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Rising to a Grand Challenge: Food, Energy and Water in a Changing Climate

Apr 12, 2023

Institutional Grant Team Works for Balanced Approaches to Existential Problems

Cool Green Shelters, an offshoot of Maryland-born company Living Canopies, will bring comfortable, sustainable bus shelters to riders often left unprotected. The company's first shelters will debut in Hyattsville this summer. Rendering courtesy of David Tilley.

With New UMD Invention, All the Cool Kids Will Be Riding the Bus

Apr 12, 2023

Plant-Topped, Solar-Powered Shelters to Debut in Prince George’s County

The University Park Pollinator Meadow on Adelphi Road is one of over 30 pollinator refuges stretching from Greenbelt to the D.C. line, a project facilitated by UMD’s Sustainable Maryland to build food and habitat along the Route One corridor. Below, the same field in February, offering a safe haven for bees and butterflies to overwinter.

UMD Sustainability Program Unites Route One Communities to Build a Pathway for Pollinators

Apr 6, 2023

The water level of Lake Victoria in central Africa has risen more than a meter since 2019 during one of the strongest periods of excessive precipitation.

Major Droughts, Rainfall Events Occurring More Often, UMD and NASA study finds

Mar 16, 2023

Decades of Satellite Data Reveal Punishing Local Hydrological Extremes in NASA-UMD Study

While hand pumps are no longer the norm, 13% of Marylanders still get their water from individual wells, and new UMD survey data suggest many are contaminated with bacteria

UMD Well Water Data Finds Contamination Frequent on Farms

Mar 13, 2023

Extension Researcher Finds Bacteria, Suggests Filter Use to Boost Safety

UMD's Deb Niemeier Selected for Franklin Institute’s 2023 Bower Award and prize for Achievement

Jan 24, 2023

Clark Distinguished Chair is honored for her research on transportation, climate, and equity

UMD partners with L2 Brands to provide TERP fans with Maryland League apparel made from recycled plastic

The University of Maryland Teams Up with L2 Brands and Unifi to Promote Sustainability

Sep 30, 2021

UMD partners with L2 Brands to provide Terp fans with Maryland League apparel made with REPREVE recycled fibers.

DOE Funds $6 Million for UMD-Led Creation of Biofuels and Bioplastics from Food Waste

Sep 1, 2021

UMD Professor Stephanie Lansing to head consortium of scientists and industry partners seeking to reduce use of fossil fuels & landfills by creating renewable resources

UMD Sustainability Report Marks Significant Climate Action Progress

Nov 29, 2018

UMD Emerges as State Leader in 2018 RecycleMania Competition

May 2, 2018

Recyclemania is an annual 8-week competition which challenges colleges and universities across the United States and Canada to collect the most recyclable materials.

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