In Brief
April 15, 2019
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 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…
March 26, 2019
Researchers at the University of Maryland have created a heat-to-electricity device that runs on ions that could someday harness the body’s heat to provide…
March 26, 2019
Redshirt sophomore Katie Myers was one of 12 volleyball players in the country selected to the U.S. Collegiate National Team and will tour with the team in…
March 25, 2019
A University of Maryland biologist has found that alligators map the location of sound the way birds do, suggesting the hearing strategy existed in their…
March 25, 2019
The University of Maryland ranked No. 10 among large schools on the Peace Corps’ list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019. There are…