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Alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals

UN Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education UN Sustainable Development Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth UN Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

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Stories related to UMD's Education for Sustainability Goals

llustration comparing three battery technologies: solid-state battery, fast-charge battery, and cylindrical lithium-ion battery.

UMD Battery Study Addresses Key Barrier to Electrifying Transportation

Nov 14, 2025 -- University of Maryland experts investigating modern energy solutions have cleared a path towards manufacturing fast-charging batteries for electric vehicles—a challenge imposing barriers on the wide adoption of electrified

Read about battery innovations for electric vehicles
Three photos showing students traveling: walking along a road, a close-up selfie outdoors, and a reflection of a passenger riding in a vehicle mirror.

New Terp Bucket List Challenges Students to Go Green

Dec 04, 2025 -- Freshman Walks Through How Taking 20 Pro-Sustainability Steps Can Earn Pins, Graduation Cord

Read about the New Terp Bucket List challenge
Honeybee collecting pollen from a bright yellow flower.

Where Do Campus Bees Go in the Winter?

Dec 11, 2025 -- Eric Malcolm of the UMD Bee Lab sheds light on how honey bees plan and perform remarkable feats of survival during the coldest time of year—and what we can do to help them.

Learn where bees go in winter
Large wildfire spreading through trees with flames and thick smoke beside a road with a vehicle nearby.

To Fight Wildfires, Look to Social Media, UMD Researcher Says

July 29, 2025 -- UMD Research Changes Lives: AI-Based Crowdsourcing, Analysis of Posts Can Aid Emergency Response

 

Read research on wildfire impacts
Wildfire spreading along a ridge of vegetation with flames forming a long fire line and smoke drifting upward.

Pulling the Global Fire Alarm

May 23, 2025 -- UMD’s Unique Forest-Monitoring Capabilities Revealed an Alarming Wildfire Spike

Explore global wildfire monitoring research
Satellite image of the Chesapeake Bay watershed with waterways branching through Maryland and Virginia.

Satellites Offer New View of Chesapeake Bay’s Marine Heat Waves

May 23, 2025 -- UMD-led Study Reveals ‘Significant Increases’ in Yearly Swelter, but Not All Regions Are Warming Equally

Learn about Chesapeake Bay marine heat waves
photo courtesy of Wendy Powers

Wash State Dean Tapped to Lead College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

May 16, 2025 -- Wendy Powers to Advance College’s Academic, Research Missions, Commitment to Serve Public Good

Read about UMD’s new agriculture dean
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6 Terps Who Changed Sustainability at UMD

Apr 22, 2025 -- Academic Minor, Composting, Campus ReUse Store Among Initiatives Started by Faculty, Staff and Students

Meet the six Terps advancing sustainability
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Foiling Food Waste, Battling Plastic Bottles: UMD Sustainability Fund’s Victories

Oct 04,2024 -- 300 Projects Later, Grant Program Keeps Greening Campus

 

Learn how UMD reduces food waste and plastic
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