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Fall 2025 cricket in spaghetti and meatballs

Surf, Turf—and Chirp?

Entomology Team Delves Into Benefits, Challenges of Eating Insects

Fall 2025 forest fire illustration

Pulling a Global Fire Alarm

UMD’s Unique Forest-Monitoring Capabilities Revealed an Alarming Wildfire Spike

Fall 2025 Illustration of Warren Buffett with money

Career Investment

Buffett Scholar Reflects on Role Model’s Retirement

Fall 2025 chatbot with text boxes on screen and magnifying glass

How to Chat ... With a Bot

Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life

Fall 2025 green alien on Mars sits on recliner and points remote at TV

Hello, Mars? Quantum Device Could Help Open Communications

‘Green Machine’ Laser Receiver Leverages Quantum Mechanics to Extract Light Particles

Fall 2025 manufactured house

Housing, Reframed

Urban Planner Says Modern Manufactured Homes Could Expand Options for First-Time Buyers

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AI Goes to School for Math-Instruction Study

Researchers to Create Database of A+ Classroom Teaching

Fall 2025 grapes on vines at vineyard

Rot Race

Researchers Help State’s Growers Save Vines, Fruit

Spring 2025 two students point to cream pan they dug up

Crystal Clear

Centuries-Old Stones Uncovered by Archaeologist Reveal Stories of Ireland’s Mystical Past

Spring 2025 Sherlock examining news story with magnifying glass

How to Be Your Own Fact Checker

Ask the Expert: Advice for Real Life

Spring 2025 cartoon brain with hands holding dumbbell, papers, phone, ball, book, briefcase

Heart-Healthy Lifestyles Can Also Delay Brain Aging, UMD Researchers Find

Diet, Exercise and Other Behaviors Can Impact Dementia Risk, Study of 20K Brain MRIs Shows

Spring 2025 Marsha Laufer talks to student

A Vote for Civic Education

Gift to Maryland Democracy Initiative Supports Political Engagement, Literacy

Spring 2025 tornado coming out of laptop

A New Twist on Tornado Tracking

Undergrad Coproduces First Database Documenting Events Worldwide

Spring 2025 house floating in water with flames in background

Losing a Game of Risk

Insurance Expert Proposes Plan to Save Homeowners’ Coverage

Spring 2025 five roads diverging on yellow background

Bottleneck Buster

After Key Bridge Collapse, Engineer Seeks to Ease Commutes in Baltimore

Winter 2025 strawberry holding umbrella with crabs on it; a pear holding a "RIPE" sign shaking hands with a banana; a sparkling steak

Fresh Takes on Fighting Food Waste

Researchers Devise Spoilage-Stopping Tech That Could Change How We Grow, Buy and Store Produce