Featured Articles
Driving Home Pride
UMD-themed vanity plates are the highway four-leaf clovers we love to spot.
We share some of the best—and the tales behind the tags.
Charging Up That Hill
Ninety-second battery fill-ups. All-day range. Unparalleled safety.
UMD researchers are powering up EVs to save the planet.
Wild Cards
A Fluctuating, Ever-Changing, Up-and-Down Journey to Gaming Success
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Formula for Discovery
New Chemistry Building to Ignite Quantum, Sustainability Research
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Institute AIMs for Ethical AI Development
Interdisciplinary Research to Focus on Responsible Use of Revolutionary Tech
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$27.2M Gift to Support Math Research, Outreach
Funding to Endow Brin Mathematics Research Center, Establish Endowed Chair, Launch a Summer Camp for Maryland High Schoolers
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Still Cool, 100 Years Later
Look Back on the Maryland Dairy’s Funky Flavors and Coach-Inspired Creations
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A Complicated Experience, Unlocked
Student Forms Group for Peers With Incarcerated Parents
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Designing a Better Democracy
New Course Creates Innovative Ways to Increase College Election Participation
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UM-ade in Minecraft
Undergrad Virtually Builds Mall, Drawings Fans Globally to ‘Campus’
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Trampoline Gymnast Jumps to the Top
Undergrad Aims to Represent U.S. at Paris Olympics
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Sports Briefs
Baseball, Softball Development Centers Break Ground; Terp Triple Jumps to World Title
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Roving Reporter
We Road-Test Students’ New Moon Buggy Concept at NASA
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How to Make Your Workday Work for You
Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life
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Data Security, Fully Baked
Researchers Use Recipes to Test Tool for Analyzing DoD Classification Guidelines
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Wee Mystery Solved
Terps Discover How Urine Gets Its Hue
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‘Learn, Lead, Liberate’
New Center Links Humanities, Social Change
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Inked in History
Professor Tells Stories Behind Her Traditional Tattoos
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Exercise on the Brain
Researcher Finds That Moderate Movement Can Protect Memory and Cognition
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Can’t Stand Gossip? Let’s Chat About Its Benefits
Gabbing About Others Offers Unexpected Benefits in Social Groups, UMD and Stanford Researchers Find
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Near and Deer
Is Neighborhood Wildlife Spreading COVID?
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Alumni Association News
Terps ‘Do Good’ on Campus and Beyond
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Houston, We Have a Terp
Alum Astronaut Joins International Space Station
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Class Notes
News on Friends and Classmates
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Helping Teams Score, Behind the Scenes
3 Alums Crunch Numbers as Sports Analytics Experts for Pro Teams in the DMV
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Alum Conquers ‘World’s Toughest Row’
Terp, Teammate Complete Race Across Atlantic in Record Time
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Hands Across UMD
An ‘Underexposed’ Photo of UMD History
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‘David’s Dream’ Shines
Sculpture Dedicated to Late Groundbreaking Artist