Education for Sustainability
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Stories related to UMD's Education for Sustainability Goals

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

Pulling the Global Fire Alarm
May 23, 2025 -- UMD’s Unique Forest-Monitoring Capabilities Revealed an Alarming Wildfire Spike

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

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

6 Terps Who Changed Sustainability at UMD
Apr 22, 2025 -- Academic Minor, Composting, Campus ReUse Store Among Initiatives Started by Faculty, Staff and Students

Foiling Food Waste, Battling Plastic Bottles: UMD Sustainability Fund’s Victories
Oct 04,2024 -- 300 Projects Later, Grant Program Keeps Greening Campus

Around the World With Adventurous Terps
Sep 04, 2024 -- From the Fjords of Norway to the Peaks of Peru, Students Studied, Researched and Did Good This Summer

‘Poverty Is an Injury’
Aug 29, 2024 -- First Year Book Asks Why Income Inequality Persists in America

New Ideas for Used Materials
Aug 16, 2024 -- Art Class Designs Maryland Day Installation From Found Objects