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Winter 2023 Rod Brunson portrait

Moving Beyond ‘Getting Tough’

Amid Spiraling Violence, Criminologist Studies New Approaches to Gun Crime

Winter 2023 colorful magnet illustration

Electromagnetic Control Could Pull Surgery Into the Future

UMD Mechanical Engineering Researcher Is ‘Disarming’ Surgery Robots

Winter 2023 rowhouses in Baltimore

Roots of Injustice

Research Finds More Vulnerable Tree Canopy in Redlined Baltimore

Winter 2023 House with a garden

Backyard Climate Guard

Extension Experts: Climate-Resilient Gardening’s Just a Few Steps Away

Winter 2023 Progressively closer photos of Dimorphos

Planetary Protectors

Terps Helped Propel NASA Mission to Redirect an Asteroid

Winter 2023 weaved-together photos of singers/bands

Cover Stories

ARHU Dean’s Podcast Debates Musical Remakes

Fall 2022 Collage of TV and movie images

The Big Question

What’s the Best or Worst Fictionalized Depiction of Your Field in Film, TV or a Book?

Fall 2022 MARIA MOLINA

Flipping the Channel

New Professor Left Cable News for Climate Data Science

Fall 2022 student raises hand in classroom

At Journey’s End, a Warmer Welcome

Researcher Studies How Schools Can Better Integrate Young Unaccompanied Migrants

Fall 2022 Painting of Ukraine flag colors with Twitter birds

Big Data ‘Early Alarm’ for Ukraine Abuses

System Analyzes Millions of Tweets Daily to Quickly Pinpoint Atrocities, Refugee Flows

Fall 2022 illustration of nasal COVID vaccine

Right in the Nose

Inhaled Vaccine Creates Immunity Where It’s Most Needed

Fall 2022 couch and chair with rainbow rug

A New ‘Script’ for LGTBQ+ Patient Caregivers

Training Program Aims to Improve Mental Health Treatment

Fall 2022 Painting of woman at table with "hey," "wyd" text bubbles

How to Make Friends as an Adult—and Keep Them

In New Book, Psychologist Debunks Myths, Offers Tips

Fall 2022 signs prohibiting guns

Signs of the Times

Dean’s Expert Testimony Illuminates Texas ‘No Guns’ Case

Fall 2022 People at Planet Word

A ‘Word’ About Research

Museum-based Project Engages Broader Public on Language Science

Spring 2022 Watering can illustration

The Big Question

What’s the Smallest Change People Can Make to Have the Biggest Positive Impact on Society?