NASA gives UMD team $1 million to develop battery for use in space
The UMD team is charged with creating a battery prototype in a three-phase process for future space missions.
Adapting Igor
This university’s Chamber Singers team up with the U.S. Army Band to conquer Stravinsky (above, looking just about exactly how you would expect Igor Stravinsky…
Board of Regents firms up a 2020 plan with its new members
The main goals of the new plan include increasing the graduation rate and establishing new research centers.
The outsiders
For the seventh consecutive year, the Capital Fringe Festival has descended on downtown Washington. The annual festival runs from July 12 through Sunday, and area…
Slots: A risky bet to save the state budget
I’m always a supporter of freedom of choice. I believe in people’s right to marry whoever they want and ingest whatever substances they want. I…
New univ. program offers discounted computers
A new university program that offers Dell and Apple computers to students and faculty could shave as much as 50 percent from regular computer prices,…
SLAP’s McKeldin Banner
Members of SLAP unveiled a banner and took signatures for a petition asking for fairer working wages for university workers on Oct. 1. The group…
Gubernatorial candidates exchange jabs in first debate
Yesterday’s gubernatorial debate between Anthony Brown and Larry Hogan centered on topics of business and economy, but the candidates also touched on education and the environment.
David Mitchell
David Mitchell, University of Maryland Police chief, speaks to reporters the day of the Feb. 12, 2013, off-campus murder-suicide.