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Greetings College Park! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What this federal jury verdict means for UMD students in College Park
  • Want a sneak peek at the future of battery technology?
  • Why UMD students protested defense contractors at this week's STEM career fair

Also on today's calendar: Vendor Members Group & the Markets of CRAFTS GALORE! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Cooler; a shower in the a.m., with a high of 67 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Sunday: Rain most of the time, temps: high: 63, low: 58.
  • Monday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 73 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Federal jury finds UMD failed to stop harassment of student cleared of sexual misconduct (dbknews.com) — A federal jury found the University of Maryland in College Park was deliberately indifferent to harassment of a male student who'd been cleared in a Title IX sexual misconduct case, awarding him nominal damages of $1. The ruling raises questions about how UMD supports students exonerated in misconduct proceedings, and the university is now weighing its legal options.
   

• ChBE Seminar Series - 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 7 (gatech.edu) — A University of Maryland engineering seminar in College Park on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 3:30 p.m. will feature Distinguished University Professor Chunsheng Wang discussing innovations in next-generation battery materials. Local students, researchers, and tech-minded residents can hear about cutting-edge electrolyte and electrode designs that aim to improve safety, energy density, and battery life.
   

• UMD student coalition protests defense contractors at fall STEM career fair (dbknews.com) — Students and community members in College Park rallied outside The Hotel at the University of Maryland to protest defense contractors recruiting at the fall STEM career fair and the university's ties to military-linked research. Demonstrators criticized companies like Lockheed Martin and local entities such as ARLIS and Microsoft's Discovery Center in the Discovery District, urging UMD to divest and steer students toward careers they see as more socially beneficial.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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