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Maggie Haslam

Spring 2024 collection of Terp license plates

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.

Spring 2024 three cartoon brains exercising

Exercise on the Brain

Researcher Finds That Moderate Movement Can Protect Memory and Cognition

Spring 2024 Writer Maggie Haslam drives lunar rover while wearing spacesuit

Roving Reporter

We Road-Test Students’ New Moon Buggy Concept at NASA

Winter 2024 man and woman sit at table with dishes flying around them; boxers shake hands

Talking Politics—Without Getting the Silent Treatment

Ask an Expert: Advice for Real Life

Winter 2024 Arlington House perched atop Arlington National Cemetery

In the Shadow of History

At Robert E. Lee’s Former Residence, Researcher Opens Door to Overlooked Legacies

Winter 2024 Matt Swope bumps fists with player rounding bases

Back in Full Swing

Former UMD All-Star Steps Up to the Plate as Head Coach

Winter 2024 student tests pressure suit

An Out-of-This-World Mentor

Adviser for Decades of Space, Robot Competitions Isn’t Powering Down

Winter 2024 group of students in woods with written doodles: Team Survival Challenge; me, realizing I'll live another day; balloon to signal for help; other teams look on skeptically; container fitted with mask to filter water; scorecard

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Dying

In Wilderness Survival Class, Students Rely on Wits, Not a Whiteboard

Fall 2023 two students sit on WMUC couch. Inset photos: students install radio tower; students review tally sheets

‘Get Listening, Kids’

How do you track 75 years of college radio at Maryland? Decades of deejays replay history, hijinks and the music that made WMUC.

Fall 2023 fire burns down houses

Burning Question for Babies’ Health

UMD Leads National Study on Long-Term Effects of Wildfires

Fall 2023 bus shelter with plant growing on top

Gimme (Green) Shelter

UMD-Grown, Plant-Packed Bus Shelters Debut Near Campus

Fall 2023 wind tunnel

Blast From the Past—and Into the Future

75 Years After Its Groundbreaking, Revived UMD Wind Tunnel Revs Up

Spring 2023 car going from house to brick office building

Maryland, Start Your Engines

Survey Shows Cars Fuel Post-COVID Commute