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A screen shot from IRIS Reads, a virtual reality game that helps address dyslexia, shows four Terracotta Warriors holding the letters b, l, u and f and standing on the Great Wall of China.

Jan 15, 2026

Dyslexia isn’t just frustrating for children struggling to decipher squiggles as letters. At schools that can’t support students one-on-one, it can be...

Mckinley Jovanovic practices with another wrestler.

Mckinley’s Climb

Jan 15, 2026

In the “Fireman’s Carry,” a wrestler hoists an opponent over their shoulders before flipping them to the mat. It sounds like a move favored by...

UMD Earns Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

Jan 14, 2026

The University of Maryland has earned one of the nation’s highest recognitions for institutional excellence in community-engaged teaching, research...

Students at Lakelands Park Middle School participate in a robotics demonstration at the Co-Learn Code and Mind afterschool program.

UMD and MCPS Partner to Launch New Afterschool Program Integrating Robotics, Youth Voice, and Social and Emotional Learning

Dec 23, 2025

In October, the University of Maryland and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) launched a new yearlong afterschool robotics program in five middle...

Op-Ed: What Happens When You Send a Girl to School

Dec 18, 2025

As part of an opinion series on the New York Times Communities Fund, the New York Times editorial board highlighted Joyce Arthur, a master’s student...

A screen used in eye tracking research shows a person's face as they read and listen to text

Listening While Reading

Dec 16, 2025

If you’ve tried a language learning app recently, or listened to a podcast, you may notice that you have choices. In a reading task, you might see the...