Gov. Larry Hogan today announced a groundbreaking partnership between the state of Maryland and the University of Maryland to build and operate a network of 75 weather-observing towers that will span the state and provide real-time community-level …
In a bold effort to increase affordability and access to the state’s flagship institution of higher education, the University of Maryland today launched a new investment in need-based financial aid, providing up to $20 million annually for students from …
With apologies to the Maryland Dance Team and Cheerleaders, a thundering cartwheel from 330-pound offensive lineman Johari Branch will go down as the most memorable celebratory move from Homecoming 2022. The Maryland Terrapins capped Homecoming Week on …
Using the recently launched James Web Space Telescope, a team of scientists that includes a University of Maryland astronomer has spotted a galaxy group that formed in the early universe around a quasar—a bright deep-space object powered by a supermassive …
Think it’s hard to rub your belly and pat your head at the same time? Try crossing a football field to create intricate formations while playing the latest chart-toppers or Disney hits from memory on a saxophone or snare drum. Those are the marching orders …
Hundred-year floods occurring every few years. Record-breaking heatwaves buckling roads and withering harvests. Prolonged drought causing frequent wildfires. These days, it’s not hard to find dramatic examples of weather-driven disasters made worse by …
With wild races like Dr. Oz vs. John Fetterman and Herschel Walker vs. Raphael Warnock splashed across newspaper headlines, tweets and Instagram posts, it can feel like U.S. Senate and House contests are sucking up most of the media’s oxygen as the 2022 …
Although pre-exposure prophylaxis, or “PrEP,” medications can dramatically reduce a person’s risk of getting HIV from sex and IV drug use, some groups who could most benefit from taking PrEP are usually not prescribed the drugs, according to a study led by …
Of the many ways downpours disrupt the small town of North Brentwood, Maryland—from flooded basements to sodden front yards—one in particular is surprising: the walk to school. One of Prince George’s County’s oldest and lowest-lying towns along the …
In mid-2020, a few months after COVID-19 struck the United States, University of Maryland Associate Professor Devon Payne-Sturges began hearing stories about migrant and seasonal farm workers on Maryland’s Eastern Shore getting sick but still going to work …
Oyster “pirates” fought pitched battles on the bay with Maryland’s “Oyster Navy” in the 19th century. (Illustration by Schell and Hogan/Harper’s Weekly, 1884) If this sounds unlikely, rewind 200 years. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, oysters …
Throughout Jenna Evans’ life, their grandmother had her camcorder in hand, ready to capture everything from big family weddings to weekends babysitting Evans ’21 and all their cousins. So when their grandmother died in early 2020, Evans (who uses gender- …
Though they comprise only about 7% of the population, Black men fall victim to nearly 60% of daily gun homicides in the United States—but why? Understanding and short-circuiting this cycle of violence is at the core of the research of Joseph Richardson, …
Worries over the stability of the U.S. democratic process and outrage over the Supreme Court striking down abortion rights might tilt the 2022 political landscape away from the traditional narrative on midterm elections. An economy wracked by historic …
Starting today, hearing aids will join skin creams and wireless routers on pharmacy and electronics store shelves, following approvals from the Food and Drug Administration. This wide-open new market—available on a host of websites as well—will allow …
In her former job at the National Park Service, Department of Anthropology Associate Research Professor Marcy Rockman helped oversee efforts to preserve archeological sites, historic buildings and other cultural resources threatened by climate change—which …
Daily Spirit Stations Speaking of sporting Maryland colors, all week long, Terps can show their pride and score Homecoming swag by wearing the color of the day: red on Monday, white on Tuesday, black on Wednesday, gold on Thursday and all Maryland colors …
You’ve seen the (many) campaign ads, received the piles of political mailers and read the headlines about the importance of making your voice heard during this year’s midterm elections. But doing so requires knowing how, when and where to cast your ballot. …
Regional craft breweries will soon be seeing green—in their beermaking process and their bottom line—through a new project from the University of Maryland’s Environmental Finance Center (EFC) aimed at helping them adopt cost-saving strategies to reduce …
The small, paved road behind Preinkert Hall just gently inclines, but to me, it might as well have been a narrow, icy path winding up a mountain and over a glacier. This road was my Everest, although to conquer it, I needed only to ride an electric bike …
