Air Force ROTC member Morgan Daugherty ’25 plants a tiny American flag on Friday on McKeldin Mall in honor of a life lost during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The TerpVets organization and the Office of Veteran Student Life planned and created …
Look past the funnel cake and carnival rides at the Maryland State Fair, and you might see student-built robots that aim to plant and harvest oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. Or learn why your flowers aren’t thriving from a gardening guru. Or watch a whole …
When it comes to converting research into issued patents, a new report ranks the University of Maryland among the most intellectually fertile institutions in the country. Together with other schools in the University System of Maryland (USM), the …
Queen Elizabeth II was known for her stoicism and steady hand in shepherding the United Kingdom and the royal family itself through seven decades of change and challenges. Fans of the monarch, who died today at age 96, also related to her colorful outfits …
The UMD Olympics of student tabling is back. Today’s First Look Fair will bring together representatives of more than 650 clubs, organizations and departments to McKeldin Mall to compete for the attention of potential new members. But there are no losers …
Whether from a sports collision, a household mishap or years of chronic overuse, tendon injuries are both common and hard to repair. Now, a University of Maryland-led research team is developing a novel method to restore or improve tendon functionality …
Electric vehicles are a major part of the equation for protecting Earth’s climate, but not everything adds up yet: The batteries powering these rolling sustainability solutions aren’t always sustainable themselves. But now University of Maryland scientists …
On Oct. 11, 1948, WMUC went on the air for the first time. Just three days later, station engineers decided to stop broadcasting due to poor transmission. In 1949, the station tried again from Silvester Hall (now Baltimore Hall), and over the years it …
While a United Nations report released today called for a “safety and security protection zone” around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to prevent a humanitarian and environmental disaster amid Russia's occupation of the plant, a University of …
In an era when nuance is lost in text messages, carefully curated social media posts obscure real life and COVID-19 has limited in-person interactions, genuine friendships might feel more fragile than ever. A new book called “Platonic: How the Science of …
A five-year, $12.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will enable researchers from across the country—including a biologist from the University of Maryland—to form a new institute aimed at explaining why some female and male organisms …
You probably see them every day—in fact, one may be hanging over your head right now—but have you ever wondered how fire sprinkler systems actually work? Here’s a hint: TV and film scenes of sprinklers cutting loose because of a burned dinner, ruining …
We’ve all heard that awful moment: We might be in our kitchen, brewing an early morning coffee, or working late on the 10th floor of an office building when suddenly a bird flies head-on into a window with a sickening thwack. Buildings pose an enormous …
The dropping of a masking requirement in classrooms is symbolic of the growing sense of normalcy at the University of Maryland, but a painful, if invisible legacy of COVID-19 remains a reality on campus: an upward trend in mental health concerns. It’s a …
From fiercer heat waves and stronger hurricanes to increasingly deadly flash floods and fires, the destruction associated with a warming world can easily induce despair at a fight already lost. But the University of Maryland’s 2022-23 First Year Book is …
Starting today, Terps can help put a pancake block on food insecurity, run interference for students facing unexpected tough times and record an assist for the education of student-athletes—all while squaring off in a friendly giving contest with a Big Ten …
Following the excitement of opening five facilities in the past year, the latest building boom at the University of Maryland is cooling off a bit. But from chemistry to anthropology to public policy, departments across campus are getting spruced-up …
Though overdoses, particularly from substances laced with fentanyl, have soared in the U.S. since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report by the University of Maryland’s Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) and Epic Research finds that most …
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first clear evidence for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system, according to an international research team that includes two University of Maryland astronomers. This …
Two sweeping transportation projects are positioning the campus squarely on the road to the future, creating some short-term challenges to steer around. Here are some expected or current impacts: Baltimore Avenue: The $29 million upgrade of Baltimore …
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