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On a summer morning in Seoul, eight students gathered around a whiteboard and filled it with ideas, from legal knowledge to insight on how migration looks in their home countries. Their challenge: develop a solution to support climate refugees. By the end of the week, their brainstorming evolved into a website tool that earned their team third place in the Climate Corps competition.

In October 2025, early-career researchers and doctoral students from U21 member institutions and a policy leader convened in Dublin for the biannual Universitas 21 Health Research Exchange (U21HREx) symposium. Chaired by Dr. Negin Fouladi of the University of Maryland (UMD), the U21HREx network brings together participants from UMD, the University of Birmingham and University College Dublin as a growing global community of practice.

“I learned how to be independent, step out of my comfort zone and really figure out who I am.” Eileen Chen | Bayes Business Exchange, UK

By Maryland Today StaffThe University of Maryland was recognized in Time magazine’s inaugural list of the World's Top Universities of 2026, which highlights institutions that exemplify academic excellence globally. In addition to its top 100 global recognition, the university ranked No. 17 among U.S. The World's Top Universities of 2026 | TIME public institutions.

By COMM StaffCOMM Lecturer Lamia Zia has been awarded one of the honorable and prestigious International Affairs Fellowships from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) for 2026–2027!

For over three months, the Global Terps for a Greener Future (GTGF) interns, Abigail (Abbey) Vanasse ‘27, a junior information science major and sustainability minor, and sophomore Omarichachukwu (Oma) Obiorah ‘28, a mechanical engineering major, have excelled in cultivating sustainability engagement and education across campus.