Local and Global Impact
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Stories related to UMD's Local and Global Impact Goals
10-Years of Sustainable Food
Nov 02, 2022 -- Celebrate A Decade of Green Dining Programs at UMD
Rising to a Grand Challenge: Climate-Related Disasters, Farming Crises
Apr 26, 2023 -- Institutional Grant Team Works to Provide Early Warning in Maryland, Beyond
Green Lab Startup, Camp for Kids Dealing With Parents’ Cancer Take First Place in Do Good Challenge
Apr 25, 2023 -- 6 Student Teams Split $20K for Their Impactful Ventures, Projects Tackling Social Issues
UMD Sparks Partnership with Pepco on Green Projects
Jan 27, 2023 -- Environmental Stewardship, Community Resiliency the Focus of $125K in Grants from Utility
Labors for Our Neighbors
Nov 14, 2022 -- UMD, City Volunteers Tackle 40 Service Projects on Good Neighbor Day
A Three-Decade QUEST
Nov 11, 2022 -- Multidisciplinary Honors Program Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Solving Problems With Corporate, Government Partners
$95M NASA Cooperative Agreement to Support Research Center Focused on Global Sustainability
Sep 27, 2022 -- Funding Allows UMD to Expand Collaboration With Space Agency, Broader Research Community
From A to Zucchini
Jul 27, 2022 -- University of Maryland Extension Takes Urban Gardeners in Baltimore to Farm Field School
$12.75M Bezos-funded Grant to Support Geography Researchers’ New Approach to Global Mapping
Nov 04, 2021 -- Project With World Resources Institute Will Cut Through Data Clutter to Protect the Earth