News from around campus

Virtual Game, Real Learning: VR Reading Adventure Improves Skills for Dyslexic Youth (College of Education)

• Thu. Jan 15, 2026

Building for Belonging: Thesis Winners Create Spaces that Nurture Connection, Identity and Purpose (School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation)

• Fri. Dec 19, 2025

"Chi’s design concept, which won the University of Maryland Architecture Program’s 2025 Thesis Prize, reimagines a vacant office building as a place where the very young and their older, wiser counterparts overlap throughout the day through circulation and programming."

AI-generated videos could worsen racism on the internet, experts say (The Black Explosion)

• Fri. Dec 12, 2025

UMD College of Education will offer a new American Sign Language Minor starting Spring 2026 (Stories Beneath the Shell)

• Thu. Dec 11, 2025

Making cannabis use safer (School of Public Health)

• Mon. Dec 08, 2025

Hundreds honor legacy of Lt. Richard Collins III at annual service day (The Diamondback)

• Mon. Dec 08, 2025

Material Culture, Collective Memory and the Work of Repair (College of Arts & Humanities)

• Mon. Dec 08, 2025

Driskell Center’s ‘Solace & Sisterhood’ celebrates connection in Black community (The Diamondback)

• Fri. Dec 05, 2025

UMD English professor helps lead book club for incarcerated women (The Diamondback)

• Fri. Dec 05, 2025

Founded by university alum Brenda Murray, the club is more than a place to talk about books — it’s a space for stimulating conversation that links the women to each other and the outside world

Another Spin at the ‘Wheel’ (Maryland Today)

• Fri. Dec 05, 2025