This app created by UMD researchers gives you prizes for a green commute You can earn points toward Amazon and iTunes gift cards by logging your commutes. Zoe Rader September 6, 2018
Quantum computers aren’t practical yet — but this UMD-led team wants to change that The team recently won a National Science Foundation grant. Zoe Rader August 30, 2018
UMD researchers did “what was thought of as impossible” by decoding the wheat genome The new map of wheat DNA could help combat issues associated with climate change and overpopulation. Zoe Rader August 30, 2018
The University of Maryland Golf Course will soon have a monarch butterfly garden The milkweed garden was sponsored by a program called Monarchs in the Rough. Brooks DuBose May 30, 2018
UMD researchers received $2 million from the Energy Department to develop solar technology They aim to develop a cost-effective power system. Audrey Decker May 10, 2018
“Not just a chore”: UMD students develop app to incentivize recycling Recyclify rewards students’ efforts with points that can be redeemed for food at Stamp. Matt Perez May 2, 2018
A revamped electric car charger is UMD’s Invention of the Year It’s 50 percent lighter and cheaper than ordinary electric vehicle chargers. Lindsey Feingold April 12, 2018
A UMD group went to Liberia over spring break to train locals in agricultural practices They “worked from sunup to almost midnight every day.” Lindsey Feingold March 30, 2018
The new CDC director is a UMD School of Medicine professor Robert Redfield has received praise and criticism for his work with HIV treatment. Lindsey Feingold March 22, 2018
UMD researchers make strides in quantum computing research Researchers made a new design for photonic crystals. Lindsey Feingold February 26, 2018