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Seva Call

Investors include fortify.vc, Ed Mathias of The Carlyle Group, Timothy Sykes, David Eisner, Jay Virdy, Paul Silber, David Krauskopf, founding members of Blu Venture Investors, and several members from The University of Maryland's Dingman Angels Network.


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Body Sweats: The Uncensored Writings of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

The majority of poems printed were obtained from the University of Maryland Library Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven Papers, as well as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Library's The Little Review Records.

Crab Bowl

Crab Bowl Classic, the college football rivalry game between the University of Maryland and the United States Naval Academy

Donald Murray

Donald Gaines Murray (1914–1986), first African-American to enter the University of Maryland School of Law since 1890

Gardening in restricted spaces

The University of Maryland Cooperative Extension recommends media depth of four to six inches for things like leaf greens, Asian greens, mustards, garlic, radish, basil, cilantro, thyme, mint, and marjoram.

Jeffrey Bub

Before taking up his position as professor at the University of Maryland in 1986, he worked at the University of Minnesota, Yale University, Tel Aviv University, and the University of Western Ontario.

John Faber

Jack Faber (c.1904–1994), professor, lacrosse coach, and football coach at the University of Maryland

John Prevas

Prevas was born in Baltimore, Maryland and received his undergraduate degree in history from the University of Maryland, a masters degree in educational psychology from Johns Hopkins University, a masters degree in political science from the University of Maryland and a law degree from Antioch School of Law, Washington, D.C.

Lawrence Yun

He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland, studying under Professors Dennis Mueller and Mancur Olson.

Melick

Charles W. Melick, head coach of the University of Maryland college football program

Shay Doron

Doron was widely considered coach Brenda Frese's first big-time recruit at the University of Maryland, and she played a pivotal role in the resurgence of the Maryland program.

Smith Center

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, a performance venue at the University of Maryland, College Park

Strabismus surgery

The earliest successful strabismus surgery interventions is known to have been performed on 26 October 1839 by Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach on a 7-year-old esotropic child; a few earlier attempts had been performed in 1818 by William Gibson of Baltimore, a general surgeon and professor at the University of Maryland.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.

He is also the director of the Science and Global Change Program within the College Park Scholars living-learning community at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Towson University Jess and Mildred Fisher College of Science and Mathematics

It coordinates several dual degree programs, including engineering programs with the University of Maryland, College Park and Pennsylvania State University; a medicinal chemistry program with the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, and a program with the University of Tasmania in biological sciences and aquaculture or Antarctic and southern ocean studies.

University of Maryland Human – Computer Interaction Lab

Jenny Preece, lab member, CHI Academy member, Dean of the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland

University System of Maryland

The merger creating the University of Maryland System was directed by Governor William Donald Schaefer and was overseen by University of Maryland President John S. Toll, who then became the system's first Chancellor.

Uruguayan American

Carlos A. Vegh - Uruguayan academic economist and Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland.