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Moore Announces $1B ‘Capital of Quantum’ Initiative Centered at UMD

Strategic Partnership Aims to Cement State, D.C. Region as World-Leading Quantum Science and Innovation Hub

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Latest Moon Mission Carries a New Reflection on History

Physicist Who Helped Send Mirrors on Apollo 11 Launches an Improved Model

Athletics

Terps Slide Into New Training Home

Stanley Bobb Baseball Performance Center Celebrates Grand Opening

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Edward and Jennifer St. John Give $10M for New Center for Translational Engineering and Medicine

Philanthropic Investment to UMCP, UMB to Fuel Innovation, Collaboration, Accelerated Tech Transfer to Improve Human Health

Research

Moore Announces $1B ‘Capital of Quantum’ Initiative Centered at UMD

Strategic Partnership Aims to Cement State, D.C. Region as World-Leading Quantum Science and Innovation Hub

Research

Latest Moon Mission Carries a New Reflection on History

Physicist Who Helped Send Mirrors on Apollo 11 Launches an Improved Model

Athletics

Terps Slide Into New Training Home

Stanley Bobb Baseball Performance Center Celebrates Grand Opening

Research

Edward and Jennifer St. John Give $10M for New Center for Translational Engineering and Medicine

Philanthropic Investment to UMCP, UMB to Fuel Innovation, Collaboration, Accelerated Tech Transfer to Improve Human Health

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Teaching the Arts in the Age of A.I.: A Symposium

Join the University of Maryland for a thought-provoking, two-day symposium focusing on the intersection of teaching the arts in the age of artificial intelligence. The symposium aims to investigate how colleges and universities should best prepare students for the practice of the arts in a future with AI.

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If you think about Maryland, I won’t say every high wind event that we have is associated with some type of storm activity, but a lot of them are. When we have hurricane force winds, we also tend to have a lot of rain.

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Visiting senior faculty specialist in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering, on why large wildfires like the ones in Los Angeles aren’t likely in Maryland

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AI Commission Report Offers Recommendations for Exploring, Adopting AI Uses on Campus

The President's Commission on Artificial Intelligence’s final report was shared this month with the campus community, culminating its charge by University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines to “explore, evaluate and provide recommendations on the responsible development, deployment and ethical use of AI technologies” at UMD.

Call for Proposals Open for 2025 Teaching Innovation Grants

The University of Maryland is seeking proposals for Teaching Innovation Grants, a program that this year will fund course-based projects integrating Universal Design for Learning principles to foster innovative, inclusive and accessible learning experiences.

Public Health Researcher Targets Alarming Aspect of Medicare Advantage Plans

A University of Maryland researcher is about to go ghost hunting, with support from a $100,000 grant from the Robert Johnson Wood Foundation (RWJF). It’s not your regular ghostbusting—Assistant Professor Mika Hamer of the School of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management aims to uncover the extent of so-called “ghost networks” in Medicare Advantage health insurance plans.

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Winter Storm, Campus Transformed

Snowfall Sends January’s Few Students Outside to Frolic

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Welcome to the Hotel Influenza

A Groundbreaking UMD Researcher Investigating How Respiratory Infections Spread Asks Volunteers to Check in—and Get Sick for Science

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