exposure…
April 15, 2019
A University of Maryland project aboard the International Space Station designed to give insight into how much carbon is stored in Earth’s trees and how much…
April 15, 2019
April 11, 2019
University of Maryland biologists have identified four bat lineages that live at least four times longer than similar-sized mammals and revealed new traits…
April 09, 2019
April 08, 2019
Good Neighbor Day is getting a head start with a campuswide food drive. The eighth annual community day of service, hosted by the university, the city of…
April 05, 2019
With the No. 2 UMD women’s lacrosse team’s 16–6 win over No. 8 Virginia on Wednesday, Head Coach Cathy Reese notched her 261st victory at the helm, becoming…
April 05, 2019
A team of undergraduates from the University of Maryland placed ninth out of 568 teams and earned an honorable mention nod in the 2018 William Lowell Putnam…
April 04, 2019
Graduate students spanning disciplines from civil engineering to counseling psychology distilled years of research down to a mere 180 seconds yesterday for the…
April 04, 2019
Bioscientists are moving closer to 3D-printed artificial tissues to help heal bone and cartilage typically damaged in sports-related injuries to knees, ankles…
March 29, 2019
A new international study is the first to determine the comprehensive global impact of the deadly fungal disease chytridiomycosis—and the news is not good. The…
March 28, 2019
A UMD-led study that monitored patients beginning HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa found high rates of unhealthy alcohol use in nearly a third of the…
March 27, 2019
UMD researchers led by Akua Asa-Awuku, associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, have received a $447,750 U.S. Department…