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Criminal Calculations

How Students in UMD’s Forensic Accounting Club Helped Crack a Murder Case

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Ready, Set, Glow: Campus Core Gets First Traffic Signal

Device Is First of Three Installed in Preparation for Purple Line

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Alum Buzzes In on ‘Jeopardy!’

Nikhil Joshi Is Latest Terp to Compete on TV’s Biggest Trivia Game

Research

MLB Umpires Save Energy for the Hard Calls

UMD Study: Attention Is a Limited Resource for Decision-Makers

Campus & Community

Getting the Purple Line and Its Neighbors on Track

UMD-led Walks Pave the Way for Better Accessibility to Light Rail

Campus & Community

Ready, Set, Glow: Campus Core Gets First Traffic Signal

Device Is First of Three Installed in Preparation for Purple Line

People

Alum Buzzes In on ‘Jeopardy!’

Nikhil Joshi Is Latest Terp to Compete on TV’s Biggest Trivia Game

Research

MLB Umpires Save Energy for the Hard Calls

UMD Study: Attention Is a Limited Resource for Decision-Makers

Campus & Community

Getting the Purple Line and Its Neighbors on Track

UMD-led Walks Pave the Way for Better Accessibility to Light Rail

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Alumna Dedicated to Improving Health Care Delivery Named Knight-Hennessy Scholar

Award to Fund MBA at Stanford—While She Seeks Harvard MPP Degree

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Study: Divorce Hurts Children’s Long-term Earnings, Increases Chances of Teen Births, Time in Jail

Economists Analyzed Data on 5M American Kids to Quantify Outcomes

Athletics

New AD Introduced as Proven Builder, Leader

Jim Smith Aims to Develop Holistic Athletes While Winning Championships

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Summer Seminar Civic Engagement Across the Curriculum

Civic Engagement Across the Curriculum at UMD is a new professional development program designed to support the integration of civic engagement experiences into any planned or designed course.

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EXPERTS in the News

We shouldn’t accept detectors with 1% false positive rates because false accusations of AI plagiarism can be quite damaging to students.

Soheil Feizi

Associate professor of computer science, on the accuracy claims of popular AI detection companies

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In Brief

Merrill College to Launch Media, Technology and Democracy Minor in Fall 2025

The University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism will launch its first undergraduate minor, Media, Technology and Democracy, in Fall 2025. The program will deepen students’ understanding of how media and technology influence society, and prepare them to navigate and shape the information landscape in any field.

Astronomers Discover Mysterious Milky Way Object That Emits Radio Waves, X-rays

An international team of astronomers including a UMD researcher discovered a new cosmic phenomenon in the Milky Way: an object about 15,000 light-years from Earth that emits pulses of radio waves and X-rays for two minutes every 44 minutes.

College of Education Launches Center to Bridge Education, AI

The University of Maryland College of Education has launched a new research center dedicated to exploring how data science and artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied to create more equitable and effective learning environments for all students.

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Features

Kermit the Frog Challenges Graduates to ‘Write Your Own Ending’

At 2025 Commencement, Famed Amphibian Implores Students to Make, Keep Connections

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When Your Recruiter Is a Computer

Career Development Expert Shares Tips for Job Searches in the Age of AI

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