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You can’t really build a seawall or anything that’s going to protect the whole coastline. So, people are picking and choosing (which properties to save). It’s definitely an environmental justice issue.

Kate Tully

Associate professor of plant science and landscape architecture, on battling saltwater intrusion on the Eastern Shore

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Sep 05, 2024

UMD Ranked on Forbes’ Top Colleges Lists

The University of Maryland moved up to No. 12 among public institutions in Forbes’ 2024 rankings of America’s Top Colleges, released Aug. 27.

Sep 05, 2024

Nominations Welcomed for 2025-26 First Year Book

Each book selected as the University of Maryland’s “First Year Book” asks students, staff and faculty to consider important questions, prompts meaningful discussions and offers new perspectives. Now, the First Year Book Committee is asking: What Terps should read next? Nominations will be accepted through Oct. 1.

Sep 03, 2024

UMD, University of Maryland, Baltimore First in State to Join National Emergency Management Network

The University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) and University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) have become the first two universities in the state to sign on to the National Intercollegiate Mutual Aid Agreement (NIMAA), an initiative between higher education institutions to facilitate mutual aid and support during an emergency.

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An ‘M’phatic Welcome

Festivities, Fun, Freebies Greet Students Arriving for Fall Semester

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Charging Up That Hill

UMD Researchers Are Powering Up EV Batteries to Save the Planet

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