The intersection of Rhode Island Avenue, Lakeland Road and Navahoe Street in the College Park neighborhood of Lakeland holds two pasts: One is of streetcars and Saturday night socials, corner stores and community parades; the other, of bulldozers, …
If you've visited the new Trader Joe's in College Park this fall, then you've experienced a taste of 2022 at the University of Maryland, and that's not just a reference to the grocer’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups. This has been a year …
Senior Vice President and Provost Jennifer King Rice and Vice President for Student Affairs Patty Perillo sent the following email to the campus community today: As we near the end of the semester, we commend the continued determination of our entire …
Pregnancy and birthing are already vulnerable and emotional times for many women, but they become even more stressful when discrimination mars health care for expecting mothers, new University of Maryland-led research shows. The study published last month …
The latest buzz at the University of Maryland? Tiny, autonomous drones that harness the power of artificial intelligence to work together. In this case, the minute robots could one day provide backup to pollinators like honey bees, potentially securing …
Upbeat music greeted students arriving in Professor Kevin Roy’s classroom—his attempt to keep the mood light while they prepared to tackle some of the darker topics associated with men’s lives, from mass shootings to opioid use to suicide. There’d be no …
At first glance, it’s a simple photograph of a man resting: Andrew Baldwin stands at the water’s edge surrounded by tall, bare trees and spindly undergrowth that bursts with spring-green leaves. He leans in his brown muck boot suspenders against a thick …
A 3-D printed drug-delivery system using a sensor, heating element and wave spring sounds like a machine wheeled into the doctor’s office, not something popped in your mouth. Yet a University of Maryland engineering team has developed a futuristic new …
Amid the hustle and bustle of Stamp Student Union, where eager students sell brownies for campus clubs, prospective Terps follow tour guides like ducklings and chatter fills the food court, a furry oasis awaits. Just inside the Student Involvement Suite, …
University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines (right) speaks Monday at a roundtable discussion held in the E.A. Fernandez IDEA Factory during the United States-European Union Trade and Technology Council ministerial meeting. UMD hosted the meeting of …
Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle “We have nine semifinalists, and we have to narrow it down to three—but we don’t want to lose any of these incredibly promising, compelling ideas for addressing the world’s biggest challenges,” Senior Vice President and Provost …
Restoring and “rewilding” islands decimated by invasive species benefits not only terrestrial ecosystems, but also coastal and marine environments, according to new findings from a multi-institutional team that includes a University of Maryland …
From functioning effectively at work to keeping up with the news, modern society increasingly expects people to not only be data-literate, but also data-savvy. Charts and infographics that can make a sea of numbers tangible often present a barrier for …
What happens to a dying star when it flies too close to a supermassive black hole? According to University of Maryland astronomer Igor Andreoni, deep-space mayhem ensues: First, the star is shredded by the black hole’s gravitational tidal forces—the same …
Ahem. University of Maryland (UMD) researchers have made an unexpected finding about how we clear our throats—(or technically, mucus from our airways)—that might one day change therapies that treat pulmonary diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive …
“It’s one thing to teach and learn about something like adaptation in the abstract,” said instructor Amy Green, director of the Center for Science and Technology in Education. “But it’s another to have the turtle in front of you, to hold them and feel how …
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting widespread lockdowns drove speculation about how greater isolation and more time spent at home could affect family life, including the number of births. In a new essay in Time magazine, the University of …
Proportionally, tyrannosaurs had longer feet than any other big carnivorous dinosaur, but the uniqueness of their feet didn’t stop at their long stride. The large middle bone of their foot is triangular when viewed from the front or cross-section, and it …
Among a broad range of research areas Hu works in, natural materials like wood have been one of his signatures. Among his other sustainability-focused wood studies to grab headlines and funding have been wooden roof tiles that radiate infrared energy to …
When your brain can’t quite handle the math, there’s always your computer to help. For University of Maryland researchers from every school and college whose personal computers have also reached their limits, now there’s Zaratan. Named for a massive, …
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