A large crowd turned out for the University's annual block party with informational tables by various student organizations, campus offices, and vendors from the neighborhood. The Oriole Bird, lots of free giveaways, and food were among the highlights. For more pictures, click here.

Students, many holding ice cream treats and free giveaways, celebrate the start of a new semester by joining President Perman at an Ice Cream Social sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs. The School of Pharmacy held a similar event. For all the Welcome Month events around campus, click here.

UM shuttle has arrived! Three routes are ready to take the University and Medical Center community around town fare-free! For more information, check out the UM shuttle website at www.umaryland.edu/shuttlebus.

The University’s interdisciplinary group of 12 students, two from each professional school, is facing hardships such as “a bridgeless river” during its six-week maternal and child health mission in Malawi. But the students, and their faculty mentors, are persevering. Read their interim report by clicking here.

The School of Medicine and the School of Social Work combined to hold a Better My Identity kids health fair where their young neighbors from Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School exercised and learned about safety, nutrition, and health services. Here Autumn Atkinson gets some advice from social work student Liz Buchanan.

Marco Chacón, PhD, founder, president, and CEO of BioPark tenant Paragon Bioservices, Inc., expresses his thanks after receiving a governor's proclamation for being one of PharmaVOICE magazine's "100 Most Inspiring People." James L. Hughes, MBA, the University's chief enterprise and economic development officer, and Judy Britz, PhD, executive director of the Maryland Biotechnology Center, join in the fun at the BioPark's August "Science in the City" mixer.