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An End to the Bleeding

UMD Researchers Partner With Knoxville, Tenn., on Data-Driven Approach to Reducing Gun Violence

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UMD Receives $500K to Boost Number of Black, Latina and Native American Women in Computing

Funded by Nonprofit, RESET Project to Provide Mentoring, Career Development, Scholarships

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What Drives the Sun’s Fast Wind?

Study Shows How Magnetic Energy Enables Gravity-defying Speeds

People

UMD Names Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel

Jay Rosselló Arrives With Experience at Major Universities, NCAA

People

Eight Alums Elected to UMD Foundation’s Board of Trustees

New Members to Advocate for University Priorities

Campus & Community

UMD Receives $500K to Boost Number of Black, Latina and Native American Women in Computing

Funded by Nonprofit, RESET Project to Provide Mentoring, Career Development, Scholarships

Research

What Drives the Sun’s Fast Wind?

Study Shows How Magnetic Energy Enables Gravity-defying Speeds

People

UMD Names Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel

Jay Rosselló Arrives With Experience at Major Universities, NCAA

People

Eight Alums Elected to UMD Foundation’s Board of Trustees

New Members to Advocate for University Priorities

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Language Opens Doors to Alum’s Book

Retired Climate Scientist Spent Months Teaching English to Thai Kindergarteners

For Testudo, a Happy 90th

Orginal Mascot Statue Retains Sheen After Kidnappings, Repeated Moves and Student ‘Offerings’

Research

Sea-Level Rise Could Leave Many Marooned Earlier, UMD Study Finds

Before Inundation, Isolation Will Impact U.S. Coastal Communities

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Friday Night Live With the City of College Park

Events will feature a variety of musical genres and performers and will include something for everyone: music, food and entertainment. There will be children’s performers, a bounce house, kids’ activities and arts and crafts.

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EXPERTS in the News

It isn’t that their whole evolutionary mission is to be pathogenic to humans; humans are sort of inadvertent intruders in the pathways of these organisms.

Rita R. Colwell

Distinguished University Professor emerita of cell biology and molecular genetics, on the disease-causing Vibrio bacteria found in the seaweed blob inching across the Caribbean

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In Brief

Amid Wildfire Smoke Alert, Provost Urges Limiting Outdoor Activity, Keeping Doors and Windows Shut

Senior Vice President and Provost Jennifer King Rice sent the following email to the university community today: Across Maryland, we are experiencing poor outside air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. We urge people with special health conditions to take precautions.

UMD-Led Study Reveals Unique Structure of the ‘BOAT’—Brightest of All Time Gamma-Ray Burst

Scientists who detected the gamma-ray burst known as GRB 221009A last October dubbed it the BOAT: the brightest of all time. A paper published yesterday in the journal Science Advances this week offers a possible explanation for its powerful and persistent glow.

UMD Researchers’ Elastocaloric Cooling System Opens Door to Climate-Friendly AC

In a recent study in the journal Science, a team led by materials science and engineering Professor Ichiro Takeuchi and mechanical engineering professors Reinhard Radermacher and Yunho Hwang introduced a high-performance elastocaloric cooling system that could represent the next generation of cooling devices.

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‘You Have Learned How to Be Fearless’

2023 Commencement Honors the ‘Terrapin Grit’ of Thousands of UMD Graduates

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2023 UMD Summer Camps

Perennial Favorites and New Programs Offer Choices for Kids of All Ages

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