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'WaterShed' Team Takes Expertise Around the World

Nearly two years after their first place win at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, several collaborators on UMD's solar-powered home, WaterShed, are lending their talent and expertise to competitive forums around the world.
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UMD Awarded $5.9M Grant for Health Equity Research

African Americans in Maryland are three times more likely to die in infancy, twice as likely to die from diabetes, and much less likely to get flu vaccines than whites.
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WIE DREAM Conference Inspires High School Students

High school girls from across the region gathered at the University of Maryland on Feb. 23, 2013, for the Women in Engineering (WIE) Program's 5th annual DREAM (Developing Revolutionary Engineers and Mentors) Conference to explore their passion for engineering and innovation.
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UMD Goes for $250K Human-Powered Helicopter Prize

On Feb. 27-28 the University of Maryland's record-setting human-powered helicopter, and the student team that designed, built and flies it, will be in the Baltimore Convention Center for flight attempts to try and win a long-unreachable prize.
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Sadat Peace Lecture Welcomes Dalai Lama

The University of Maryland will welcome his Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama to campus on Tuesday, May 7. He will be the latest in a long-list of world leaders who have given the prestigious Sadat Lecture.
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Terps Tackle Stormwater

A parking garage seems an unlikely source of inspiration. But for a diverse group of University of Maryland students, the garage next to Byrd Stadium proved a perfect place to combine creative thinking, artistic design, sustainable practices and historic preservation.