Not in the information age. Today’s digital maps serve as the carrier for a host of other bits of information about your neighborhood. They help you organize your world… 
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Bicyclists will be receiving a bit more attention from the Department of Transportation Services (DOTS), in an effort to encourage more and safer usage. With the assistance of doctoral candidate Gulsah Akar… Read more.
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In order to meet a need demonstrated by institutions teaching information security and digital forensics, the university received funding to create shared virtual lab space… Read more.
Donna L. Wiseman, the interim dean of the university’s College of Education for the past year, has been appointed dean, effective immediately. Nariman Farvardin, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, says Wiseman will lead the college… Read more.
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A year ago, University President Dan Mote approved a proposal to the Board of Regents providing for domestic partner benefits. Members of the Human Resources Working Group, formed by Mote in Fall 2006 to research the feasibility of the idea, say that they still wait for those benefits to materialize… Read more.
The Maryland community has some exciting news. As of March 31, Great Expectations, The Campaign for Maryland reached a total of $502,130,190. That means the university has raised… Read more.
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The Department of History is recruiting top undergraduate students—both history and non-history majors—to help research the university’s historic ties to slavery… Read more.
Maryland Day is truly one of those events that couldn’t happen without dedicated volunteers. A few hundred from our university community have been volunteering on Maryland Day for all nine years and will celebrate their 10th annual this year… 
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Bacteria from the Chesapeake Bay may be able to convert substances such as leftover brewers’ mash and paper trash into ethanol, according to university research. The process could provide biofuel alternatives to gasoline… 
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It’s difficult to imagine functioning without cell phones, iPods and ATMs, thanks to the advent of new technologies that have revolutionized communication around the world. The university’s researchers are trailblazers in developing such groundbreaking discoveries… Read more.
Great things are happening at Maryland, so a new home page is in order, making sure that visitors and the university community can keep track of our news and achievements… Read more.
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Maryland’s iSchool, the College of Information Studies, will host an open house Feb. 20 to celebrate its new research facilities and promote its expanding mission… Read more.
John Colvin ’69 has a mantra: “Whatever you give of yourself in volunteer work, you’ll get more out.” The commercial real estate developer has a long history of volunteerism including the presidency of the Home Builders Association of Maryland… Read more.
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