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Catherine Nakalembe doing field work in Uganda

GEOG’s Nakelembe Honored for Work to Improve Food Security in East Africa

Be Our Guest: Sharing Our Thanksgiving Table

BSOS Terps Help Foster Surge in Student Voting

Trump speaks to media at the White House

New UMD Critical Issues Poll Finds Public Opinion Shifting on Impeachment

Dana Fisher in crowd of protesters. Photo by Emily Rasinski

Stepping up the Science of Street Protests

hands on a keyboard with a multicolored background

Emotional Benefits of Coming "Out" at Work

Former University of Maryland System Chancellor William "Brit" Kirwan briefing legislators on December 12 in College Park.

New UMD-Post Poll Finds Strong Support for Increasing State Education Spending

Reflections on the Passing of Congressman Cummings

Women as Partners in Progress: Changing a Law, Challenging Social Views

Upcoming Events

Nov 18 Nov 18

MPRC Seminar Series: Uchecki Mitchell

Nov 19 Nov 19

BBI Seed Grant Symposium

Nov 20 Nov 20

Rita B. Leahy Career Series: Advocacy & Policy Careers for PhDs

Nov 21 Nov 21

Economics Alumni Happy Hour

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Hilary Sandborn, ANTH & GVPT '21

"It’s a small field that nobody knows about, and there’s so much potential...

Elonna Jones, GVPT '20

Senior Elonna Jones makes it look easy: a government and politics major; Black women’s studies minor; Honors stude

Megan Springate, ANTH MA '15, Ph.D. '17

Finding a Place in History: Anthropology Alumna Documents LGBTQ Heritage Sites for National Park Service

Singleton McAllister, GVPT & AASD, ‘75

Although she majored in African American studies and government and politics during her undergraduate career at the University of Maryland, Singleton McAllister is excited to share her kn

David Schaeffer, ECON ’75

To hear alumnus David Schaeffer describe his days at the University of Maryland, you might believe he was just an average, bookish student with varied interests

Eric Luedtke, GVPT '02

“There are as many ways to make a difference as there are people in the world,” says Eric Luedtke, a Maryland State Delegate and the Spring 2019 commencement speaker for the