Christopher Robeck can’t wait for move-in next month. The freshman communication and theatre major is looking forward to “the menagerie of different people” he’ll live with in Queen Anne’s Hall…    Read more.

Saris just may save lives. Five years after teaching Bangladeshi women to fold their light and flowing garments four or five times to filter out disease-carrying plankton from drinking water, Distinguished University Professor Emerita Rita Colwell has discovered her work has had lasting effects…    Read more.

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A team of Maryland professors and graduate students is headed to Africa next month to show scientists there how serious, valuable research can be done inexpensively…    Read more.

A group of paranormal experts armed with an array of electronic gadgetry recently toured the Rossborough, looking for answers, for signs of nighttime activity more associated with Halloween than new student interviews and tours…    Read more.

The second floor of McKeldin Library this summer is quietly undergoing an extreme makeover—from staid book warehouse to vibrant, comfortable space that encourages collaborative, multimedia learning…    Read more.