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Bill Nye and NASA’s chief scientist talk asteroids

By Nick Albicocco With dozens of asteroid scientists in Washington DC this week for the semi-annual IAA Planetary Defense Conference, the university invited scientist and television personality Bill Nye, NASA chief scientist Jim Green and a panel of asteroid scientists to discuss the risk of asteroid impact and possible mitigation strategies. The event, titled “Bill Nye and friends vs. The Asteroids,” was held on the … Continue reading Bill Nye and NASA’s chief scientist talk asteroids

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Terps Against Hunger partners with UMD Seniors for service event

By Ambriah Underwood University of Maryland student-led organizations and community members engaged in a collaborative relief effort on March 11 to package meals for those living without food security. Terps Against Hunger, a student organization fighting hunger in the Washington, D.C., metro area, and this university’s Senior Class Council hosted the four-hour event with about 600 volunteers to prepare meal packages that could feed up … Continue reading Terps Against Hunger partners with UMD Seniors for service event

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Changing temperatures put peak dates for cherry blossoms into question

By Greta Easthom For the third year in a row, a warmer-than-average January and February has accelerated the arrival of Washington, D.C.’s annual cherry blossoms, according to the Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang. When 70 percent of the cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin have fully grown, Capital Weather Gang considers this to be peak bloom. The average date for peak bloom, historically, was April … Continue reading Changing temperatures put peak dates for cherry blossoms into question

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Gallery: March for Science

On Saturday, April 22, 40,000 people congregated on Constitution Ave. in Washington. The March for Science had brought them together on a rainy day with the common goal of advocating for the adoption of scientific policies and an increase in research and design funding from the federal government. Despite the weather, participants were energized, brought many creative signs and wore intricate costumes to the display.   Continue reading Gallery: March for Science

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Terps Against Hunger prepares meals for the needy in Memorial Chapel

Terps Against Hunger, an organization that has grown substantially over the last three years, put together a meal packing event for the less fortunate in the Metro D.C. area Tuesday in the Memorial Chapel. “This is a smaller event, we don’t have smaller events too often,” said Josh Turskey, a junior architecture major. “But our larger scale events…we count large scale anything over 100 thousand, we’ll … Continue reading Terps Against Hunger prepares meals for the needy in Memorial Chapel

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