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Blown Away
COVID-19 Felt Like a Swan Song for In-person Performances. UMD Research Is Seeking to Understand and Minimize the Risks of Playing and Singing Together While…

Keeping an Eye on the Universe
30 Years Into Hubble’s Surprising Run, Terps Help the Revolutionary Space Telescope Stay Productive in Orbit
By Chris Carroll | Photo courtesy of…

Trigger Guard
Crossing the boundaries between academia and the streets, Professor Joseph Richardson Jr. seeks to find a way out of trauma for young Black men.

9 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About President Pines
His Modest Beginnings, Boyhood Heroes, Futuristic Research and Plans to Tackle ‘Grand Challenges’
By Chris Carroll | Photo by John T. Consoli
The…


Double Infection Fighter
With Quiet Resolve, a Scientist Who Changed the World’s Understanding of Cholera Stands Up to Her Field’s Sexism
By Sala Levin ’10 | Photo by John T.…

Sticking Together
From Going BIG to Building a Greater College Park, President Wallace D. Loh Will Retire in June—and Leave a Stronger, Transformed UMD.
By Terp…

Secrets, Satellites and Howard Stern
From Cold War Derring-do to Sirius Radio, How Robert Briskman M.S. ’61 Helped Build the Foundations of Technologies That Define Modern Life
By Chris Carroll |…

Growing Beyond Meat
With Plant-based Protein, Ethan Brown M.P.M. ’97 Sets Out to Change America’s Eating Habits—and Maybe Save the World
By Chris Carroll | Illustrations by Jon…
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