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By Fid ThompsonIn a small village in the lush blue-green hills of Tanzania’s southern highlands, farmers are sharing their biggest challenges with a group of graduate students from University of Maryland. 

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).

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.

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.

Students and Faculty Mark 20 Years of Excavating and Documenting Little-Known Ruins Near Pompeii

Double linguistics and French major Elle Kaminski ‘25 reflects on her Spring 2024 semester abroad with Maryland-in-Nice.