Students worldwide competed to improve security software in a contest led by UMD
The challenge for the contest was to design a secure data management platform.
More than 700,000 Marylanders have cast early ballots so far. That’s a state record.
Early voting locations are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily until Nov. 3.
Fear triggers increased support for voter ID laws, UMD study finds
Participants were selected for the study based on whether they had implicit racial bias.
A UMD professor released a music album for cats in 2015. Now, it’s blowing up in the U.K.
The album cracked the Top 40 on the U.K.’s billboard charts last week.
A USM doctor is working with a lab to test the potency of medical marijuana
The state of Maryland is expected to begin selling medical marijuana near summer 2017.
University of Maryland students will celebrate moles Monday, but not the furry rodents.
The celebration will include tabling and a competitive trivia quiz.
The DeVos Institute will kickstart a series of talks Monday on technology’s effect on art
The other three debates will take place over the next few months in cities along the East Coast.
Plant canopies around UMD’s campus offer natural protection from the sun
At least six “living umbrellas” have been placed around the campus.
180 baby Terrapins are crawling their way into the hearts of K-12 students
Hatchlings are about one month old when they reach the classrooms, and they stay for a year.
UMD has a pool that simulates the weightlessness of space. It’s one of 6 in the world.
The 50-foot-wide pool is filled with 367,000 gallons of water.