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   [UMD Named Top Producer of Minority Graduates](https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news-releases/umd-named-top-producer-minority-graduates)

 Sep 6, 2017 The University of Maryland has been named a Top 100 Minority Degree Producer, ranking No. 34 overall for conferring the most undergraduate degrees to minority students and No. 66 overall for graduate and professional degrees. 

   [Statement from Wallace D. Loh on DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) Program — September 5, 2017](https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news-releases/statement-wallace-d-loh-daca-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-program-september-5-2017)

 Sep 5, 2017   [University of Maryland Undergraduates Develop Tools to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease before Patients Show Symptoms](https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news-releases/university-maryland-undergraduates-develop-tools-diagnose-alzheimers-disease-patients-show-symptoms)

 Aug 29, 2017 “Synapto” awarded first place in 2017 NIH DEBUT Challenge. 

   [UMD, Catholic Charities DC Team Up to Provide Free Dental and Health Care to Local Community](https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news-releases/umd-catholic-charities-dc-team-provide-free-dental-and-health-care-local-community)

 Aug 25, 2017 Mid-Maryland Mission of Mercy and Health Equity Festival will take place Sept. 8 & 10 at the University of Maryland’s XFINITY Center 

   [New UMD Hyperloop Pod Races Against Rivals this Weekend](https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news-releases/new-umd-hyperloop-pod-races-against-rivals-weekend)

 Aug 25, 2017 Students compete in second SpaceX competition. 

   [Congressman Anthony G. Brown to Speak at the University of Maryland](https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news-releases/congressman-anthony-g-brown-speak-university-maryland)

 Aug 25, 2017 Will Address Race, Politics and Reconciliation in Conversation with Campus Community. 

   [Large, Distant Comets More Common Than Previously Thought](https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news-releases/large-distant-comets-more-common-previously-thought)

 Aug 24, 2017 UMD-led study suggests there are about seven times more “long-period” comets than predicted. 

   [UMD and Bowie State Univ. Launch Training Program to Increase Diversity in Education Research](https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news-releases/umd-and-bowie-state-univ-launch-training-program-increase-diversity-education-research)

 Aug 22, 2017 Five-year grant will provide UMD and BSU students with research and academic mentoring. 

   [UMD Recognized Nationally in Sierra Club Sustainability Rankings](https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news-releases/umd-recognized-nationally-sierra-club-sustainability-rankings)

 Aug 22, 2017 UMD finished No. 33 overall and No. 2 out of the Big Ten in Sierra Magazine's 2017 Cool Schools ranking. 

   [UMD's Colwell Awarded 2017 International Prize for Biology](https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news-releases/umds-colwell-awarded-2017-international-prize-biology)

 Aug 18, 2017 Renowned scientist honored for discoveries in marine microbiology, bioinformatics and cholera prevention.