Skip to main content
Wide-angle view of McKeldin Library with lens flare.

News

Maryland Global News

  • Fearless Fulbrights: Dr. Kenneth Leonard

    Dr. Kenneth Leonard shares how his Fulbright experience in Ghana was essential to bringing on a new lens to his AGNR course, AREC 365: World Hunger Population and Food Supplies.

  • Fearless Fulbrights: Dr. Roberta Lavine

    Spanish Professor Emerita, Dr. Roberta Lavine, traveled to Chile in 2005 as a Fulbright scholar, collaborating with the faculty at the University of Concepción to evolve their learning resources for their secondary English speakers.

  • “A national scholarship? I’m just Alyssa from Frederick!”

    Meet Alyssa Taylor '24—she spent the 2022-23 school year in Korea as a Gilman scholar at Seoul National University. Now, she's connecting students to their own study abroad journeys as a Global Learning Ambassador for Education Abroad.

  • 26 UMD Students Named Gilman Scholars for Study Abroad

    26 University of Maryland students were recently awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State, a record number since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted study abroad in 2020.

  • Fearless Fulbrights: Dr. Chris Vagionas

    "The overall hospitality of the UMD personnel was tremendous, with such a warm welcome to new visiting members, forming the frame of a fascinating experience that I will proudly promote."

  • Fearless Fulbrights: Dr. Elvira Barkhatova

    Dr. Elvira Barkhatova, visiting Fulbright scholar, shares her experience on campus and her work as a linguist, exploring the formation of new words.


University News

John Sprinkle teaches class outside

Take This Class (Summer Edition!): The Secret Life of Buildings

Students Discover Hidden Histories, Meanings in the Everyday Spaces Around Them
View Article Take This Class (Summer Edition!): The Secret Life of Buildings
Ion Storage Systems workers pose

UMD Spinoff Firm Powers Up State’s First Solid-State Battery Production Line

Researcher’s Green Energy Innovations Will Be Used in Defense Department Electronics
View Article UMD Spinoff Firm Powers Up State’s First Solid-State Battery Production Line
Rachel Ross on flower farm

A Blossoming Business

Inspired by Late Grandmother, Alumna Flourishes in Founding Cut-Flower Farm
View Article A Blossoming Business
Back to Top