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Honors Humanities student Noora Ghahremani honored as 2026 University Medalist
Honors Humanities student Noora Ghahremani ’26 has been selected as this year’s University Medalist, the highest honor bestowed on a graduating senior for exceptional academic achievement and service to the...
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Two UH students awarded Udall Foundation scholarships
UH students Vivian Maneval ’27 and Michelle Wang ’27 were among 65 students nationally selected to receive $7,500 Udall Undergraduate Scholarships, which recognize and support future leaders in environmental, tribal...
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35 Honors students among 2026 Senior Marshals
86 UMD graduates have been named 2026 Senior Marshals, including 35 Honors students whose leadership, service, and scholarship will be recognized at the university’s main commencement ceremony. Honors College Senior...
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Congratulations to our 2026 Honors Award recipients
The Spring 2026 Honors College Awards Celebration recognized students, faculty, staff, and alumni for outstanding academic achievement, research, teaching, leadership, service, mentoring, and community-building across our living–learning programs. The celebration...
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Get the hang of UMD’s Commencement Cords
Welcome to the wide world of UMD commencement cords and medals. Awarded by a variety of organizations, departments, institutes and more, the colorful cords give graduates a chance to show...
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GEMS student Harshil Agarwal ’26 among Excellence in Research Awards at 2026 Undergraduate Research Day
Congratulations to Harshil Agarwal '26 (GEMS), who received a 2026 Excellence in Research Award for his co-presented project, "Developing Remote Electrical Engineering Labs." The award was presented at Undergraduate Research...
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Small Seminars, Big Questions: A Semester of Honors Class Drop-Ins Where Science, Business, and the Arts Meet the Public Good
This semester, our Honors comms team dropped into four very different Honors classrooms and found a common thread: whether students were debating medical ethics, analyzing privacy policies, exploring dance as...
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Honors alumni team WISE Connect among top winners at 2026 Pitch Dingman Competition
At the 2026 Pitch Dingman Competition, Honors alumni Marie Brodsky ’24 (ACES) and Kat Close ’23 (DCC) won the $20,000 grand prize in the Alumni Tech Track for WISE Connect,...
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Introducing ThinkEx, an AI Study Tool Built by Honors Terps
Finals are fast approaching, and two Honors freshmen are turning AI into a smarter study tool for Terps. IBH student Ibraheem Shaikh ’29 and ACES student Urjit Chakraborty ’29 are...
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Explore “Art Under Authority,” a multimedia project by DCC Creative-in-Residence Beatriz Moreira Leite ’26
What does it mean to make art under the shadow of power? As a DCC senior, dance major, and this year’s DCC Creative-in-Residence, Beatriz Moreira Leite has been exploring this...
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Honors Students Among Top Teams at This Year’s Do Good Challenge
Three Honors student-led teams were among the awardees at this year's Do Good Challenge on April 23. In the Leaders track, Hack4ImpactUMD (Aaryan Patel ’25, ACES, M.S. ’26) won the...
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UH student Michelle Wang ’27 Becomes 12th Terp to Receive a Truman Scholarship for Leadership Potential
Michelle Wang '27, a double major in environmental science and policy along with social data science and a UH citation recipient, has been awarded a Truman Scholarship for her work...
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