Winter 2019

Diamondback Garage Shines at Opening

by Chris Carroll | Photo by John T. Consoli The $2 billion revitalization effort known as Greater College Park is centered on Baltimore Avenue, but the…

UMD Memorializes Capital Gazette Shooting Victims

By Terp Staff | Photo by John T. Consoli The University of Maryland is honoring the five victims of June’s mass shooting in the Capital Gazette newsroom in…

Handling Life’s Curveballs

After Beating Cancer, UMD Pitcher Looks for More Wins on Mound By Annie Dankelson | Photo by Greg Fiume/Maryland Athletics Playing time isn’t guaranteed…

Global Identity

Terp Takes Over Peace Corps by Liam Farrell | Photo courtesy of Jody Olsen Jody Olsen Ph.D. ’79 had never been on an airplane before she flew to Tunisia…

Monumental Change

America’s memorials to slavery and its victims have lived quiet lives in public places. A Maryland professor is traveling the country to learn their…

The Big Question

What Is Humanity’s Most Enduring Mystery? Photo by goodfreephotos.com Akua Asa-Awuku Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular…

A Modern Take on an Ancient Immigration Tale

Terp’s New Opera Explores Struggles of Refugees By Colleen Crowley M.Jour. ’19 | Illustration by Brian G. Payne The first draft of this story was written…

How Clean Power Could Make a Desert Bloom

by Chris Carroll | Illustration by Margaret Hall Filling the Sahara, the Earth’s largest hot desert, with wind and solar electricity generation farms…

Sports Briefs

By Annie Dankelson | Photo by Greg Fiume/Maryland Athletics Ultimate Goal Achieved Men's Soccer Tops Akron for Program’s Fourth National Title Fifty years…