Group of UMD students gather for weekly meditation sessions
About seven to 15 students gather on McKeldin Mall every Thursday for some much-needed relaxation.
UMD improves standings in annual RecycleMania tournament
Officials attribute this year’s success to having an overarching theme for the tournament.
UMD professors create “super wood,” a material stronger than most steels
It’s 11.5 times stronger than natural wood.
College Park City Council supports a possible county-wide plastic bag tax
The county hopes to pass a 5 cent tax on disposable plastic bags.
Terps Against Hunger, Medfund win grand prizes at Do Good Challenge
The two grand-prize winners snagged $5,000 each to support their organizations’ causes.
UMD alumni’s Javazen wins $80,000 from Cupid’s Cup to improve brand
The founders behind the coffee and tea hybrid won $75,000 for first prize and $5,000 from the audience choice award.
UMD researchers found a gene that could increase strawberry production
It’s a “big breakthrough,” said postdoctoral researcher Julie Caruana.
Grad students say their voices weren’t heard in a quality of life survey
The last time the graduate student population was surveyed was in 2010.
Hasan Elahi earns Guggenheim Fellowship for ongoing art project
Elahi documented his daily life for 14 years, starting when the FBI began investigating him based on a mistaken tip.
Halal Guys will no longer be coming to Route 1
The chain backed out after building permits never arrived from the county.