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The video platforms that kept businesses open during the pandemic were a game changer for where and how work happens. But what if the tools ubiquitous for online meetings could also change who gets to do it? A new communications platform…

It doesn’t take a scientist to know that a Facebook post bursting with party popper emojis or angry face symbols gets more reactions and shares than a flat, factual account of a child’s graduation or an airline’s villainous customer…

When Marie Brodsky ’24’s grandfather moved from his longtime home in Houston to live with her family in Rockville, Md., in early 2021, the University of Maryland math major saw firsthand the isolation and loneliness many older adults face.…

Hurricane Ian struck southwest Florida in September 2022, cutting a path of destruction that made it the nation’s third-costliest weather disaster and left 150 people dead in the state. But the storm’s havoc continued as it unleashed a…

The University of Maryland today announced that its A. James Clark School of Engineering will become the permanent home of a multi-university program that provides holistic support to exceptionally talented students with financial need,…

A $3.4 million grant from the National Institute on Aging will fund a study by a University of Maryland researcher and colleagues on how discrimination and factors such as social support alter the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related…

Inadequate health care access, unhealthy diets and not enough exercise are all well-known risk factors for the No. 1 cause of cancer-related deaths in women—breast cancer—but what was never clear is why death rates for the disease differ…

Nearly 800 volunteers picked up litter, installed pollinator gardens, painted storm drains and distributed free hot meals throughout College Park and surrounding communities for the 12th annual Good Neighbor Day on Saturday. The day…

Hikes in grocery prices—11% last year alone—often arise from factors outside of governments’ control, whether it’s bird flu driving up egg costs or heavy rain and flooding in California drowning crops of veggies, nuts and berries. But…

A team of University of Maryland researchers has made new strides in the fight against metastatic cancer by successfully combining three cutting-edge photoimmunotherapy technologies to help prevent the spread and return of the disease,…