This past year, the Mighty Sound of Maryland marched to the beat of new drums, the men’s ice hockey club skated to record success, and the first collegiate ensemble dedicated to video game music crescendoed to pitch-perfect performances. They’re just a few …
Even the most easygoing college students can carry an overstuffed backpack of stressors: challenging classes, increased self-reliance and responsibility, and the ever-looming prospect of finding a job or getting into graduate school. A one-of-its-kind new …
Decades ago, the Sunshine State’s hostility and violence toward African Americans prompted some Major League Baseball franchises to move spring training to Arizona, a preseason exodus that a University of Maryland journalism scholar is recommending teams …
Draining your bank account to cover your car payment might feel a bit like the end of the world—and a UMD finance expert said it could also foretell the start of a recession. In the fourth quarter of last year, the number of Americans paying $1,000 a month …
Despite state programs to rectify housing wealth disparities, people of color living in Maryland face more hurdles borrowing money and building home value than white residents, according to a new report from the University of Maryland and a national …
(Photo by Tony Richards) McNutt was among the 20+ women who spoke at the Alumni Association event, on topics ranging from wealth creation and management to building a personal brand to health and wellness. “The main goal is building community amongst Terp …
4. CHOOSE TO COMPOST While organic matter dumped in a landfill releases greenhouse gases, composting allows oxygen to break down veggie and fruit scraps, coffee grounds and tea bags, as well as leaves and grass clippings. Extension Master Gardeners offer …
Scooter snack photo by @jpollack33 Spencer Lin ’21 has watched as tiny, furry critters across campus seemed to join the micromobility craze and take a perch on Veo scooters. He laughed when they suddenly *freeze!* on McKeldin Mall, trying to hide in plain …
The twin crashes of Boeing 737 MAX airliners in 2019 and 2020 illustrate how bad algorithms—processes computers use to solve problems—can lead to deadly outcomes, writes computer science Professor Emeritus Ben Shneiderman in a new essay in The Hill. Even …
Humanity now has the ability to change the trajectories of near-Earth objects like asteroids to defend the planet, a group of four research papers about NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) confirmed today in the journal Nature. The mission, …
Expanding community engagement and violence interruption programs, promoting gun safety devices and training, and introducing anti-violence education and messaging campaigns hold the most promise for reducing gun violence, according to a new set of …
FOR THE JAPANESE people first herded into racetracks and livestock pavilions in early 1942, and later camps scattered across California and Idaho and as far away as Colorado and even Arkansas, the official story that the government was trying to protect …
From finding treatments for leukemia to developing a vaccine for polio, research using mice has led to some of the biggest medical breakthroughs in history, but recent studies show the rodents aren’t always an effective stand-in for humans or their …
As rising sea levels increasingly strain septic tank systems used by tens of thousands of Maryland households, a new $1.35 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will fund a University of Maryland-led team’s investigation of ways …
At the event, Moore presented a governor’s citation to Thurgood Marshall Jr., a School of Public Policy Dean's Advisory Council member. Moore told the audience, “The naming of a public policy building, the Thurgood Marshall building, is not just …
Who better than a developer of a people-protecting, malaria-fighting fungus to turn to for reassurance that the TV series is nothing more than ludicrous, scary fun? Well, that’s not exactly what St. Leger told Maryland Today. His reaction to the fungal …
Undergraduates entering one of the toughest, most prestigious math contests in North America arrive equipped with pencils, scrap paper and checked expectations: The median score on the annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition is usually either …
How many engineering students does it take to move a statue of Testudo safely across McKeldin Mall? As it turns out, eight. Yes, the statue is a four-inch, 3D-printed replica of the real thing and the mall, a cardboard diorama—but the feat of engineering …
Name the biggest crises of the past 20 years, and it’s likely School of Public Health Dean Boris Lushniak was on the front lines. From the Ebola outbreak in Liberia to the Sept. 11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina and the H1N1 pandemic, he’s harnessed his …
Mini-bus from 1972 (Photo courtesy of The Diamondback archives) When Gaither attended the University of Maryland in the early 1970s, he remembers the campus “wasn’t the most accommodating place for Black students.” Moreover, reports of violent crime, …
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