Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates recently spoke before the Maryland General Assembly to throw his support behind a bill mandating stiffer prison terms for illegal gun possessions, a step he and other supporters of the legislation call necessary to …
Sometimes students need an instructional pick-me-up between violin lessons. Others can’t afford as many lessons as their talent merits, or they live in a place where violin teachers are in short supply. A new artificial intelligence-powered system under …
There was a time when students didn’t outnumber livestock in College Park by much, back around 1900 when the landscape was largely farmland, dotted with just a few buildings. Today, a smaller Campus Farm, nestled between the Cambridge Community, the …
Backed by a $4.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), University of Maryland agriculture researchers are working with partners to develop a more sustainable fertilizer—one that’s safer for aquatic ecosystems than traditional …
A University of Maryland pioneer in the field of conservation criminology is joining a team of researchers and conservationists that has embarked on a bold initiative to save the world's most trafficked wild mammal—the pangolin. With $4 million in core …
In this year without a winter—check out those daffodil plants already sprouting from the ground—let the warm weather inspire you to start thinking about summer plans. The University of Maryland is preparing to welcome kids from pre-K to 12th grade back to …
A computational astrophysicist and a quantum-focused computer scientist at the University of Maryland received 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships, one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early-career researchers. The two-year, $75,000 …
South Carolina lawmakers in recent days advanced a bill that would outlaw most abortions from conception, and bans on abortion or other curtailments of reproductive rights have passed or are pending in more than 20 states. In contrast, a new University of …
If we could shrink like Ant-Man, the world at quantum scale would not look like THAT. Rolston admitted he was taken by the film’s eye-catching visual effects, which portrayed a marvelous variety of fantastic landscapes—Tatooine-like deserts; lush, “Avatar” …
The dozens of students and alums who assembled on Fraternity Row on Saturday morning, proudly sporting the colors of historically African American and other multicultural fraternities and sororities, exemplified the spirit of the neighborhood’s latest …
The new School of Public Policy building will bear the name of civil rights lawyer and former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, honoring his role in breaking down barriers for Black and African American students, including the University of …
Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity (MILE) The COVID- 19 pandemic produced the greatest decrease in literacy scores in more than 30 years. But for adults and children living in marginalized communities, “access to literacy achievement is not …
Her students don’t have to look far for an example of a thriving influencer. Golbeck’s @TheGoldenRatio4 accounts, chronicling the antics of her six (!) rescue golden retrievers, have more than 100,000 followers on Instagram and Twitter and 400,000-plus on …
Twenty-five were placed in buildings including the Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center in August and September 2021 as a pilot run, funded by a Student Government Association surplus. Josie Shaffer ’22, then director of SGA’s student facilities …
Deadly infections that shrug off all the antibiotics doctors can throw at them represent one of the top 10 global public health threats, according to the World Health Organization, and scientists have been scrambling to find new tools to fight growing …
Diamondback terrapins bury themselves in the mud to survive the winter, but Terps on campus shouldn’t go into hibernation. Take a cue from Clinical Professor Zeinab Karake, who doesn’t let snow or wind stop her from getting in 10,000 steps a day. She laces …
With gumdrop and peppermint stick visuals borrowed from a classic board game, the nearly 3,000 students who packed the Adele H. Stamp Student Union on Friday revisited fond childhood memories at the annual Stamp All Niter. From early evening to midnight, …
Excitement may be coming sooner than expected to the future site of a major development in Greater College Park, no construction crews required: outdoor movie nights, crisp fall farmers markets and a temporary ice rink under twinkling lights. The vision …
Dr. Spyridon Marinopoulos, University Health Center director, sent the following email to the campus community today: We are glad to have our full community back on campus and are pleased that with the start of the semester, our COVID-19 cases have …
That’s why she decided to write a book on the growing number of her peers who are single and living alone (SALA). Called “The Love Jones Cohort” (referencing the 1997 romantic dramedy), the book seeks to paint a fuller picture of their lives, destigmatize …
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