University of Maryland College Park News

The University System of Maryland's Board of Regents defied state lawmakers Wednesday afternoon and agreed not to adopt a policy to prohibit students from screening obscene material on its campuses.

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Marriott International , whose Inn & Conference Center at the University of Maryland College Park was the first hotel in North America to win certification from the U.S. Green Building Council 's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, plans to accelerate development of green hotel projects.

Now, astronomers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., find that an X-ray source in galaxy NGC 5408 represents one of the best cases for a middleweight black hole to date.

More than 600 students staged a protest Nov. 5 at the University of Maryland, College Park over the firing of a diversity administrator.

University Park Town Councilman Ed DeSaussure resigned Monday night and criticized the town's handling of several financial issues, including its enrollment of employees in the state pension system.

Eric and Liz Maring watch as their five-year-old son, Leo, drops their ballots in the ballot box Tuesday at the city of College Park elections.

Art de Femme, a newly opened store in the Village of Cross Keys, specializes in high-end, designer lingerie and swimwear.

Main Category: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Also Included In: Public Health On November 13, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the New York Academy of Sciences will host a symposium to address the complex issues surrounding water and health.

Christopher C. Davis is in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.

Warren E. "Libby" Mitzel, a retired physical-education instructor who taught in city public schools, died of cancer Oct.

James Dcane, a design engineer at Anthrotronix in Silver Spring, controls the CosmoBot robot with the AcceleGlove through hand movements and gestures.

College Park officials are not sure when they will receive state funding to improve the city's congested and damaged stretch of Route 1, but that doesn't mean they're going to stop asking.

Members of the Hubei University Lion Dance and Martial Arts Troupe, visiting from China, perform at Paint Branch Elementary School on Oct.

The next time a college student in your family, office, or neighborhood asks for money, it may not be a personal request.

COLLEGE PARK - Fall foliage may be burning red, orange and yellow these days, but the University of Maryland, College Park is turning green.

Riverdale-based Engaged University, which partners with the University of Maryland, College Park, to build relationships with the local community, will cease operations after Jan.

Seven emerging technologies could result in automatic guided vehicles that never stop to recharge, more nimble robotics, and smarter pattern recognition for faster cancer detection .

The county government is promising to use low-phosphorus fertilizer to green up its parks, golf courses and ballfields - a move aimed at reducing pollution to the Chesapeake Bay.

President of the University of Maryland College Democrats Amy Y. Hartman speaks Sept.