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Bridge Collapse Ripples Include Hits to U.S. Trade, Local Jobs and Businesses

UMD Supply Chain Expert Expects Short-Term ‘Hiccups,’ Possible Inventory Shortages

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UMD Graduate Student Helps Discover Giant Mars Volcano Hidden in Plain Sight

Discovery Is Major Step in Search for Evidence of Life on Mars, Provides Possible Destination for Exploration

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Alum’s Gifts Support Maryland Democracy Initiative

Couple’s Donations Fund Voter Mobilization, Internship Program During Critical Election Year

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UMD Graduate Student Helps Discover Giant Mars Volcano Hidden in Plain Sight

Discovery Is Major Step in Search for Evidence of Life on Mars, Provides Possible Destination for Exploration

Campus & Community

Alum’s Gifts Support Maryland Democracy Initiative

Couple’s Donations Fund Voter Mobilization, Internship Program During Critical Election Year

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7 Trailblazing Women You Should Know About

Historians Celebrate an Indigenous Healer, First Black Woman in Space, and More

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UMD Astronomer Helps NASA Launch Tiny Satellite to Study Powerful Cosmic Explosions

BurstCube to Detect Gamma-Ray Bursts Given Off After Neutron Star Collisions

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Why Our Data Might Need Protection From the Future

UMD Cryptography Expert Explains Apple’s Recent ‘Post-Quantum’ Security Move

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Science on Tap

Nicole Yunger Halpern, adjunct assistant professor in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, will discuss the real-world science fiction covered in her book, “Quantum Steampunk: The Physics of Yesterday’s Tomorrow.”

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EXPERTS in the News

There’s so much power packed in these batteries that I think these fires are going to grow in scale and continue.

Peter Sunderland

Professor of fire protection engineering, on fires from lithium-ion batteries in micromobility vehicles

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Study: Sexual Harassment Goes Unchecked in Many Sub-Saharan African Newsrooms

Sexual harassment often goes unchecked in sub-Saharan African newsrooms despite many employers having policies in place, according to a new study from the University of Maryland and City, University of London.

College of Education Opens Pantry in Benjamin Building

Located in the Student Lounge (Room 0211) in the Benjamin Building, the EdTerps Pantry includes a cabinet and refrigerator stocked with substantial snacks and easy-to-make meals items such as fresh fruits, yogurt, granola bars, trail mix and instant soups. The pantry is accessible whenever the building is open, and items are restocked once a week.

Libraries to Upgrade to New Management System; Shift to Temporarily Impact Services

University of Maryland Libraries has begun migrating to a new user interface and integrated library management system that will dramatically improve its online search functions and modernize core operations such as acquisitions, circulation, and e-resource licensing and management.

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Out of the Shell

Twenty-five Years After the LGBTQ+ Equity Center Opened, Its Founders Recount Humble Start, Hard-Won Victories

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Alum Astronaut Reports From Space Station: ‘I’m Still in Awe’

In UMD Interview, Jeanette Epps Describes Surprises and Role as ‘Hands and Eyes’ of Earthbound Scientists

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