SustainableUMD News
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SustainableUMD News (searchable archive)
Water for Food Deserts
Student Aquaponics Project Could Help County Grow Urban Agriculture in Empty BuildingsRead More
Fighting Phantom Flushes
Device Created by Terps Helps Keep Unnecessary Water—and Money—From Going Down the Toilet Read More
Double Duty
Architecture School’s 3 New Dual Degrees to Prepare Students for a Changing, Challenging WorldRead More
Terps Spread Goodwill on Good Neighbor Day
Kissed by Mother Nature, Annual Community Service Day Returns With in-Person, Virtual Events Read More
Global-scale View of Animal Behavior Shows Climate Change's Impacts
Study Including UMD Biologists Reveals Unusual Movement, Birthing PatternsRead More
Latino, ‘MillZ’ Members United on Climate Change
UMD Research Finds Overlap in Views Between Social Identity GroupsRead More
Student Team to Shed New Light on Sustainable Power Use at UCF
UMD, a Solar Decathlon Powerhouse, Competes to Design, Model a Campus Energy SystemRead More
Understanding "Ghost Forests" and Abandoned Farms
$725K NSF Grant to Support Research on Eastern Shore Saltwater Intrusion Read More
Up the Bay With a Paddle—and a Mission
Alum to Stand-up Paddle Entire Length of Chesapeake Bay to Support Oyster Recovery Partnership Read More
The Compounding Costs of Air Pollution
UMD Study Finds Increased Electricity Use and Decreased Solar Power Generation, Threatening Energy Access Read More
More University Sustainability News
Report: U.S., China Must Collaborate on Carbon Dioxide Removal
Terp Student Inventor Helps Set Path for Autonomous Vehicles
