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    UMD Hosts Korean STEM Students for Immersive Campus Experience

    During IEW last November, as part of a new IIE Korea-U.S. initiative promoting STEM exchanges and collaboration, the Global Learning Initiatives (GLI) team hosted 30 undergraduate students from Korea at UMD, underscoring UMD's commitment to foster global partnerships and create meaningful cultural and academic exchanges by showcasing the university as a hub for international collaboration and innovation.

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    Global STEWARDS program announces 2025 cohort

    The UMD Global STEWARDS program welcomed its newest cohort of graduate student fellows this month. The 10 new Global STEWARDS Fellows come from four UMD schools and colleges (SPH, AGNR, AEED and CMNS).

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    Preserving Scholarship Under Siege: UMD Welcomes Two Ukrainian Scholars Through Big Ten Program

    COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 3, 2024 — The University of Maryland has awarded nonresidential fellowships to two distinguished Ukrainian scholars, through the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Nonresidential Scholars Program, supporting critical research projects focused on “Preservation and Restoration” in the context of Ukraine's ongoing conflict with Russia.

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    Maryland Global Celebrates a Decade of Global Classrooms: Stacy Kosko's Legacy

    Stacy Kosko shares her story as a founding faculty member of Maryland Global’s Global Classrooms program.

  • Ashley Chau '25 poses with her FIRE research team.

    FIRE Researchers Champion Minority Language Preservation

    Ashley Chau ‘25, lead Peer Research Mentor in First Year Innovation and Research Experience (FIRE) shares her research work to preserve local dialects of the Chinese language, which are rapidly becoming extinct.

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    Ru Subramaniam Explores Sustainability in New Zealand

    “I’m so glad I [studied abroad] during my freshman year because it helped me choose a concentration within my major that focuses on biodiversity and conservation—things I got to experience firsthand on the trip.”


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