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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…

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 |…

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…

An armed carjacking at age 16 sent Reginald Dwayne Betts ’09 to prison—and started his remarkable path to the worlds of literature and law. By Sala Levin ’10…

Guide dogs undergo months of training before they’re ready to assist visually impaired handlers. For the first student-sponsored pup at UMD, class is in…

A woman’s lifesaving new kidney arrived by drone, and the nation’s transplant system may never be the same. by Chris Carroll | Photo by John T.…

A year after her husband was killed in a mass shooting, Andrea Chamblee ’83 navigates grief by finishing his final book and taking a public role in gun-reform…

Using sensors in the Arctic, a professor hoped to visually depict the ice melting for an audience a continent away—until climate change itself disrupted his…

Dedicated—and slightly obsessed—Terps created their own version of “Survivor.” Twelve smartphone-shot seasons later, they’ve kept the torch burning, and passed…